Kinda like the TV show. What would you do?
Would you inform a local Right to Life center, that their landlord, also rents to Planned Parenthood.
They are not in the same complex, but in the same city. I would have to assume, they(RTL) don't know, that their landlord leases to PP. The landlord is a small management company, around 15 office buildings, concentrated mostly in the same city. If you knew would you rent from this landlord? Said landlord, likes to hide (not disclose) this PP property.
Yes we do work for said landlord, well past tense, we cancelled this account, for non payment, also for hiding the PP property. Said landlord has made each building it's own company (not uncommon), and employees are another company, who work for a 3rd management company(landlord), who pay the owners ( who are not directly involved, with the day to day operations). The owners are a very prominent Catholic Family, we didn't know this going into the contract, but after not paying, I do a lot of research. To be honest, not sure this Catholic Family knows they have a PP in one of their properties, that's how removed they are.
So back to the TV Show, What would you do?
Would you write the RTL office and let them in on the secret?
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Sunday, November 10, 2013
Testimony
We had a grown up night out on Friday night.. You know the kind where you get all dressed up. We went to the annual fundraising dinner for our local pregnancy center. We go most years, this is center hubs parents started many many years ago. They have some auction items to wander about, and then during dinner they have someone give a testimonial.
I have to say this year, we were very moved.
This young gentelman got up, he was dressed very nice, in his neatly pressed blue shirt. He got up and introduced himself, the name sounded familiar, but I couldn't connect it, yet. He starts by saying he thinks he's pretty much a typical 27 year old. Lazy, doesn't like the thought of his parents knowing what is right/wrong, selfish, and partier. He went on to say, he had a lovely girlfriend, whom he shared his bed with. She came to him one day & said I'm pregnant, but they hadn't been dating long, them both being self-absrobed, wanted to get rid of "it' so they could get back to their selfish ways. So he had looked up an abortion clinic, then he remembered it was 1/4 mile from his dad's business on the busy road. They made the appointment for this particular day, programmed the address in his GPS, and got off the freeway & followed the GPS. (God's Pilot System) . The GPS said go left, but he thought it was Right, but went the left anyways. He came upon the bright pink sign "problem pregnancy" and they turned in. They came in & were greeted, he & the girlfriend were split up & both asked some questions, about 10 minutes later, the nurse came & got him & brought him in & congratulated him, and showed him his baby on the ultrasound machine. In his head he thought what kind of abortion clinic congratulates me for wanting to abort my child. In the next couple of minutes they receive a gift for their child, a hand knit blanket. Then they start talking to them, they are not at the abortion clinic, they are at the "center". Then he realizes this is the place his dad makes regular donations to!
They leave about an hour later. Still not convinced that they want to have the baby, but deep emotions about aborting too. He said the selfish reasons he wanted to abort, was he was ashamed to tell his family, mom, dad, etc. for fear of being a "failure" or embarassment. He hadn't talked to his dad in several months, so he was getting the courage to go talk to his dad & mom. When he talks to his mom, she tells him, that son, you really don't have 2 brothers, you have 3, but I was in your same shoes & chose to abort it, and she told him she regrets it every day of her life. It took him some time, but he talked to his dad. He came back to the center 2 weeks later, to let them know that because his GPS took him the wrong way, he landed on their doorstep, but thankful it did, they were going to be keeping the baby. He left us in a cliff hanger. He got back up a couple of minutes later to tell us, that his girlfriend is 21 weeks pregnant, and they are not finding out what it is, to keep it a surprise. His parents both came to the dinner to support him & the girlfriend. So many people came up during the evening to give them hugs, and words of encouragement.
This young man, looks like many 27 year old men that you might encounter. It just reinforced that abortion minded people, do not fit a certain demographic, race, ethnicity, or social status. It hit this crowd, that this gentleman, could have been their son or grandson.
I have to say this year, we were very moved.
