Working in the maternity ward as a nurse can be a beautiful, life changing experience. It can also be a stressful and complicated one. No two mothers are alike. No two fathers are alike. No two babies are alike. Providing support to so many different people during one of the biggest moments of their lives [...]
Father’s Day is just around the corner! With the holiday approaching this Sunday, we wanted to find out what some AFTH Fathers thought about celebrating. Perspectives on the holiday can be different for everyone, whether you grew up as an adopted child, you have adopted children, or you are a birth father to an adopted [...]
For Immediate Release Adoptions From The Heart Annual Family Picnic Bringing together families of adoption and celebrating the brave men, women, and children who have been touched by adoption from all sides at our [...]
The Idea for the Expo is Born A group of women from Muhlenberg College approached the Allentown AFTH team one day a few months back. As Business Administration majors with a Concentration in Healthcare Management, their semester project was to aid an organization to implement new or improved services, events, or whatever the organization needed most. [...]
Meet the eight generous organizations participating in sponsorship of this annual event and learn how their donations will help serve Adoptions From The Heart’s mission. Adoptions From The Heart (AFTH), as part of its lifelong commitment to building beautiful families, is gearing up for its annual picnic, one of the biggest events of the year, aimed [...]
Here at Adoptions From The Heart, we have recently welcomed three new staff members to help us in our mission to build beautiful families. We asked the three ladies a little bit about themselves, why they were excited about working with AFTH, and what they didn’t know about adoption before starting here. Meet the new [...]
Mother's Day as a Birthmother For most people, Mother’s Day is a time to celebrate the women who raised them and gave them life. For others, women like myself, Mother’s Day can be polarizing. Although birth mothers have our own special day now (Birth Mother’s Day, the Saturday before Mother’s Day), the loss of our [...]
Last week, National Infertility Awareness Week was in full swing at Adoptions From The Heart. Not every family who comes through our doors has dealt with infertility, but many have, and we’ve helped them find the beautiful families they have always wanted. To help raise awareness, we took to social media to see what families [...]
The adoption community is large and a lot of people are sharing their perspective and experiences. Here are more blogs from fellow members of the adoption community that might assist you in the ongoing journey that is adoption. Adoptive Families Waltzing in Galoshes One family’s journey through infertility, adoption and parenthood. http://davidandelizabethadopt.blogspot.com/ White Sugar [...]
A recent Fox News story detailed a new bill that could make it easier for people to adopt in Pennsylvania. In fact, there are a whole collection of bills all related to updating the PA Adoption statute. We took a read through the legislation to learn about what is being covered and wanted to share [...]
