What You Miss After Placement: Milestones, Memories, and Moments

Placement doesn’t end when the papers are signed. As life moves forward, there are birthdays, holidays, milestones, memories, and moments that can bring both joy and grief.

In this guide, I share the emotional reality of missing milestones, watching a child grow from a distance, and learning to navigate the feelings that come with each stage of life. From birthdays and holidays to graduations, career choices, and future family milestones, this guide explores the experiences many birth mothers face but few people talk about.

Whether your placement was recent or years ago, this guide offers honest insight, personal experience, and encouragement for the journey ahead.