5 minutes post

Challenge, I have 5 minutes to write a quick post about the pregnancy center where I volunteer. I really want to do it as it's fresh in my mind.

Today no big drama. I talked with 2 girls.
-17 years old had a wrong address for the RU-486. My collegue talked with her, I listened mostly. So she wanted to know more about the abortion pill. She asked at her school and the nurse said there were no complications or problems because "it's so early" She was 6 weeks along. Indeed it's early, but there are still complications possible. We had an interesting discussion because at some point the girl said " you're making me feel guilty." We were 3 other women in the room:
- well we told you we are not planned parenthood, we are support for crisis pregnancy, and you wanted to know more, now we are telling you more informations, as you asked.
- I said: " we also want to give you as much advices and informations as possible, because many women are pressured into abortion without knowing about what are the other options, and how much help exists out there.
- And we see MANY women coming here and telling how the suffered from abortion, sometimes only years later. It's not a small and forgettable procedure etc.


The second girl came for informations about contraception and relationships. She came already a couple times with friends. Last time in 2008 she brought a friend, and now she has a 4 months old baby girl :) She is the god mother. We talked about relationships. What girls and boys really want, and how to get it... Kind of awarness about abstinence. She was very interested in fertility awarness.
She was telling us about her desire to have a baby, and the older councellors talked to her longer about marriage and relationships.. That was pretty interesting to me too. All the abstinence and NFP philosophy are still pretty new and I like to mentally revisit the way from a culture of media pressure to a culture of life that doesn't see babies and pregnancies as a "risk" or the end of your world, but as great chances that not everyone gets...

Anyway 5 minutes way up!!
I won't have time for my quick chore...