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(Pregnancy Help News<\/a>) — When 27-year-old Acacia walked into a pregnancy help medical clinic in Casper, Wyoming, her primary goal was to verify the pregnancy at this free pregnancy resource center. If she was pregnant<\/a>, Acacia\u2019s plan was to abort.<\/p>\n

She had taken a home pregnancy test, but couldn\u2019t make herself believe the result.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought it was a mistake. I thought, \u2018there\u2019s no way I could be pregnant,\u2019\u201d Acacia said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew the father of my child wasn\u2019t going to be around, so I was actually looking online for ways to terminate my pregnancy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"www.AbortionProcedures.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Her search led her to True Care Women’s Resource\u00a0Center\u2019s website. Reading the information and learning about the center\u2019s free services brought Acacia through the door. Little did she know how different her life would be thereafter.<\/p>\n

Acacia had experienced a life-changing incident just a few weeks prior to coming to True Care.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had recently been in an accident that I ended up surviving\u2014I should have been dead,\u201d she said. \u201cI spent four days in ICU, and that was only a month earlier.\u201d<\/p>\n

Acacia felt hopeless, an emotion she expressed to the client advocate at True Care.<\/p>\n

\u201cI told her how my life was crumbling around me and there was no way that I could be a parent at that time,\u201d Acacia said. \u201cShe sat there and listened to all my concerns. She didn\u2019t judge me, she didn\u2019t question anything that I was thinking, she just listened with a completely open mind.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the conversation, Acacia heard a life-changing statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe advocate explained to me how God has a purpose for everybody, and a huge purpose of mine was to be alive if I was supposed to be dead a month before that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

After learning her earlier positive pregnancy test was accurate, Acacia was given an ultrasound. She was too early to verify a viable pregnancy, so the clinic\u2019s nurse scheduled her for a return appointment two weeks later.<\/p>\n

That provided Acacia time to consider all her options, and to hear a message of life-changing hope.<\/p>\n

\u201cI sat there and listened and talked to her,\u201d Acacia said. \u201cShe helped me realize that whatever I did choose would affect me the rest of my life, and that the obstacles I was facing at that time were temporary. She made me look at things from another point of view. I realized I did have a purpose, and even though I felt alone, I knew there would be other people there for me fully.\u201d<\/p>\n

Today, Acacia is living out that purpose. She decided to carry to term and parent, signing up for True Care\u2019s long-term parenting program called Baby & Me. She met regularly with an advocate who helped guide her through parenting classes and has become a strong support throughout the first stages of Acacia\u2019s motherhood.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing able to sit and talk about what I was going through, whether it was personal, physical, mental\u2014I knew I wasn\u2019t alone,\u201d Acacia said. \u201cI didn\u2019t really have any mom friends or pregnant friends, so I didn\u2019t have a very good support system; True Care was my support system.\u201d<\/p>\n

Acacia said she learned many things she hadn\u2019t known about before, including nutrition and exercise for herself that would also benefit her baby in utero, breastfeeding, car seat safety, and how to take care of a sick baby. She also found love, acceptance, compassion, and encouragement, all of which helped turn her fears into confidence.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone knew my first name,\u201d she said. \u201cIt was just wonderful, and it broke me out of my shell. I got an overwhelming sense of hope that everything was going to be okay. I don\u2019t think I could have done an unplanned pregnancy without True Care. I had all this fear and anxiety, and they helped me turn it all into confidence.\u201d<\/p>\n

That confidence and hope helped her find a place to live, sign up for insurance, get a new job, and discover a new sense of purpose.<\/p>\n

In Jan. of 2017, Acacia is taking that renewed sense of purpose to Washington, D.C., for Heartbeat International\u2019s<\/a> Babies Go to Congress<\/a>, where she will tell her story to her elected representatives at the nation\u2019s capitol.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to be someone my son is proud of,\u201d Acacia said. \u201cBeing able to go to Washington and speak on behalf of True Care and really advocate for them, and being able to say how wonderful resource centers are\u2014it\u2019s an amazing opportunity. Ultimately, I did change my mind about having an abortion, and now I have this beautiful, amazing, strong son because of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing able to go and tell my story is phenomenal. I\u2019m so grateful I get to go to this.\u201d<\/p>\n

As she and Baby Axton prepare for the holiday season, their first as a family, Acacia finds many reasons to celebrate.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the short few months, my son has been alive, he\u2019s brought more good than I\u2019ve had the past 27 years of life. He saved my life,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019ve already gotten to experience so many great things, and I tell him every single day that he\u2019s destined for great things, and this (going to Washington) is one more thing that\u2019s come into our life. I\u2019m blessed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Editor’s Note: Photo credit in this article goes to Greg Irwin. This article was first published<\/a>\u00a0at Pregnancy Help News<\/a> on November 22, 2016, and is reprinted here with permission. For more pro-life news and true stories from pregnancy resource centers, you can subscribe to Pregnancy Help News here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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