Unplanned Pregnancy

Part 1 A positive result?: are you really pregnant?; dealing with immediate feelings; who to tell; options. Part 2 Making your decision: taking time; assessing your situation; what information do I need? trusting yourself to make the right decision; looking after your feelings; head versus heart; confronting your fears; who should I tell? other people's attitudes to your pregnancy. Part 3 Conflict with yourself and with others: dealing with ambivalence; conflict with partners; conflict with parents; fertility crises; strong anti-abortion feelings. Part 4 Difficult circumstances: harsh reality; worries about HIV and AIDS; being HIV positive and pregnant; pregnancy as a result of rape; foetal abnormality; making your choice. Part 5 Choosing abortion: the present law; how to get an abortion; getting an NHS abortion; what happens next; negotiating the system; choosing to go privately; negotiating the NHS; repeat abortion; Irish women; before the operation; methods of abortion; after the operation. Part 6 After abortion: physical risks of abortion; emotional effects of abortion; guilt and self-esteem; looking after yourself; sex and sexuality; post-abortion; counselling. Part 7 Choosing motherhood: doubts and fears; the myth of the mother; planning ahead. Part 8 Adoption and fostering: adoption; fostering; after the birth; after adoption. Part 9 Contraception: choosing your method of birth; control; methods of contraception. Afterword: living with your decision.