birthmother
Gave you life
A birthmother is a woman who has given birth to a child but does not raise that child—typically because the child was placed for adoption.
The term distinguishes biological parentage from the social and legal role of parenting: She searched for years before finding her birthmother.
Also spelled as two words: birth mother.
Formal giving up
Gathering after separation
- bondingForming close connections
- attachmentConnection or fondness
- relationshipConnection between entities
- kinshipState of being related
search · contact · recognition · acknowledgment · acceptance · embrace · closeness · rapport
Intense sorrow from loss
- lossBeing without something
- separationState of being apart
- loveIntense fond attachment
- courageFortitude facing danger
strength · choice · decision · healing · resilience · trauma · secrecy · shame
Carrying offspring in womb
- trimesterThirteen-week span
- prenatalBefore birth
- ultrasoundInaudible high-frequency waves
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
delivery · hospital · newborn · infant · counseling · options · unplanned · birthing
Inherited cultural legacy
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- originStarting point or source
roots · biological · half-sibling · native
Hereditary code molecule
- heredityGenetic trait transmission
- traitsDistinguishing personal features
- resemblanceLikeness between things
- inheritedReceived from forebears
relinquishment
Formal giving up
match · intermediary · profile · triad · search · voluntary · plan
reunion
Gathering after separation
- bondingForming close connections
- attachmentConnection or fondness
- relationshipConnection between entities
kinship · search · contact · recognition · acknowledgment · acceptance · embrace · closeness · rapport · empathy
grief
Intense sorrow from loss
- lossBeing without something
- separationState of being apart
- loveIntense fond attachment
courage · strength · choice · decision · healing · resilience · trauma · secrecy · shame · stigma
gestation
Carrying offspring in womb
- trimesterThirteen-week span
- prenatalBefore birth
- ultrasoundInaudible high-frequency waves
labor · delivery · hospital · newborn · infant · counseling · options · unplanned · birthing · postpartum
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
origin · roots · biological · half-sibling · native
DNA
Hereditary code molecule
- heredityGenetic trait transmission
- traitsDistinguishing personal features
- resemblanceLikeness between things
birthmotheradoptive mother
Parent by legal choice
adoptive parent · adoptive father · foster mother · foster parent · stepmother
birth, mother, birthday, maternal, grandmother, motherhood, mothering, mothership