Positive Terms -

- Negative Terms

Making an adoption plan -

- Given away, given up, abandoned

Choosing adoption for a child -

- Surrender, relinquish, release

Placed in adoption -

- Put up for adoption, adopted out, placed for adoption

Unplanned pregnancy -

- Unwanted pregnancy, unwanted/illegitimate child

Birth mother/birth father; biological mother/father -

- Real/actual/natural mother or father

Children through birth/children born to us/biological children -

- Real/own/natural children

Deciding to parent -

- Keeping the child/baby

Meeting between birth parent and adopted adult -

- Reunion

Could not conceive/carry pregnancy -

- Couldn't have children (when referring to infertility)

Person who was adopted -

- Is adopted, adoptee, adoptive child

Parental rights, responsibilities and relationship -

- Parental rights