This young gentelman got up, he was dressed very nice, in his neatly pressed blue shirt. He got up and introduced himself, the name sounded familiar, but I couldn't connect it, yet. He starts by saying he thinks he's pretty much a typical 27 year old. Lazy, doesn't like the thought of his parents knowing what is right/wrong, selfish, and partier. He went on to say, he had a lovely girlfriend, whom he shared his bed with. She came to him one day & said I'm pregnant, but they hadn't been dating long, them both being self-absrobed, wanted to get rid of "it' so they could get back to their selfish ways. So he had looked up an abortion clinic, then he remembered it was 1/4 mile from his dad's business on the busy road. They made the appointment for this particular day, programmed the address in his GPS, and got off the freeway & followed the GPS. (God's Pilot System) . The GPS said go left, but he thought it was Right, but went the left anyways. He came upon the bright pink sign "problem pregnancy" and they turned in. They came in & were greeted, he & the girlfriend were split up & both asked some questions, about 10 minutes later, the nurse came & got him & brought him in & congratulated him, and showed him his baby on the ultrasound machine. In his head he thought what kind of abortion clinic congratulates me for wanting to abort my child. In the next couple of minutes they receive a gift for their child, a hand knit blanket. Then they start talking to them, they are not at the abortion clinic, they are at the "center". Then he realizes this is the place his dad makes regular donations to!
They leave about an hour later. Still not convinced that they want to have the baby, but deep emotions about aborting too. He said the selfish reasons he wanted to abort, was he was ashamed to tell his family, mom, dad, etc. for fear of being a "failure" or embarassment. He hadn't talked to his dad in several months, so he was getting the courage to go talk to his dad & mom. When he talks to his mom, she tells him, that son, you really don't have 2 brothers, you have 3, but I was in your same shoes & chose to abort it, and she told him she regrets it every day of her life. It took him some time, but he talked to his dad. He came back to the center 2 weeks later, to let them know that because his GPS took him the wrong way, he landed on their doorstep, but thankful it did, they were going to be keeping the baby. He left us in a cliff hanger. He got back up a couple of minutes later to tell us, that his girlfriend is 21 weeks pregnant, and they are not finding out what it is, to keep it a surprise. His parents both came to the dinner to support him & the girlfriend. So many people came up during the evening to give them hugs, and words of encouragement.
This young man, looks like many 27 year old men that you might encounter. It just reinforced that abortion minded people, do not fit a certain demographic, race, ethnicity, or social status. It hit this crowd, that this gentleman, could have been their son or grandson.
Friday, November 1, 2013
Our Infertility Story
My husband & I were married 7 years ago, after 5 months being married, we started seeing a OBGYN who was NaPro trained. Our initial concerns were, really long cycles, like 40-50 days, and hey we were newly married, we were engaging in lots of honeymoon action, but yet there were no positive pregnancy tests arriving. She moved out of state after 2 visits with her, which was like 5 months. The only thing we learned from her, was I didn't ovulate on my own & I had PCOS. So we were befuddled & spent more time trying and being ignorant that there was an infertility issue. After about another year, we started the search again for a new doctor.
We found a pro-life OBGYN, who we are still with, Dr. G! Trusting that highly respected doctor #1 did a lot of blood work ups (her office, wouldn't release any files) we started on Clomid and he gave me a blank paper chart to keep track of my cycles. So after a month, we went back & he was confused and I was confused as to what he wanted on the chart? He 'respects' all forms of NFP, but didn't really specifiy what he wanted on the chart. So the only thing I had done was write in my temps, which was what I was taught in Sympto-thermal classes. So we schedule an appointment for the next month & he says. I want you to watch & record your cervical mucus. Hmmmm. Okay! So the next month I come in, with a bunch of scribbles, and much about nothing. I said there really isn't anything. So this goes on for a couple more months, he wants DH to get a SA to determine if there are any underlying issues with him, that we may not know about. After all that comes back, we're at 8 months into this with him & still not pregnant. By now I have gained a few pounds & he recommends we spend some time getting healthy. So we take about a year off & lose the weight & work on our overall health.
