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And please, I'm only talking about adoption.
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The word "only" has no place in that sentence.
Deciding to give up a child must be the most appalling decision to make. It also may not be the better decision to make. What is a financial or social imperative one year may be a fairly distant memory two or three years later.
How many women have taken that decision and regretted it? Two or three years down the line when theyve managed to get their life in some sort of order and theyre wondering if they could have coped after all? Could they.....if they'd managed to get a part time job and juggle child care with their mum and a local childminder could they have coped? If they'd grown up that year sooner, found their path a few months faster, could they have coped? Could they be sitting in the house she rents with it's comfortable but spartan furniture and the cut flowers on the table? Maybe, if she'd had some backup, maybe if she'd had some help the obstacles wouldnt have seemed so terribly big.....They rarely look so insurmountable when you've lived another year or so and learned a few more of life's lessons.