If you are considering adoption, one of the first things that you will need to start thinking about is if you would like an open or a closed adoption.  For those of you who are unfamiliar with the concept of an open vs. closed adoption, let me explain. In an open adoption, the adoptive parents and the birth parents have traded personal information and have the option of contacting one another.  There are various degrees of openness.  Emails, pictures, social media, texting, calling, and visits can all be factors that are included in openness.  The birth and adoptive parents usually meet before the birth/placement of the baby. In a closed…