Teen Mom’s Catelynn Lowell says she currently has no communication with her biological daughter Carly, whom she placed for adoption in 2009.
“The last time I saw Carly was, like, two years ago,” Lowell, 32, exclusively shared with Us Weekly before the season premiere of Teen Mom: The Next Chapter on Thursday, January 30. “It’s very hard. At the end of the day, I really just want whatever she wants and whatever that looks like for Carly, that’s all that I want.”
In July 2009, Lowell and her now-husband Tyler Baltierra documented their decision to place their daughter for adoption on MTV’s 16 and Pregnant.
While the couple initially agreed to an “open” adoption with Carly’s adoptive parents — meaning they could receive photos and see their daughter in person once a year — things began to change when Carly, now 17, got older.
“They basically have closed the adoption on us,” Lowell claimed. “That’s hard. I’ve kind of just jumped into this new place with my adoption to where now I’m speaking to lots of adoptees and I am learning what would’ve helped them, what would’ve benefited them. Now I’m doing a lot of education about that and teaching other people about the statistics of adoptees and if you’re going to make this decision ever in your life, be knowledgeable about what you’re making.”
For Lowell — who is also mom to Nova, 10, Vaeda, 5, and Rya, 3 — she chooses to speak up so Carly can one day know just how much she’s loved by her birth parents.
“I want Carly to know that if she’s the one that still wants contact and it’s not happening, I will fight for that til the day I die or until she tells me it’s too hard for me to have contact,” Lowell shared with Us. “But until that day, I want her to know that I am always here and always willing to do whatever I can.”
Another struggle Lowell and Baltierra, 33, are facing is what to share with their younger kids about their older sibling.
Catelynn Lowell. Courtesy of Catelynn Lowell/Instagram
According to Lowell, “it’s very hard explaining” the situation because they are still young.
“Nova’s response was, ‘Well, that’s dumb. We should get to see her and talk to her,’” Lowell recalled. “She’s still little, so that is hard. I have a lot of anger about it, but I know underneath that is sadness and hurt.”
Through the ups and downs, Lowell knows she is not alone. The “Cate & Ty: Break It Down” podcast host continues to share her story knowing other families experience something similar. She’s also grateful to have the support of her husband.
Catelynn Lowell is giving an update about her relationship with her 15-year-old daughter Carly’s adoptive parents. “Adoption is crazy. I’m blocked all because of me sending updates and pictures of her sisters,” the Teen Mom: The Next Chapter star, 32, claimed via her Instagram Story on Monday, September 9. “How is that fair to Carly […]
“It affects him deeply too,” she said about Baliterra. “I don’t think it strains our relationship. We went through it with each other. … When one of us is really down and struggling, the other one is there to talk and kind of make sense and help each other.”
Teen Mom: The Next Chapter airs on MTV Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET.
With reporting by Christina Garibaldi
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