Have you been thinking of searching for your birth mother or maybe you have run into a wall this may be the opportunity for you. ABC’s Wife Swap is hoping to do an episode that would reunite a birth mother and female adoptee. The show would search for your birth mother and both parties would have to agree with the meeting, while participating in the episode.

If you not familiar with the show, two wives switch houses and families for a week. Most families live very different lives and different areas which makes things interesting. The birth mother and adoptee will switch lives for a week.

This is an unique way for a reunion. With both the birth mother and adoptee swapping lives, could this add additional stress to an already stressful time? I wonder what outcome a reunion like this will be for the long term. What a huge involvement for each one of the immediate families with what I imagine have good and bad aspects.

It does not say how the adoptee and birth mother will have contact between the two of them during the reunion with swapping lives along being in separate homes. In reunions, you have to know what you are looking for out of the relationship. Reunions can be stressful for all parties involved with the unknowns and uncertainness.

Wife Swap is looking for an adoptee with at least one child living in the home. Placing your children in the midst of your adoption journey and reunion will also place some challenges that you will be dealing with.

While this is not the traditional reunion, it can have a happy ending if there are realistic expectations from everyone. If you (a female adoptee) have thought of searching for your birth mother but have found yourself putting it off, this could be a chance for you. The chosen families will receive $20,000. If this sounds like something you are interested in call 646-747-7945 or molly.sebastian@rdfnewyork.com.


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