You’ve taken a pregnancy test and it has 2 lines screaming positive! Now what??

I’ll never forget taking that first pregnancy test when I found out I was pregnant with my son. By the 3rd test, my friend who was there for moral support, says, “You can take 100 pregnancy tests and I think they are all going to be positive. You are pregnant.”

In a moment, reality hit. I was really and truly pregnant! It was about that time when my friend said, “Tons of women get pregnant everyday. You can handle this. You will figure it out.” Those first few days of reality in an unplanned pregnancy, I wasn’t thinking “adoption versus parenting.” I was simply thinking “survival.” How do I make it through the next 9 months? What is the next step I need to take? Is this really happening? Everything was so overwhelming! I could only think of things in “baby steps” not looking at things down the road regarding what choices I would make for my unborn baby.

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• Before you start trying to decide if you should parent or make an adoption plan, give yourself a few days to breathe and deal with the reality that you are in deed pregnant.



• Find an OBGYN and make an appointment to find out far along you are.



• Stop any activities that may be harmful to your unborn baby.



• Depending on your situation, share the news with your baby’s father.



• Take care of you. You are probably feeling very overwhelmed and stressed, so be sure to take care of yourself. Get plenty of rest, eat properly, and drink lots of water.



• Remember that you are not alone. Although, you may feel like you have little support, you are not alone. Many other women are faced with unplanned pregnancies so you are not the first going through this. And you certainly will not be the last.