Discovering you’re pregnant as a teenager can be a scary time indeed. You may feel horrified that this has happened to you, thinking “How can I be pregnant?”. All of the unknowns come rushing at you causing fear and emotional turmoil. How do I tell my parents? What about school? [...]
So, you had an awesome night out with friends, found yourself in a place you didn’t expect and now you’re panicking because, while your judgement was clouded, you had unprotected sex. You’ve heard of emergency contraceptives and know some people who have used them so you decide it’s worth a [...]
It's North Carolina Law. North Carolina law requires that a woman receive certain abortion information at least 72 hours prior to an abortion (effective 10/1/2015). This information is part of the N.C. Woman’s Right to Know Act of 2011 that mandates the giving of informed consent prior to an abortion. [...]
So there you are in your bathroom, anxiously watching the timer on your phone count down. You hear the ding; you hesitantly look; and…. One line…. Negative. The first rush of feeling is relief. But then – wait a minute. Your period is 6 days late, and you are NEVER [...]
If you are pregnant and you are not sure what to do, just pause. Perhaps you are weighing the pregnancy options available for you and cannot see how you can accomplish your personal goals with a baby. Avoid making a quick, emotional, and irreversible decision that you may later regret [...]
Now that it has settled in that you are pregnant, you begin to wonder, “how far along am I?”. This question can be answered in different ways, some more accurate than others. For starters, you can ask google for a pregnancy calculator. By entering the first day of your last [...]
If you aren’t trying to get pregnant, it might not be the first thing to pop into your mind to explain the weird things happening to your body. You might be wondering why am I so tired lately, or where are these dizzy spells coming from? And then your period [...]
As much as you wish those pregnancy symptoms would go away. They will not. You’re pregnant. You don’t want to be pregnant and you definitely weren’t planning to be pregnant in college. The thoughts invade of what will he say, what will he want me to do, what do I [...]
Finding out you are pregnant can be difficult and overwhelming. Fear, uncertainty, confusion and anger are just some of the feelings you may be experiencing. While you may be thinking that you don’t have a choice, you do have pregnancy options. Don’t worry over the possibility of being pregnant before [...]
You may think a blood pregnancy test (BPT) might be more accurate than a urine test to determine pregnancy. However, the facts show that this is not the case. How pregnancy tests work Both a blood pregnancy test and a urine pregnancy test measure the presence and amount of a [...]
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