14/08/2026
Caroline and Siobhan adopted siblings through South East Wales Adoption Service in 2017, fulfilling a dream they had shared for years. 🫶
For Caroline, adoption had always been part of her story. Adopted herself as a baby, she describes adoption as a positive word in their home and says her own experience helped shape their journey to becoming parents.
Like many adopters, meeting their children for the first time was both exciting and daunting. But it was the small moments that reassured them they were becoming a family - hearing their daughter call them “mum”, celebrating birthdays together and creating memories that continue to make them smile.
Today, adoption remains something they talk openly about as a family, creating a safe space for questions, conversations and new memories together.
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Mabwysiadodd Caroline a Siobhan siblingiaid trwy Wasanaeth Mabwysiadu De-ddwyrain Cymru yn 2017, gan wireddu breuddwyd yr oedden nhw wedi’i rhannu ers blynyddoedd. 🫶
I Caroline, roedd mabwysiadu wedi bod yn rhan o'i stori erioed. Cafodd ei mabwysiadu ei hun yn fabi, ac mae’n disgrifio mabwysiadu fel gair positif yn eu cartref ac yn dweud bod ei phrofiad ei hun wedi helpu i lunio eu taith i ddod yn rhieni.
Fel llawer o fabwysiadwyr, roedd cwrdd â'u plant am y tro cyntaf yn gyffrous ac yn frawychus. Ond yr eiliadau bach yna wnaeth dawelu eu meddyliau a’u sicrhau eu bod yn dod yn deulu – clywed eu merch yn eu galw’n “mam”, dathlu penblwyddi gyda’i gilydd, a chreu atgofion sy’n gwneud iddyn nhw wenu o hyd.
Heddiw, mae mabwysiadu yn parhau i fod yn rhywbeth y maen nhw’n siarad yn agored amdano fel teulu, gan greu gofod diogel ar gyfer cwestiynau, sgyrsiau a chreu atgofion newydd gyda'i gilydd.
