In this episode, we talk with Mardie Caldwell, COAP (Certified Open Adoption Practitioner), CEO and Founder of Lifetime Adoption Center.

Mardie is a nationally recognized adoption expert. She is the author of 7 books (soon to be 8) which include:

AdoptingOnline.com, Adoption: Your Step-By-Step Guide, and Called to Adoption. 

               

She has been dedicated to bringing couples and birthparents together since 1986. She has struggled through infertility and the loss of 7 pregnancies.

Her most important title – adoptive mom.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

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Mardie’s domestic adoption story about how she became an adoptive mother

* How Mardie went on to start Lifetime Adoption Center

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Tips from Mardie on how to get past fears about open adoption

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How the Lifetime Foundation helps support birthparents

* Advice for anyone who may be just starting to look into adoption

* Mardie’s Mother’s Day stories

* And MUCH MORE!

Here are the links that we discuss in the show…

* InfantAdoptionGuide.com/adoptionagencies –for more information about domestic adoption agencies.

* Lifetime Adoption Center FAQ frequently asked questions page – for more information about Lifetime.

* Lifetime Foundation– a non-profit charity helping birthparents with basic needs as well as educational scholarships 

* Mother’s Day Special of the TV show Marie (on the Hallmark channel -hosted by Marie Osmond) where Mardie was a guest along with Nia Vardalos (My Big Fat Greek Wedding – and new author of INSTANT MOM).

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