birth mother
Original maternal parent
A birth mother is a woman who has given birth to a child, especially one who has placed that child for adoption.
The term distinguishes the biological mother from an adoptive mother: She decided to search for her birth mother when she turned eighteen.
Also spelled birthmother.
Legally taking as one's own
- biologicalRelating to living organisms
- surrogateOne acting for another
- placementPutting somewhere specific
- relinquishmentFormal giving up
consent · open · closed · search · triad · reunion · agency · waiting
Act of seeking
- contactCommunication or physical touch
- rediscoveryFinding something previously known
- connectionA joining or relation
- reconnectionRestoring a broken link
healing · closure · recognition · embrace · bonding · relinquishment · acknowledgment · acceptance
Carrying developing offspring
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- childbirthInfant's emergence from womb
- prenatalBefore birth
gestation · postpartum · midwife · doula · cesarean · newborn · infant · nursing
Descent from progenitors
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- rootsUnderground nutrient absorbers
- descentDownward slope or lineage
family tree · kinship · ethnicity · forebears · progenitors · clan · genetic · paternal
Points where things start
- rootsUnderground nutrient absorbers
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- geneticRelating to heredity
- biologicalRelating to living organisms
nature · nurture · belonging · self-discovery · questions · history · medical history · narrative
adoptive
Legally taking as one's own
- biologicalRelating to living organisms
- surrogateOne acting for another
- placementPutting somewhere specific
relinquishment · consent · open · closed · search · triad · reunion · agency · waiting · prospective
search
Act of seeking
- contactCommunication or physical touch
- rediscoveryFinding something previously known
- connectionA joining or relation
reconnection · healing · closure · recognition · embrace · bonding · relinquishment · acknowledgment · acceptance · revelation
pregnancy
Carrying developing offspring
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- childbirthInfant's emergence from womb
prenatal · gestation · postpartum · midwife · doula · cesarean · newborn · infant · nursing · breastfeeding
lineage
Descent from progenitors
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- rootsUnderground nutrient absorbers
descent · family tree · kinship · ethnicity · forebears · progenitors · clan · genetic · paternal · origins
origins
Points where things start
biological · nature · nurture · belonging · self-discovery · questions · history · medical history · narrative · story
birth motheradoptive mother
Parent by legal choice
adoptive parent · stepmother · foster mother · adoptive father · foster parent
birth, mother, rebirth, birthday, maternal, birthing, birthright, motherhood, birthplace