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birthmothers in international adoptions (sorry, long) - Page 3 - Adoption.com Forums Members ListPhotosEventsLocal Adoption SupportSearch ArcadeReviewsMembership Upgrade Search Forums Advanced Search Welcome to the Forums.Register If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ. You may have to register before you can post or search: click here to proceed. To start viewing messages, select a forum below that you would like to view or click View All of Todays Posts. Forum Categories Adult Adoptees Adoptive Parents International Adoption Birthparents Parenting Community Center Search & Reunion Faith-Based Adoption Support Special Needs & Attachment Foster Care & Adoption User NameRemember Me Password Page 3 of 3<123 View First Unread Thread Tools Search this Thread Display Modes #31 04-14-2008, 09:12 PM Adoption_Ally Junior MemberJoin Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 44 Total Points: 1,186.74 Donate Okay - I m gonna be a wet blanket here. Not every adopted child has birth parents who care. There are plenty of kids both in the US and internationally whom their parents essentially threw away. In all honesty, I have never wasted any time worrying about my son s birth mother. She already had seven - yep - 7 - children before him. She was pregnant with #9, but wouldn t use birth control because the Church told her she couldn t. His parents would go off and leave the kids for days at a time in the barrio with no food. One of the girls had her hands burned in a gasoline fire. Joe was baby #8, and sickly, so his mother didn t want him anymore. Colombian authorities broadcast his picture hoping to find someone to take him in, but no one wanted him. Joe was in state care for two years before he came home with us. Nobody even knows his exact birthdate. As a matter of fact, we re pretty sure that we were lied to, and he s probably 6 months to a year older than they told us. So no,...