In this ninth video, “Maternity is Forever: Adoption,” participants are invited to look at the reality of adoption, and the tremendous discernment, maturity, and strength it requires. Women who typically place their children for adoption fall into three categories: (1) those with a capacity for self-sacrificial love, (2) those for whom the conception was traumatic, and (3) those who are deeply connected to their faith and desire their child to be raised within the context of marriage. Adoption can only rightfully come about as a personal discernment, initiated by the woman herself. It can only emerge as an answer to the question, “What is the most loving thing I can do for my child?” When a mother knows the answer to that in her heart, she knows whether she should parent this child or whether she should place this child for adoption.