{"id":171001,"date":"2017-08-29T14:46:55","date_gmt":"2017-08-29T18:46:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=171001"},"modified":"2018-05-30T10:29:47","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T14:29:47","slug":"pregnant-feeling-alone-youre-not-where-to-get-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/pregnant-feeling-alone-youre-not-where-to-get-help\/","title":{"rendered":"Pregnant and feeling alone? You’re not. Here’s where to get help."},"content":{"rendered":"
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An unplanned pregnancy often brings challenges; having no support makes those challenges a lot worse. If you\u2019re pregnant and don\u2019t know where to turn, you might feel like you\u2019re on your own. Let\u2019s fix that.<\/p>\n

First, check out pregnancy care centers<\/a>\u00a0and maternity homes<\/a>. You can find one by visiting\u00a0OptionLine.org<\/a>\u00a0or by texting \u201cHelpline\u201d to 313131. Stand Up Girl<\/a> also provides resources and connections for pregnant girls and women through live chat, email, and texting options. If your browser is set to show your location, pregnancy care centers in your area will easily and automatically be listed for you.<\/p>\n

One of the largest pregnancy center networks across the nation is called CareNet<\/a>. It provides\u00a0free pregnancy testing along with material resources and information on how to get additional practical and physical support; some pregnancy care centers administer STI tests as well as ultrasounds for pregnancy confirmation.<\/p>\n

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Pregnancy care centers can also give you information about adoption. You might not feel ready to raise your baby, and if that\u2019s the case, I\u2019ve got some good news: plenty of people are. Couples seeking to adopt actually outnumber<\/a> available infants; one place you can find them is Adoption.com<\/a>. It\u2019s a website where those who have been approved by a licensed adoption agency can create a profile<\/a>. You can sort through them by location, age, religion, or other criteria. More information, including how to create an adoption plan, can be found at AdoptHelp.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This is the kind of help you won’t<\/em> find at Planned Parenthood, which doesn’t offer ultrasounds (unless you’re having an abortion)<\/a>, and which offers little to no help with adoption or prenatal care. They’ve admitted this themselves in undercover recorded phone conversations:<\/p>\n