When it comes to adoption, this is the one doctors touch on the most, “are you considering giving your child up for adoption?” is one question you’ll hear often as a young mother, as if you aren’t qualified to raise a child because you are still a child yourself. They’ll most likely just refer you to an adoption agency in the area and again send you on your way, not really explaining the process or easing all the worries that are running through your head.
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Doctors are surprised that you want to take on this responsibility. “Are you sure?” “There are other options?” But they never explain those options. They try to talk you out of it more than they try to help or they throw a book loaded with overwhelming information at you and expect you to do your own research, which in a way is still more helpful than the lack of information they provide you with. In my personal experience, it all started just when I went to take the pregnancy test. The “are you considering an abortion?” question was the top question after they asked how young I was. A nineteen year old girl, soon to be twenty, but still a child in their eyes was incapable of taking on the job of raising her own child. I knew abortion wasn’t an option for me and frankly the only thing I was worried about at the time was how I was going to break the news