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Birth Moms Real Talk

Birth Moms Real Talk

De: D. Yvonne Rivers
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Birth mothers telling their stories of placement.Copyright 2026 D. Yvonne Rivers Biografías y Memorias Ciencias Sociales Desarrollo Personal Higiene y Vida Saludable Psicología Psicología y Salud Mental Éxito Personal
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  • Episode 125- Sherry – “ Don’t Carry the Emotional Load Alone “

    Episode 125- Sherry – “ Don’t Carry the Emotional Load Alone “
    Mar 21 2026

    Sherry shares her journey of experiencing the trauma, secrets and shame that most birth/first mothers experience. Her thoughts of denying her pregnancy and persistently saying “ I a not pregnant “. Once reality was made real , then there was the decisionthat she faced.

    Sherry spoke about believing there was “ A Plan “ . Sherry and Yvonne talked about the ‘ Real Talk of what birth/first mothers went through physically as we birthed “ small humans into this life “.


    Sherry shares the story of her journey and her life over the years with her daughter.

    Listen how Sherry shares her emotions through “ Loving from Afar” .

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    1 h y 4 m
  • Episode 124 -Anne – “ No One Asked If I was Ok, I Just Wanted to be Seen”

    Episode 124 -Anne – “ No One Asked If I was Ok, I Just Wanted to be Seen”
    Mar 13 2026

    Anne brings a fresh perspective from her path of healing.

    She shares as an adoptee and a birth/first mother .

    ‘Children can not Process’ are her words about growing up.

    At the age of 8, she asked herself the question, “ How does this make sense? “

    She talks about what she realized was her faith .

    Anne shares how she wanted to hear someone ask her if she was OK .

    She simply wanted to be seen .

    Anne describes her life as being ‘ Tossed into the Waves”

    Anne speaks to birth/first mothers with these words . “ Honor Yourself, Honor Your Journey “

    Anne talks about her book , “ Trauma Recycled” .

    Anne shares her Voicein addressing Trauma, Secrets and Shame

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    55 m
  • Episode 123- Laura – Trauma, Secrets and Shame

    Episode 123- Laura – Trauma, Secrets and Shame
    Mar 9 2026

    Laura grew to know trauma, secrets and shame as many adoptees and birth/first mothers do.

    We talk about the choice to accept the shame, continue the secrets and address the trauma .

    She shares her journeyof discovery of learning that she was going to be a mother. Laura leaves us with important information that many may not know.

    Laura’s reunion journey with her daughter is like many reunions , a series of emotional roller coasters
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    1 h
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As an adoptee I have issues with the "love" narrative so many birth moms are telling. Love may what you have felt, I don't doubt that a bit. And you surely did what you thought was in the "best" interest of your child with the (lack of) information you had back then in regards to what adoption really does to you and your child.
But: many adoptees will always connect love with loss, and birth moms still justify relinquishing their child in the name of "love". It's actually quite damaging and confusing for adoptees to know they were given up because they were "loved". It's a form of gaslighting (even with good intentions). Yes, you love your child. But telling your child you loved him/her/they so much that you gave up on them, is extremely damaging & confusing.

Also: there's often a lack of honesty among birth mothers: if you really wanna do "real talk", then you should also acknowledge that relinquishing your child was also about your and your families' selfishness. Besides the adverse situation you were in, you and your families had other plans and dreams for you at the time, so as a result you relinquished your child. You did it not just because you "loved" your child so much ...

Stop making heroes out of birth moms. Yes, they experienced trauma as well, and society should finally acknowledge that, but relinquishing a child isn't a noble thing, it's extremely damaging for us adoptees and we have life-long issues because of it.

Besides adoptees, birth mothers and adoptive parents have their own trauma but they're also perpetrators by participating in creating life-long suffering for another human being.

Love = Loss

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