I basically looked online like just for any help with, you know, maybe if you weren’t sure if you were pregnant and the first thing when I typed in, Ann Arbor was here. So I just kind of checked it out and came and it was very helpful because I was pretty scared at the time. I was actually 26 at the time, but you know I was just finishing up, I had one year left of college so it was kind of like “okay, how am I going to finish a year of school and be pregnant at the same time.” And I didn’t know how to get any resources or anything. So once they came back and said “You are pregnant” it was like a really big shock. It kind of just all was “oh, man, what do I do?” But there was two women here who just really talked to me and helped me out and they really, you know, just kind of told me all the different options I could have and, you know, what each option might lead to, which was really helpful, you know, cause some people tell you you have these options, but they don’t explain to you what might happen depending on what you decide to do. And that was really helpful too, and they gave me a lot of brochures, information, to read, so I could kind of see all the options.”

“When I took the pregnancy test in my dorm room and found it was positive, I was panic-stricken. My stomach was in knots. I wanted it all to go away as fast as possible and know that my life would be all right. I needed my life to get back to normal.”

I was driving down 96 crying hysterically. Just crying my eyes out. Like I was like “I don’t know what I’m going to do. I know I can’t be that far along. I only have to be like one to two weeks. And I find a phone number and I’m like “I’m going to Ann Arbor because I don’t know anyone in Ann Arbor. No one’s going to tell anyone. So okay.” So I found ArborWoman and I came in and I was crying.” And she’s like “Don’t cry. It’s going to be okay. Like it happens. It’s life.” So we go into the ultrasound room and I’m like “I’m only one to two weeks pregnant. I’m telling you right now. I’m positive.” ”Why don’t you get on the ultrasound machine.” “I’m like “Oooh. Okay.” And then they told me I was 14 weeks and 5 days I was like “no way” and then I heard the heartbeat.”

What brought me here was that I think I kind of knew that something wasn’t quite right. I found out in April and so I came in here and I think I was trying to convince myself that it was something else. Like, I think my mom like said we had a history of ovarian cysts and I was really hoping that it would be that. Or just something all together different. But I think my heart told me something else because instead of going to the hospital I looked up the center online. And since it was like downtown and since I could walk there and it was convenient I thought that, you know, it wouldn’t hurt so to go in and have a consultation and get that out of the way. I remember the nurse coming in and kind of telling me and I don’t even remember how I reacted. I think I was in denial for so long and I didn’t even allow myself to think about that possibility. That when it kind of like hit me in the face, you know, and was right there, yeah, it definitely took a few days to let it sink into my heart and realize, you know, this is actually happening. But, you know, I think out of all the places I could’ve been, I think this place was the most kind in telling me the news and they offered the most support. So I don’t regret for a minute coming here.