Do not
lose Hope if you have just been told unexpected, shocking, and scary news.
YOU'RE PREGNANT......
YOUR GIRLFRIEND IS PREGNANT.....
It isn't
the end of the World, Children are gifts and Blessings.
Your life
will not end by having a Child.
You can
keep this little Angel, or find someone to, or have a family member adopt or
Foster, till you get back on your feet, or have an Open Adoption and give them
the best life possible.
First
thing to Remember, YOU AREN’T ALONE.
- Are you just starting out alone and believe you have no one on your side?
- You ran from an abusive relationship or environment?
- Just found out you’re pregnant and don’t know what to do?
- Parents kicked you out?
- Worried about how to tell your parents?
- Worried about how to tell the father of the baby?
FIRST
– deep breaths to calm yourself, things will be ok.
Resources:
- Contact your state help line (Most States: 211)
- Apply for Pregnancy Medicaid
- Apply for Food Stamps
- Apply for Pregnancy Nutrition Help and Education Classes (WIC) – Woman Infant and children Program
- Look for free parenting classes/local support groups for other pregnant mothers/parents/couples either at local colleges, hospitals, or online support groups
Prenatal
Care
The U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services Maternal and Child Health Bureau coordinates medical care, support, and advice for pregnant
women, as well as information about health insurance.
Call (800) 311-2229
(800-311-BABY) to find out which services are available in your state.
Help
for Single Moms:
A
Story of Hope for Other Teen Moms/Young Moms/Young Couples now Expecting
My name is
Debbie, I’m 29.
I’m the Proud Mommy to three
children, 1 Son (Born May 2002) and 2 daughters (Born June 2004 and Sept 2006).
You
may think I am a usual young mom, but here’s my story.
I was 18
when I met someone and fell head over heels in love, I was a Senior in High
School in Houston, Texas, was in Choir, was the Photographer for our Top level
Choir, in Color-gaurd, a Peer Mediator, in the French Club, earned my
Letterman’s Jacket my Freshman Year for awards on the Swim Team, and was a good
student all around.
I made a
decision to go the next step with this person I fell in love with, later that
night I went home and got into a fight with my parents, I left their house at
3am on a Sunday Morning, walked over railroad tracks and through the woods to a
park in a neighborhood next to mine, about 7am I called my sister, my sister’s
husband, and my boyfriend to come get me (they lived in a town and hour away).
The next
day I drive back down to Houston, withdrew from my High School, and the next
day I enrolled into the High School in the College Town my boyfriend lived in,
and I made his apartment my home. Few months later he asked me to marry him,
and I was so excited! We were planning for a wedding in March the next year,
and then a few weeks later we find out that I am expecting. Of course it was a
shock, I was scared, so many emotions. (How do I tell my parents, his parents,
I’m still in High School, What about College, What about my dreams to dance and
sing……….. You see the questions? They sound familiar?).
In the
end, I got married in December 2001, I was in Choir all through my senior year,
I went to my Senior Prom 8 and a half months pregnant, my son was born 8 days
before I walked across to graduate and get my High School Diploma. He was born
on May 24, 2002; I walked on June 1, 2002.
I graduated a Texas Scholar and in
the top 100 Students of our 350 senior class.
Children aren’t
mistakes, they are blessings, and your life doesn’t end when you become a
parent.
I divorced after over 10 years of marriage due to my ex husbands medical issues, which i could no longer care for him, on top of raising three children, so i seperated in Nov 2011 and divorced in Feb 2012.
I now am a
GIS Specialist at Shell Oil, in the Oil and Gas Industry.
I own my own
Photography Business, and am a NICU Music Therapy Major in College.
I am active
in my kids’ school, their sports activities, their homework, educations and reading.
I mentor teen and young
Moms/Parents, and just try to give them an outlet to have others to go to, so
they feel they aren’t alone.
I offer my
help to anyone who has a question, needs an ear to listen, or some advice.
I am not perfect, but I can be a success story where the Statistics are proven wrong.
They say teen moms or parents:
- wont raise their children properly
- wont have a future
- wont be able to finish their education and degrees, or graduate from high school or college.
- They assume they will be homeless
- they assume the teens will neglect and abuse the child(ren)
