Getting The Process Started,
Birth Parent Counseling

Step One

• Contact LSS on-line or by phone to set up an appointment. If there is not a LSS office in your town, please call the Sioux Falls office and they will have a trained counselor travel to your area. Click here to schedule an appointment.
• Meet with a trained counselor who will assist you in looking at all your options.
• Get good prenatal care.

Step Two

• Make a decision that is right for you and your baby.
  • If you choose to parent...
• get connected with resources
• continue counseling appointments with your counselor
• If you choose adoption...
  • you may select an adoptive couple from our profile book
  • meet the adoptive couple if you wish
  • along with the adoptive couple, decide on the level of contact you would like
  • continue counseling appointments with your counselor

Step Three

• Complete the various forms needed
• Meet with other birth mothers who have made adoption plans
• Create a memory book for your child

Step Four

• Call your counselor when you enter the hospital for delivery.
• Fill out all the legal papers
• Go to court to complete relinquishment (no sooner than five days after the baby is born).

Frequently Asked Questions, Birth Parent Counseling

Step Five

• Continue to participate in post-placement counseling
• Continue to build relationship with adoptive family
• Consider becoming a mentor for other birth mothers

Adoption & Birth Parent Services
Dede Mogck, Director
621 East Presentation Street
Sioux Falls, SD 57104
605-221-2346
888-201-5061
Fax: 605-221-2404
Email: Dede Mogck

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