CAREGIVER STORIES

We hope parents and caregivers feel seen and supported in these stories of raising opioid-exposed children.

James
Andrea Bonhiver Andrea Bonhiver

James

It never crossed my mind to wonder why the c-section was being moved up. We knew James’ birth parents struggled with Opioid Use Disorder and as far as we knew, James’ birth mom had been on Methadone since 27 weeks. With our limited knowledge of the world of opioid addiction and prenatal opioid exposure, we didn’t have the experience to understand that the c-section was being moved up in order to get our son out of the damaging environment he was in as quickly as possible.

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Johnny & Jackson
Lenette Serlo Lenette Serlo

Johnny & Jackson

“Hey so I’m pregnant again and know you guys said you were done but do you want to take this baby?” Simultaneously my heart grew larger and my mind registered a truth; Larry will say no. I’m having another child. This baby will be mine. I know that. In an instant I am a mom of 4. It’s probably the same feeling a biological mother, hoping to be pregnant, feels when the test shows two lines. The energy suddenly surging through my body is contained in my drawn legs and clasped hands, open just far enough to hold the screen of the phone I’m reading.

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