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Debra Braselton is an attorney and also a Certified Nurse Midwife
who has delivered over 1,000 babies while on staff at Rush Presbyterian-St.
Lukes Medical Center in Chicago. She and her husband Michael live
in the western suburbs with their two children by adoption.
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My first exposure to the adoption
process was when I worked as a Certified Nurse Midwife at
a large teaching hospital in Chicago. As a nurse midwife,
I provided prenatal care, delivered babies and also cared
for my patients after birth.
During my 13 years of practice,
I cared for about a dozen women who chose to place their babies
for adoption. Through these women, I came to know intimately
the feelings and emotions that a birthmother experiences when
making an adoption plan. I learned that choosing adoption
is the hardest choice that any woman will ever make - it is
truly a sacrifice. Women who choose adoption do so because
they love their babies and want the best for them.
 My
next experience with the adoption process came when my husband,
Michael and I adopted our two children. We are fortunate to
have two wonderful children who were adopted as newborns;
our son, 8 years old and our daughter, five years old. Both
of our adoptions were private and are open. We feel fortunate
to have wonderful, continuing relationships with both of our
children's birthmothers.
Aside from building my own family
through adoption, the most satisfying part of my life is being
able to help other people through the adoption process as
their attorney. I believe that I provide a unique insight
and special sensitivity to my clients through the combination
of my experiences as nurse midwife, adoptive parent and attorney.
Debra Braselton
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Services Offered to Our Adoption Clients
- Legal representation in Illinois
- Interstate and international adoptions
- Coordination of effort between you and your Agency
- Advocacy, on your behalf, with your adoption agency
- Creation of effective "Dear Birthparent" letters
- Writing effective classified advertising for you
- Creating advertising plans, strategically designed to give
you maximum results
- Designing and promoting your personal web page to maximize
your visibility to birthparents
Adoption Office Conference
This is an educational session which is designed to
provide prospective, adoptive parents with all of the information
that they need to begin the adoption process. Learning everything
you can about adoption is THE KEY to becoming a successful
adoptive parent. This conference will give you a running start.
The 1 hour meeting begins with our gathering information
about you, what child you desire to adopt, and what steps you may
already have taken. After getting to know your needs, we provide
information about local adoption agencies, to help you decide which
is most likely to serve your needs. We will discuss specific strategies
to help you achieve your objective in the shortest amount of time
and with least financial cost. The meeting concludes with our answering
your specific questions about adoption.
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