what do you do if you think you are pregnant?

Answer 1

Buy a home pregnancy test, and if it comes up positive, get a medical confirmation. If you aren't married and know that your parents won't be supportive, it's best to get advice from Planned Parenthood or similar. You can always put the child up for adoption, there are many right-to-life organizations who can help you every step of the way if you choose to do this. There are many people out there who want a child but can't have their own, they could raise a child much more easily than a teenager. Best of luck.

Answer 2

First, find out if you are pregnant. Make sure the pregnancy is not etopic (outside the uterus) and needs to be removed.

If you are pregnant and you're even considering keeping the baby or putting it up for adoption, start taking vitamins and getting prenatal checkups.

If you are pregnant, you should tell your partner unless circumstances (rape, abuse, incest) prevent this.

Your options after that are as follows with no bias:


Have an abortion.

Pros- You're instantly no longer pregnant. Emotional relief.

Cons- Medical procedure that can have complications. There is a small risk of infertility if the procedure is not done by a trained professional. Emotional and hormonal sadness. When a pregnancy ends your hormones try to go back to normal which can cause depression. This is NORMAL even when you give birth to a wanted baby.


Adotion - closed

Pros- You're not a parent in the sense that you have to take care of a child for the next 20 years. Adoption costs may cover pregnancy and birth costs.

Cons- You may not want to give up the baby once you have it. 9 months of prenancy and delivery. Health issues (sometimes life threatening) that can occur while pregnant. Harder to adopt out a black, hispanic, male, or baby with disabilities. Posiblity of premature delivery. Possibility of miscarriage. Child may come looking for you later on.


Adoption - open

Pros- same as cosed adoption. Contact with child is a possibility. You get to pick the parents. Parents (or open adoption conpany) usually cover medical costs.

Cons- You may not want to give up the baby once you have it. 9 months of prenancy and delivery. Health issues (sometimes life threatening) that can occur while pregnant. Harder to adopt out a black, hispanic, male, or baby with disabilities. Posiblity of premature delivery. Possibility of miscarriage.


Parent

Pros- You choose to parent your child.

Cons- Costs of prenatal care, delivery, and your baby are all yours. You have to make a commitment to the child for 20+ years on average. Several hundred thousand dollars of cost not including higher education and 'extras' like TV's, cars, insurance, and such. You need a good support network to raise a child. If your partner is not in the picture, you have to do this by yourself. You are more likely to abuse your child than a random unrelated stranger. Your social life is gone. Your life is not for you anymore, it's for your child.


Talk to a Planned Parenthood or Women's Clinic about your options. Ponder this carefully. Any decision you make will effect you for a lifetime.

Answer 3

Go to a Planned Parenthood center and ask for a free pregnancy test, or you can buy a home pregnancy test and find out.

Answer 4

Take a pregnancy test. If it is positive start taking prenatal vitamins and make an appointment with an OB/GYN for your 8 week checkup.

Answer 5

Take a test and call the doctor

Answer 6

Take a test. Go see the doctor.

Answer 7

take a home preg test. If it comes out positive talk to your partner and see what you guys want to do. You can also go to the clinic.

Answer 8

Take a test.

Answer 9

go to the doctor take a pregnancy test tell you're baby daddy and you're parents

Answer 10

first take a pregnancy test and then if its posotive tell someone you trust and go to the doctors!