To merge a group of cells and center the text, you can also use the Merge and Center button on the Excel tool bar. Again, this will only preserve the text in the upper-leftmost cell. Click the Merge and Center button on the toolbar.
The hospital should be notified of the adoption as far in advance of the birth mother's due date as possible. You should inform the hospital soon after you match with a birth mother. In an independent adoption, the birth mother's attorney usually makes initial contact with the hospital. In an agency adoption, communication is usually initiated by the social worker who has been guiding and counseling the birth mother.
That's why, with few exceptions, a parent must consent to adoption before a child is legally placed with another family. Whether an independent or agency adoption, birth parents must give up their parental rights in order to go through with an adoption. This is an important legal step, as once parental rights are relinquished the legal relationship between birth parent and child is severed.