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(Save the Storks<\/a>) The following story comes from The Pregnancy Care Center of Rockford in Rockford, IL.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow did I get here?\u201d<\/strong> I asked myself. I was standing in the bathroom of a gas station with a pregnancy test sitting on the lid of the trash receptacle next to me. I watched as the symbols slowly appeared on the white stick. I was pregnant.<\/p>\n

Sitting there in the bathroom, I began to weep. How could I possibly raise a kid if I don\u2019t have a home? I didn\u2019t even have a bathroom where I could take a pregnancy test, let alone a warm place to sleep.<\/p>\n

My boyfriend and I had been kicked out of our apartment two weeks before. We had been sleeping in our car\u2014an old \u201889 Subaru with a broken window and no heat. We had both lost our jobs in the past six months and had exhausted every cent we had.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t the first time the white stick told me I was pregnant. I was in high school and I decided to have an abortion. My friends had done it before\u2026 I didn\u2019t think it was that big of a deal. Man, I was so wrong. We all were. <\/i>I was still living in the regret and depression that followed that abortion.<\/p>\n

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Still, no matter how much I regretted that decision, I couldn\u2019t bring a child into my helpless situation. Abortion was my only option and I would just have to deal with the pain that followed.<\/p>\n

The day after I took the test, my boyfriend dropped me off at the abortion clinic. Just as I was walking through the door, I heard someone say something about a free ultrasound. I looked back and saw that she was talking to me.<\/p>\n

She repeated herself, saying, \u201cWould you be interested in a free ultrasound?\u201d<\/em> I looked through the door of the abortion clinic and saw several crying women. I looked back at the lady who spoke to me, and then at her bus\u2014covered in nice pictures and colorful fonts. I walked towards her.<\/p>\n

I entered the bus with mixed emotions. I knew what I wanted, but I also knew what I had to do. I wanted to be a mom, but knew that I had to wait.<\/p>\n

The nurse asked me several questions about my health history and I ended up telling her all about my previous abortion and the terrible effects it had had on me. I told her that deep down I felt that this pregnancy was my \u201csecond chance\u201d\u2014my second chance to make the right decision and my second chance to be a mom.<\/p>\n

She asked if I wanted to have an ultrasound done so that I could see my baby. I eagerly said \u201cyes\u201d and sat down on the leather table. I leaned back and the nurse moved the ultrasound probe around my stomach. The nurse showed me my baby\u2019s heartbeat\u2014I couldn\u2019t believe it! That was all I needed to decide that I was going to keep my baby.<\/p>\n

The nurse and counselor prayed with me and assured me that I would not be alone on my journey through motherhood. They told me about local pregnancy centers where I could receive resources that would help me find housing, food, and supplies for my child while my boyfriend and I continued to look for jobs.<\/p>\n

They also told me that not only will they support me through this, but that God cares deeply for me and will never leave me. I don\u2019t think I have ever felt so loved and cared for.<\/p>\n

Feeling uplifted and hopeful, I signed both me and my boyfriend \u00a0up for the follow-up program with the pregnancy center. Thanks to the Stork Bus, I left feeling like I truly had a \u201csecond chance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Editor’s note: This article originally appeared at Save the Storks, and is reprinted here with permission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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