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birth mother, the biologic mother or woman who bears a child. The child may have been conceived in a surrogate mother with sperm of the biologic father. birth mother Biological mother, genetic mother, natural mother Reproductive medicine A ♀ who carries a baby to term, who she plans to give up for adoption. See Baby M, Surrogacy Social medicine The ♀ who, with the birth father
conceived a child, carried the pregnancy to term and delivered, then subsequently placed the child for adoption. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Most of the stories I have heard from birth mothers who surrendered their children involved women who felt they had no choice, due to lack of support, poverty (with domestic as well as international adoptions), being in a situation of domestic violence, or being teen mothers who were pressured by their families to do so. Even here the effect would be speculative given the role of birth mothers in selecting adoptive parents. Yet even those not-so-civil posts paled as frustrations boiled over into bitter personal attacks between anonymous posters questioning the marital status of posters' birth mothers or assaulting each other with sharply carved political attacks. |
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