Pregnant and you want to help your unborn baby live? We know of four choices:

1. Family - Raise your baby and have your own family for a lifetime.
2. Newborn Transfer - Transfer your 3-day old or younger newborn baby to a "legally qualified person" who works with Child Protective Services.
3. Foster Care - Let another help you raise your child until you are able and ready to do it.
4. Adoption - Give your child up to another person via an adoption center.

Family - Raise your baby and have your own family for a lifetime.

	13 Pros And Cons Of Having A Baby - To Have A Child Or Not?
	Pro   Con You Learn To Love Others Allows building family and a Legacy Strengthens or matures Relationships Gives your life more meaning Benefits Science and Medicine Important to the next generation It is a Joyful Experience   Baby Requires A Lot Of Attention And Time Adds more responsibilities May Cause Health Complications Expenses can add to Financial Stress Disrupts some of your Relationships An issue in divorce See less
	Begetting children, raising a family in a marriage enables having life more abundantly. Meds to avoid in Pregnancy
	Family Pro   Con A man and a woman's greatest expression of free will and choice A right to continue one's own life and their offspring's life An opportunity to hold another as more important than oneself Build a wide network of people who share common goals, aka family friends and relatives Exercising good judgment to support ones family can increase long-term wealth When all your works are obsolete and gone, your good values may still live on Improving the world beginning with yourself, your family, and communities.   Some medications are unsafe for pregnant women, especially in the first three months Fewer material goods: Some purchases you thought you desired become less important Fewer hedonistic pursuits: Over time you may experience a more chaste existence See less
	See our Pregnancy and Resource web pages
	https://www.dcyf.wa.gov/safety/safety-newborn-law HumanLifeTC.org/hltc/pregnancy HumanLifeTC.org/hltc/resources

Newborn Transfer - Transfer your 3-day old or younger newborn baby to a "legally qualified person" who works with Child Protective Services.

	Baby Safe Haven Guide | Considering Adoption Your individual situation is unique. However, you may choose a safe baby surrender if you: Feel physically, mentally, emotionally or financially unable to raise your baby Are facing potentially serious consequences for the pregnancy or raising this baby, from your family members, your partner, or anyone in your life Are struggling to raise your older children and cannot add another child to your family at this point Have been raising this baby but have now realized that you’re unable to care for him or her any longer Are facing homelessness, joblessness, or instability Are in an abusive or toxic situation, relationship or home environment Feel unable to provide the life and opportunities that you want for this baby Want your baby to have the best possible future, even if that means relinquishing the opportunity to raise this child Are trying to do what you feel is best for yourself and for this baby Decide to surrender your unharmed baby within your state’s time limit and according to your state’s laws
	6 Pros And Cons Of Newborn Transfer - Give your baby to another family??
	Safe Haven Pro   Con safe place for unharmed newborn when mother under crisis no criminal liability for mother   no medical history no family history no records about mother & child  mother is anonymous    See less
	State Laws (nationalsafehavenalliance.org)
	Safe Haven Website (360) 956-7413 Safety of Newborn Children Law | Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families

Foster Care - Let another legally qualified person help you raise your child until you are able and ready to do it.

	11 Pros And Cons Of Foster Care - Give a child a chance to experience a good family??
	Pro   Con Foster care provides safe homes for children and teens while their biological parents find help, healing, and treatment. Foster care provides stability. Foster care provides a nurturing and loving environment. Foster care provides an opportunity to end negative cycles. Foster care provides security and stability crucial to a child’s development. Foster care provides a chance to experience a more fulfilling and positive life.   Children languish for years in foster care and may face multiple moves that disrupt their attachments and development1 Children in foster care may have mental health problems, anxiety, depressive symptoms or general mental difficulties2 Children in foster care have significantly worse overall health care than those living in their own homes2 Children who age out of foster care face bleak futures with low education, high unemployment, and high incarceration rates1 There is a lack of political will to reform the foster care system and address its shortcomings1 1. https://theconversation.com 2. https://americanspcc.org See less

	Foster Care - Catholic Community Services and Catholic Housing Services of Western Washington (ccsww.org) https://ccsww.org/get-help/child-youth-family-services/ https://ccsww.org/get-help/child-youth-family-services/international-foster-care/
	Positives of foster care can include: Benefits of foster care for children 5 Incredible Benefits of Foster Care Guide to Foster Care & Adoption Benefits of care for a foster child

Adoption - Give your baby up to another person via an adoption center.

	8 Pros And Cons Of Adoption and other website links

Pro		Pro	Con
	Their dreams for a family will come true They can have a personal relationship with you Your child will grow up in a loving home Your child will have two sets of loving parents		You will grieve You may lose some important relationships You may at times, regret your adoption decision You won't be able to get your baby back

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	Adoption in Washington - WA Adoption Agencies and Laws | Considering Adoption		https://consideringadoption.com/adoptions-by-state/how-to-adopt-in-washington/
	Open Adoption - Open Adoption & Family Services		https://www.openadopt.org/
	Adoption in Washington | Placing a Baby for Adoption in Washington (WA) (angeladoptioninc.com)		https://www.angeladoptioninc.com/adoption-in-washington//
	Adoption | Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families		https://www.dcyf.wa.gov/services/adoption
	Adoption Washington State | Lifetime Adoption		https://lifetimeadoption.com/washington-adoption/
	A Child's Dream (achildsdream.org)		https://www.achildsdream.org/

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Steps to Adoption

	American Adoptions - How to Adopt a Child - The Domestic Adoption Process (americanadoptions.com) The domestic adoption process step by step (americanadoptions.com) How to adopt a child in Washington
	Adoption Process (antiochadoptions.org) https://antiochadoptions.org/foster-to-adopt/adoption-process
	Steps to Adoption | Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families https://www.dcyf.wa.gov/services/adoption/steps-to-adoption