Continue with the pregnancy?
If a pregnancy test is positive, you are pregnant.
Maybe it’s what you really wanted and you are happy about it. Then go to your doctor. He or she will refer you to a midwife.
Was this not what you planned, but you’ve decided to continue with the pregnancy?
You now have 3 choices:
- Continue with the pregnancy and keep your baby.
- Continue with the pregnancy and place the baby in foster care, temporarily or permanently.
- Continue with the pregnancy and have the baby adopted.
How do you make a choice? Tips:
Talk to someone you trust
Someone who can advise and support you. Preferably an adult, perhaps your mother or a counsellor. But it should always be your own choice.
Tell your parents you’re pregnant
This is obviously important if you’re still living at home. If necessary, get someone to help you do it. That could be a family member, but it could also be your doctor.
Talk to your doctor or another healthcare professional
A counsellor or healthcare/social care professional can explain your options to you. They can also help you to gather your thoughts and make up your mind. Read below where you can go for help.
Have a look at Pregnant, what now?
Do this as soon as possible! The faster you take action, the more options you will have.
Doubts
If you can’t decide what to do and need some help in making your choice, talk to a support worker at infopuntonbedoeldzwanger.nl. You can chat online 24/7, or phone them on 0800 – 6160. They can also tell you where you can get help somewhere near you.
Where can you go for help?
- Your doctor’s practice
- A Sense clinic
- Fiom and Siriz offer professional support and help young pregnant women (and partners) to make a choice: continue with the pregnancy or have a termination. Siriz also supports young parents.
Siriz is part of the VBOK (a society for the protection of the unborn child in the Netherlands). Its services are based on Christian values.