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Whitfield  \nTABLE OF CONTENTS  \nFOREWORD .............................................................................................................. 2  \nEXECUTIVE SUMMARY............................................................................................ 3  \nINTRODUCTION AND METHODOLOGY .................................................................. 5  \nTHE PARTICIPANTS ............................................................................................... 10  \nFINDINGS  \nADOPTED WOMEN WITH NO CHILDREN (QUESTIONNAIRE 1) ......................... 14  \nDesire to have children ......................................................................................................... 15  \nReasons for being without children..................................................................................... 15  \nEffect of adoption on whether or not to have children ..................................................... 16  \nThe impact on relationships ................................................................................................. 18  \nAdoptive parents ........................................................................................... 18  \nBirth parents .................................................................................................. 19  \nNot having children and the decision to make contact .................................................... 19  \nADOPTED WOMEN WITH CHILDREN (QUESTIONNAIRE 2) ............................... 20  \nHow to tell women’s stories? A life process model .......................................................... 20  \nStages of the life process ..................................................................................................... 20  \nFour groups of adopted women with children ................................................................... 21  \nDecision to have children ..................................................................................................... 22  \nExpectations of fertility .......................................................................................................... 24  \nPregnancy............................................................................................................................... 25  \nExperiences of birth............................................................................................................... 26  \nImmediate post-natal period ................................................................................................ 27  \nMotherhood............................................................................................................................. 30  \nAdopted women as mothers .......................................................................... 31  \nComparing adopted and non-adopted mothers ............................................. 33  \nEffects of becoming a mother .............................................................................................. 35  \nHow beliefs around adoption have been affected .......................................... 36  \nThe impact on relationships........................................................................... 37  \nAdoptive parents .......................................................................................... 37  \nBirth parents ................................................................................................. 38  \nThe changing importance of adoption ................................................................................ 40  \nAdoption now .....................................................................................40  \nAdoption in the future.........................................................................41  \nFUTURE DIRECTIONS .....................................","cbCaij0Ki7TqkOIC","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaij0Ki7TqkOIC","pdf",989802,66,"English","# Foreword\n# Executive Summary\n# Introduction and Methodology\n# The Participants\n# Findings\n## Adopted Women With No Children (Questionnaire 1)\n## Adopted Women With Children (Questionnaire 2)\n# Future Directions\n# Conclusion\n# References\n# Appendices","[{\"question\":\"What is the focus of the PARC study?\",\"answer\":\"The study explores adopted women’s experiences of motherhood and how adoption influences decisions, fertility expectations, and parenting-related life stages.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the report treat adopted women with and without children?\",\"answer\":\"It separates findings into two questionnaire groups: adopted women without children (including desire and decision-making) and adopted women with children (including pregnancy, birth, and motherhood experiences).\"},{\"question\":\"What relationship impacts does the study examine?\",\"answer\":\"It analyzes how adoption affects relationships, including connections with adoptive parents and birth parents, and how the importance of adoption changes over time.\"}]","A Child to Call My Own - A Study of Adopted Women and Their Experience of Motherhood | PDF",166]