There are a lot of interesting stories. The story that I tell you nobody made up, its heroes are real people. My daughter and I are volunteers at the Life Care Center. Three months ago my daughter noticed that one of her fellow students had changed strangely. Having told me her observations my daughter supposed that the girl was pregnant. I recommended her to invite the girl to Izmail Life Care Center for consultation. For several hours we had heartfelt talks about dating, purity of premarital relationships.

My daughter’s fellow-student needed help very much because her boyfriend left her. There were a lot of tears and disappointments. One question worried us more than another: is she pregnant or not because she had a rather big stomach for her weigh. We tried to persuade her to take a pregnancy test. She said that she didn’t have to because she had her periods and she couldn’t be pregnant. As far as I know between the fifth and sixth month of pregnancy a test doesn’t give positive result because the hormones change. She was willing for the test and it was positive. We were shocked no less than the girl.

We decided to go do an ultrasound. It showed that the pregnancy was going well - the lovely healthy boy was growing and evolving, the term was 23 weeks. It was clear that it was a crisis pregnancy. Fear and guilt before her parents stopped her from telling the news to them. My first task as the adviser of Izmail Life Care Center was to support and care for this girl and take care of the new life inside her – a new life that nobody wanted to come to this world. Later we got to know that the girl didn’t have her periods for the last five months but the crisis pregnancy became the total denial.

She persuaded herself that if she didn’t think about it, it would go away. Our other task was: how to break this news to her boyfriend and parents. There were a lot of meetings, counseling, tears. Slowly I managed to persuade her to save the life of her child. I used a lot of arguments, I even reminded her about criminal responsibility for inducing abortion at this period. At last the girl decided to save the life of her child, but give him out to adoption. Her boyfriend and parents didn’t know about the pregnancy.

The girl was the only child in the family; her parents loved her but didn’t know about the situation. When she began to accustom herself to the thought that she was pregnant I persuaded her to call her boyfriend and tell him the news. The boy of course was shocked. Later he promised to go to the village and tell the news to her parents. When they told everything to the parents they of course didn’t reject her. The girl gave birth to a beautiful boy. The boyfriend left her. When I ask her, will you give your son out for adoption, she answered never in my life!

Girls and women who are in crisis pregnancy, I know your feelings. You think that you are in a deadlock, there is no exit. You think you that you will not be able to afford the responsibility of having a child, that you have no money and are not ready to be a mother.

Izmail Life Care Center is always ready to help you. We are near to share your anxiety and worry. We are close to you to help you to be ready for changes in your life.

The only important thing is let the LIFE that is inside you live, this LIFE needs your help and care. You will experience not only problems and worries but also joy and happiness from being a mother. You will never stop loving your child.