Welcome to BirthMom Buds!

We are an organization and website that provides peer counseling, support, encouragement, and friendship to pregnant women considering adoption as well as women who have already placed children for adoption.

BirthMom Buds began in February 2003, with just the two founding members, but to date now boasts a network of over 800 members from various states and countries.

If you are pregnant and considering adoption or you are a birthmother who has place her child for adoption, we welcome you to browse through our services and get involved.

Hot Spots:
Newsletter: Our newsletters contain awesome information and inspiration for birthmoms written by birthmoms! Check out the current newsletter.

Forums: Our birthmothers only forums are a great place to give and receive support from other birthmothers. Check them out here!

Slideshow: Check out our 2011 Slideshow, Beautiful Goodbye, featuring our members and their children.

Save the Date: Save the date for our next Birthmother's Day Retreat scheduled for May 4-6, 2012 in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Fundraising: So many of you have asked how you can help raise money for our annual retreats and other programs and we now have a way you can help from the comfort of your own home and community. Check out this page for more information.

Heartmark Designs: Check out our Etsy store, Heartmark Designs, for cards related to adoption including cards for Mother's Day and Birthmother's Day.

Sponsors: We are currently looking for sponsors for the 2011 BirthMom Buds Retreat. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, please email us for more information.

How BirthMom Buds was created:

BirthMom Buds was formed by 2 birthmothers, Coley and Lani, who found each other shortly after they each gave birth and relinquished a baby into open adoption.

Before finding each other, they desperately sought out someone who understood what they were feeling. After a little searching, they connected and became the best of friends, helping each other move forward and smile again.

As a result, Coley and Lani wanted to create a central haven where other birthmothers could go to meet women just like them without all of the searching they went through!

Founders,
Coley Strickland (left)
and Lani Downing (right)

Would you be interested in becoming a sponsor?
Email BirthMom Buds for more information!