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Birth Moms Real TalkConversations with Mothers who relinquished children into adoption. Author: D. Yvonne Rivers
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Episode 100- Jenny –The Search For What's Best For My Baby
Episode 100
Tuesday, 2 December, 2025
Jenny grew up in a large family with over 80 cousins in Kentucky. Adoption and foster case touched her family through her father. She spoke about 2 grandfathers and 2 grandmothers on her father's side, as the adoption community experiences with adoptive and biological families. As a teenage mother, Jenny was led to believe that open adoption was the BEST decision for her child's life. All Jenny ever wanted was THE absolute best for her baby. If that meant Jenny had to endure pain and sorrow, she believed it would be worth it. Jenny was an athlete in college and experienced different racial cultures for the first time. Jenny's story spoke of unique experiences upon leaving the hospital with her child and having the birthfather in her daughters life as well. After 32 years, Jenny shares about the realities of open adoption and the many complexities that comes with. Blessings, pain and the realization that JENNY was always what was BEST for her daughter.
