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With every day that passed, I hoped to wake up and discover that I had started my period and that things would be alright for me. But every day that went by without it, I felt more and more terrified that maybe my initial thoughts about being pregnant were right. I...

When I first got the clinic, they did the ultrasound and I found out I was 7 1/2 weeks pregnant. The ultrasound screen wasn't facing me, but I looked at it as soon as I got up off the chair and I shouldn't have done that. I was looking at my unborn child. Hi Lisa...

The gynecologist wasn't in that day, so his wife attended to me. She asked me a couple of questions, and then asked me to lie down on the bed. On pressing my stomach, she frowned a little and said, "You could be pregnant". Yet until that very point, I still could...

A few days later, I began to feel weird. Everything I smelt made my stomach upset and I just wanted to constantly vomit and I did. I thought that I might be pregnant, but I didn't want to get our hopes up so I didn't say anything. I waited until it was time for my...

Katie and I had a great relationship. We are one day apart. How weird is that?  Things got a little crazy at her birthday party. It was around midnight and we went up to her room. We took off our clothes and had sex. Her period was around a month later, but it...

A Father’s Love is a celebration of the important role fathers play in their children’s lives. Each artist’s heartfelt performance expresses their own unique perspective on what it means to be a dad. Life’s greatest pleasures come from the moments we share with the...

This is the story of how my son came to be. I was 19, he was 37, I thought that he was the one. He was my first and as I saw it, my last. It was only the second time that it had happened and I was indeed naive enough to believe that I wouldn't get pregnant. One...

I went to the clinic for a consultant and my heart was pounding. Seeing my little buddle of joy on the screen, I had this rush of love for my baby. I used to talk to my baby and think of it 24/7 and I knew then I wanted it. I told my boyfriend and he said that it...

I told him and he was really supportive, but nobody else knew, not my mum or any member of my family. I went to the doctor's who confirmed I was pregnant, but I was upset. My mum has always said to me you will always have to have an abortion because you cannot have...

One morning, I woke up and I ran to the bathroom and threw up. I stayed home from school, thinking I just had the flu. I didn't even think about being pregnant. It wasn't until health class one day that I even thought about that possibility. We were talking about...

I got there and sat in the waiting room with the millions of other girls sitting there alone and by themselves.  But I wasn't alone I had my boyfriend there, and I still felt as alone as ever.  I felt like cattle or something.  I went into the room by myself and...

So, what I wanted to say to any girl who is pregnant and in uncertain times, struggling or afraid, is that their babies are beautiful and precious! If anyone is worried that they are somehow less beautiful inside or less desirable to good guys because they have had...

Rebecca St James, with several gold albums and singles to her credit, granted StandUpGirl an interview. We discussed what she hears from young women as she tours on concert around the world, depression, redemption, and self-esteem. In her career as a singer, she...

I went to a birthday party. It was like my first time going to a real party. I met a guy who was a lot older than me. At that time he was 23, we started dating a few days after the party, he was so sweet, he would always call me like a hundred times a day, gave me...

I was 17 and halfway through my senior year in high school. I also had no place to live. When I told my boyfriend, he freaked out and told me he would pay for an abortion, but would not hang around if I didn't get one. Dear Becky -- Hey. Last December, I found out...

The day I went to have it done, the clinic gave me 2 pills. One to take there and one at home.  I did it alone because of the overwhelming shame I felt.  I followed the directions word for word, but nothing prepared me for what happened.  First off, it was the...

I had my son Damon at age 16. It was one of the hardest things I had ever done in my life. I dropped out of school when I was 3 months pregnant and always told myself I can return next year. Dear Becky -- I had my son Damon at age 16. It was one of the hardest...