During infertility week in 2010 I discover a great blogger.(TCIE) I start following. I get intrigued by all this NaPro lingo. I start researching Creighton instructors. Nothing close to me! I find someone about 1 1/2 hours away from me, who is in training, in training means, she can only do in person meetings. She feels so bad for telling me that I would have to drive to her every other week for the first chart. We do this, because we know that it's the only way we can get in to see a NaPro doc, who by the way, is 3 1/2 hours away. So we get our 2 cycles of charting in ( which takes 3 1/2 months because of my wonky cycles). We contact the NaPro doctor and find out he is having surgery & will be not available to see patients for 2-3 months. Huge stab to the gut, but we take it in stride & make the appointment in May 2011. The good thing about this appoinment we had all our labs, done the month before so we had real stuff to talk about!. We get the "plan" given to us. We started using NaPro protocols finally which included meds (Femara, Prometrium) vitamins/OTC (B6, Mucinex, Fish Oil, PreNatals, D3) Diet ( no Dairy, Wheat, Sugar). We find out 4 months later that we are pregnant! WOW!.
Not included in our "plan" was a missed miscarriage at 14 weeks, we named our son Samuel(Sammy). The one lesson we learned with Sammy was that I could get pregnant, which I hadn't been able to do for the past 6 years. I went back on the "plan" and conceived about 6 months later. I found out we were having twins, only to find out at our first ultrasound that one passed at 8 weeks. I seemed to be having a normal pregnancy, but after our loss of Sammy, we were extra cautious, and kept our news to primarily ourselves. At 18 weeks we found out we were having a boy (Andrew), we also started birthing classes at this time and told our families. Sadly at 21 weeks, Andrew decided to arrive a wee bit too early. Andrew's Birth story.
After our loss, we were asked to abstain for 6 weeks, we await test results to come back on Andrew & I, and then meet with our doctor(s) to discuss the new "plan".
We found a pro-life OBGYN, who we are still with, Dr. G! Trusting that highly respected doctor #1 did a lot of blood work ups (her office, wouldn't release any files) we started on Clomid and he gave me a blank paper chart to keep track of my cycles. So after a month, we went back & he was confused and I was confused as to what he wanted on the chart? He 'respects' all forms of NFP, but didn't really specifiy what he wanted on the chart. So the only thing I had done was write in my temps, which was what I was taught in Sympto-thermal classes. So we schedule an appointment for the next month & he says. I want you to watch & record your cervical mucus. Hmmmm. Okay! So the next month I come in, with a bunch of scribbles, and much about nothing. I said there really isn't anything. So this goes on for a couple more months, he wants DH to get a SA to determine if there are any underlying issues with him, that we may not know about. After all that comes back, we're at 8 months into this with him & still not pregnant. By now I have gained a few pounds & he recommends we spend some time getting healthy. So we take about a year off & lose the weight & work on our overall health.
During infertility week in 2010 I discover a great blogger.(TCIE) I start following. I get intrigued by all this NaPro lingo. I start researching Creighton instructors. Nothing close to me! I find someone about 1 1/2 hours away from me, who is in training, in training means, she can only do in person meetings. She feels so bad for telling me that I would have to drive to her every other week for the first chart. We do this, because we know that it's the only way we can get in to see a NaPro doc, who by the way, is 3 1/2 hours away. So we get our 2 cycles of charting in ( which takes 3 1/2 months because of my wonky cycles). We contact the NaPro doctor and find out he is having surgery & will be not available to see patients for 2-3 months. Huge stab to the gut, but we take it in stride & make the appointment in May 2011. The good thing about this appoinment we had all our labs, done the month before so we had real stuff to talk about!. We get the "plan" given to us. We started using NaPro protocols finally which included meds (Femara, Prometrium) vitamins/OTC (B6, Mucinex, Fish Oil, PreNatals, D3) Diet ( no Dairy, Wheat, Sugar). We find out 4 months later that we are pregnant! WOW!.
Not included in our "plan" was a missed miscarriage at 14 weeks, we named our son Samuel(Sammy). The one lesson we learned with Sammy was that I could get pregnant, which I hadn't been able to do for the past 6 years. I went back on the "plan" and conceived about 6 months later. I found out we were having twins, only to find out at our first ultrasound that one passed at 8 weeks. I seemed to be having a normal pregnancy, but after our loss of Sammy, we were extra cautious, and kept our news to primarily ourselves. At 18 weeks we found out we were having a boy (Andrew), we also started birthing classes at this time and told our families. Sadly at 21 weeks, Andrew decided to arrive a wee bit too early. Andrew's Birth story.
