I just couldn't handle going through with adoption. It will be very hard to place your child for adoption. The birth process represents a profound life change in a woman's life. You'll have to deal with a major life loss at a time of extreme personal vulnerability. The grief of adoption is a very private and personal grief.
Society views the relinquishment of one's child for adoption as a voluntary choice.
There is little or no acknowledgment that a loss has been incurred by the birth mother. You may wish to seek counseling to assist you in dealing with your feelings of grief and loss. The consolation of giving up your child for adoption is that you have done everything you can to provide your child with the future you would have liked for him or her if your circumstances had been different. Together they may decide the amount of communication they will have as the baby grows up. Sometimes the adoptive parents are even present at the birth of the child.