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I came to the PRC needing a pregnancy test.
Although I had not missed a period, I was not feeling well.
My boyfriend had said he would be very upset
if I were pregnant. When I saw that the test was positive,
I was shocked. There was so much going on in my life, how
would I fit in a baby?
My mother had passed away six months ago, the
relationship with my boyfriend was unstable and I was trying
to go to school. How could I have this baby without my mom
or the babyÕs father supporting me? Confused, yes at every
turn. The PRC counselor shared my choices, all of them difficult.
Which one could I live with?
My counselor became a source of encouragement
and comfort as in the next few weeks my boyfriend became intense
in the pressure for me to abort. For two more months I came
into the PRC. My counselor gave me a Bible and although I
was a Christian, I had not been living the life I should.
I decided to go to a church and become involved in a church
family. Some things began to change, but my boyfriend still
wanted me to terminate the pregnancy.
As I began to trust, I saw changes in my circumstances
and how I looked at them. With support from the church, a
job and a feeling of independence, and four months after going
to the PRC, I made the firm decision that I would carry and
parent.
The babyÕs father was still insisting that the
pregnancy was destroying our lives, that he would never love
the baby I was carrying. He refused to be any support when
I went to the doctor or when the baby would be delivered.
The situation at home became even worse. Each time I came
to the center we would pray that his heart and attitude would
change.
With a continued unraveling relationship, I
decided to move out of state to be with relatives. He would
not have this arrangement either, so one more choice, to move
back. I continued to pray and receive counsel at the PRC until
I delivered a beautiful baby boy.
A couple of weeks after the delivery, the babyÕs
father, his mother, and I went into the center to show off
baby, the results surprising all who were there. The babyÕs
father, who had fought so hard not to have this baby, was
holding him in his arms, with love and pride.
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