Patricia E. Roles wrote an informative article on the grieving process birth parents go through during and after adoption relinquishment in her Market Fads & Fashions blog.
She describes several stages in detail:
- Numbness and Denial
- Eruption of Feelings
- Accepting the Adoption Decision
- Accommodation to and Living With Uncertainty
- Re-Evaluating and Rebuilding
I’m not sure how a post about birth parent grief fits in a blog called Market Fads & Fashions, but there you have it. It’s worth a read.
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