One of the most personal choices you’ll make is selecting the adoptive family. Your heart and voice truly matter.
If you decide on adoption, one of the most personal choices you'll make is selecting the adoptive family. That's where your heart and voice truly matter.
Looking through family profiles, talking to real couples, even just scrolling through pictures—many Illinois birth moms say this is where the fear began to settle, and peace started to grow.
You're not giving up. You're giving forward.
You'll tell us what matters to you. Like:
With information about what you want in a family, we will find family profiles that match your preferences. You'll learn about their lives, their hopes, and their reasons for adopting.
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And whether you're near the Shawnee National Forest or living in the Chicago suburbs, you'll find families from across the country who are ready to love your baby fully.
Kelsey loved the outdoors and wanted a family who shared that. She picked a couple who camped every summer and read bedtime stories every night.
"They felt like old friends," she said. "We had dinner at the River Front Grill before I went into labor."
Now they still chat through Our Hearts Connect, and her daughter will grow up hiking trails, just like Kelsey dreamed.
Vanessa chose a family who lived just a few hours from the city, near the wide prairie landscape she'd loved visiting as a child. "I wanted my son to grow up with space to run," she said.
As someone who worked near the massive Chicago Post Office (yes, the one you can literally drive through), Vanessa always appreciated how the city makes room for everyone—and she wanted that for her child, too.
Choosing adoption doesn't mean losing control. It means shaping a future.
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Last Reviewed: January 28, 2026