Touching Lives - A Client Story
Bree, a high school student, happened to see one of our commercials on Sunday, April 29th (days after the ad was scheduled to stop running.) She reached out and called our hotline number on Monday after she got home from school. Bree assumed we were an abortion clinic and wanted to find out how much it would cost to terminate her pregnancy. Apparently, she had called several abortion clinics, but had been unable to get an estimate because she was unsure of when her last menstrual cycle had begun. I explained to her that we would be able to confirm the pregnancy and more importantly perform an ultrasound to determine exactly how far along she was, but that we did not perform abortions. She was aware that the prices elevate weekly as you progress in your pregnancy and she desperately needed the information to know how much money she would need to get the abortion. Within an hour, Bree and her boyfriend were in our office. We spoke briefly and I learned that she had just terminated a pregnancy a little less than 8 months before. She felt her previous decision was a good one and was very determined to go through with terminating this pregnancy also. She was guessing that she was only about a month or two pregnant. She had no interest in learning about adoption and refused to consider parenting. Her boyfriend remained silent. When I felt my words were falling on deaf ears, I suggested that we go ahead with the ultrasound. Instantly, the three of us viewed a very large and developed baby on the screen. The images were clear and the baby was very active. I was able to catch some beautiful shots of their child; a perfect footprint showing each toe, its hand opening and closing into a fist and very sweet facial shots with the baby’s eyes open. I pointed out body parts and explained the images, while both of them just watched quietly. After taking several measurements, I informed them that she was nearly 18 weeks pregnant.
I was finding it very hard to know what was going through their minds. Bree’s boyfriend appeared agitated and a little angry and I was unsure of why. When the scan was complete, I handed them over a dozen pictures of their baby and asked how they felt and what they were thinking. The baby’s father began to get very vocal and was very moved by how big and developed their child was. I felt tension between the couple and he stated that she would not terminate this pregnancy and that he would even raise this baby alone if he had to. She became very quiet and didn’t really respond to my questions. She did ask a few prenatal care type questions that cast a ray of hope for this child. Upon completing her exit survey she wrote that she had changed her mind and would continue on with the pregnancy and parent the child because of what she had seen that day.
Just a few days later, Bree called us back. She shared that everything was sinking in and that she was feeling better about the baby. She and her boyfriend were even becoming excited about finding out if the baby was a boy or girl – no longer just a problem.
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