Wednesday, March 23, 2005
Adopted baby returned to birth mother
A sad story from the heart of the Rocky Mountains:
“We believe the [Illinois] judge will order the child returned to Chicago. Given the circumstances we believe that’s in the best interests of the child,” said Salt Lake City attorney Richard VanWagoner. “The question is whether the child should go back to the birth mother or be placed in Illinois custody and adopted.”
Attorneys for the birth mother, Carmen McDonald, will argue today in court that the baby belongs with her. McDonald, who has a history of mental illness and suffers from post-partum depression, sued A Cherished Child, arguing that agency staff coerced her into surrendering her baby. She is joined in the lawsuit by the baby’s maternal grandmother, Maria McDonald.
That’s not the sad part. This is:
[Adoptive parents] Kusaba, 50, and Habbeshaw, 45, were arrested last week after undercover narcotics detectives allegedly found cocaine, marijuana and drug paraphernalia in their Salt Lake City home. They face felony drug charges for possession and, until Tuesday, were answering to child endangerment charges.
Why does a 50 year old man choose adoption:
The Utah couple have been trying to have a baby for more than a decade, undergoing expensive hormone treatments and suffering miscarriages until they settled on adoption.
Hey a******, do ya’ think that maybe the coke and weed had soemthing to do with it?
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Returning a baby to a mother with post-partum depression is a dangerous thing to do. Susan Smith or Andrea Yates anyone?
That is the other sad part of all this, isn’t it? The baby loses no matter waht.
Sweet Lord, guys. statistics show Roughly 10% of pregnancies result in postpartum depression, which can occur a few days or even months after delivery. I have had friends and coworkers go through it over the years...some needed counseling, one needed a prescription, all benefited from the support of their family.
The worst thing is when women listen to people who hear “postpartum depression” and rant “Andrea Yates! Drowned Kids! Unfit Mom!” and instead conceal their feelings of depression, inadequacy, etc. for fear of being judged inferior for parenting by peers and society.
The baby does not “lose”. Postpartum depression, and other kinds of depression, bipolar disorder, etc. are treatable conditions. And given that the birth mother has the strong support of her own mother, it seems like the child has every chance to have a good life.
Oh. They don’t tell us guys those kinds of things in shop class.
<smacks Remy upside the head>