After our loss, we were asked to abstain for 6 weeks, we await test results to come back on Andrew & I, and then meet with our doctor(s) to discuss the new "plan".
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Article review- Abortion does not lead to Mental Health Problems
While my father-in-law is vacationing, and visiting the family cottage, I was asked to watch the mail for his non-profit. He tirelessly is fighting for the rights of all humans, from conception to natural death, and for our health care rights/conscience as Catholics. So when I checked the mail, yesterday, there was a review book in it, from a non-catholic group. You ask why does he get these? Well to defend our catholic faith.
So their are 4 articles in this publication, the one that hit a cord, was the article titled: Abortion does not lead to Mental Health Problems. It happens to be at the center fold of the book too, so it just opens right up to the article.
The article states that Mental Health Problems are at an increased risk for women who have unwanted pregnancies than those that have abortions, and those who had abortions & have mental health problems, had the mental health problems before the abortion, so the abortion was not the reason for the mental problems. ( But i'm guessing they think it didn't make it worse)
They did not have strong studies on teenagers, but said that teenagers who had abortions, were not any more likely to be depressed or have self-esteem issues than their peers. (OMG ,where do they come up with this crap)
Article also states, the greatest time of distress for a woman having an abortion is before the procedure, and that aftewards, they feel great relief & happiness. ( WHAT are you kidding me ) Having been to many events where remorseful past abortive women speak at, I haven't heard one that says they are happy after it. Most go thru some sort of grief recovery period, but I wouldn't say any of them are relieved they did it. The one woman I hear the most speak, because she speaks on behalf of our pregnancy center a lot; the feeling I get from her every time I see her, is she lost a part of her that she can never recover from the abortion.
After having a miscarriage, I can kinda feel that same sense of loss that I can't recover til I meet my sweet little ones in heave, but in a different way; I didn't choose to abort my child, where as they did, it is something they can't take back.
The article basically is trying to find fault in a bunch of studies that were done proving that women do suffer some sort of varying degrees of mental health issues after an abortion. Saying things like they weren't scientifically correct, or they didn't follow certain protocol to deem it valid.
Article is found in the Spring edition of the Guttmacher Institute Review.
So their are 4 articles in this publication, the one that hit a cord, was the article titled: Abortion does not lead to Mental Health Problems. It happens to be at the center fold of the book too, so it just opens right up to the article.
The article states that Mental Health Problems are at an increased risk for women who have unwanted pregnancies than those that have abortions, and those who had abortions & have mental health problems, had the mental health problems before the abortion, so the abortion was not the reason for the mental problems. ( But i'm guessing they think it didn't make it worse)
They did not have strong studies on teenagers, but said that teenagers who had abortions, were not any more likely to be depressed or have self-esteem issues than their peers. (OMG ,where do they come up with this crap)
Article also states, the greatest time of distress for a woman having an abortion is before the procedure, and that aftewards, they feel great relief & happiness. ( WHAT are you kidding me ) Having been to many events where remorseful past abortive women speak at, I haven't heard one that says they are happy after it. Most go thru some sort of grief recovery period, but I wouldn't say any of them are relieved they did it. The one woman I hear the most speak, because she speaks on behalf of our pregnancy center a lot; the feeling I get from her every time I see her, is she lost a part of her that she can never recover from the abortion.
After having a miscarriage, I can kinda feel that same sense of loss that I can't recover til I meet my sweet little ones in heave, but in a different way; I didn't choose to abort my child, where as they did, it is something they can't take back.
The article basically is trying to find fault in a bunch of studies that were done proving that women do suffer some sort of varying degrees of mental health issues after an abortion. Saying things like they weren't scientifically correct, or they didn't follow certain protocol to deem it valid.
Article is found in the Spring edition of the Guttmacher Institute Review.
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