277. Renee Gelin: "Saving Our Sisters"

After losing her son, to a devastating unnecessary adoption Renee Gelin discovered her purpose to help other mothers avoid unnecessarily separating from their newborns. Renee started speaking to other expectant mothers and realized that many of the reasons that they were considering adoption were similar to hers – temporary. She started explaining the lifelong trauma that maternal separation causes both mothers and their newborns and the mothers listened. The adoption community began to see moms with their babies and began to support Renee’s efforts of family preservation. Others online began to direct mothers considering adoption to speak with Renee and the concept of Saving Our Sisters became a reality. Renee married her son’s father and together they parent their daughters in Florida. Recommended Resources: Music by Corey Quinn

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277. Renee Gelin: "Saving Our Sisters" is an episode from Once Upon A Time...In Adopteeland by Jennifer Dyan Ghoston.

This episode is 42:11 long.

This episode was published on Mar 31, 2026.

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