Premature births are on the rise. Many of our foster care infants are delivered early due to maternal drug exposure and failed abortion attempts by young mothers barely out of childhood themselves. This new population of tiny ones begins their lives in the Neonatal Intensive Care Units of hospitals across America. Our goal is to bring awareness, education and forever loving homes to these little angels.

Recipes on how to abort unwanted children are found on several web sites and are common knowledge among teens.
Women employ this dangerous abortion method by consuming a combination of alcohol, muscle relaxants and methamphetamines. In many cases, the woman's placenta cannot withstand the effects of the drugs, and she begins to hemorrhage due to a condition called abruptio.

Because of the profound bleeding and in fear of her own well being, the woman will go to the local Emergency Room for help. The vast majority of hospitals drug test the mother and infant for this type of condition. When the mother and/or infant test positive for illicit drugs, the infant is placed into child protective custody and enters into the Foster Care System.

As the tiny ones battle for their life with undeveloped organs, they are also going through brutal drug withdrawal. The constant poking with needles to draw blood and IV starts does not impart a warm and fuzzy beginning to life. They are often tied in unnatural positions on the bed to ensure they don't pull out breathing tubes and are often not medicated enough for effective pain management.

Many preemies will have a four to six month course in NICU, never knowing whether they're being picked up to be fed or poked for some other painful brutal procedure.

They benefit greatly from nurturing home environments once their hospital stay is over, but need tremendous amounts of love to overcome their memories of the torture necessary to save their lives.

Angels in Waiting is dedicated to moving these special little angels into loving homes with Registered Nurses as their foster parents and then on to adoptive homes in which they could recover or stabilize, grow and now flourish; their troubled pasts overshadowed by their hopeful futures.

Angels in Waiting understands the proper course of treatment required to enhance the cognitive, behavioral and psychological outcome of medically fragile and drug exposed foster preemies and infants. With the proper funding for educational programs, plus the implementation of available assistance programs and the provision of ongoing support, the attainment of that goal can be greatly increased.

Please consider what your contribution can mean to a precious infant who is fighting for survival and now targeted to go into an institution or a group home.