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I live in Huntsville, AL and I need to get a doctor's appointment ASAP to see if I am pregnant. Does anyone know where I can go? I have called Planned Parenthood and they do not have any services out here in Huntsville. I have also called like 15 doctor's offices to set up and appointment and no one can get me in until like two weeks from now. I need to go ASAP!! Any help would be great.
You can buy a home pregnancy test kit at the store.
I found these places
(256) 533-3526
(256) 534-1994 (Fax)
2006 Franklin Street SE # 201,
Huntsville, AL 35801
206 S Madison St
Athens, AL 35611
(256) 233-5775
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Originally Posted by N0help4u
Thanks! I found the first one but not the second one. I have bought the home pregnancy tests, more than one. I need to go get an ultrasound done that is why I need to get into the doctor's office. I tore all of the ligaments and tendons in my ankle two weeks ago and I have been taking the pain medicine that the doctor's gave me. So, I need to know if that is going to effect my baby. Thanks!
J_9 will be able to tell you better but ultra sounds aren't radiation and are done around the middle of your pregnancy. No matter what when you go you need to tell the dr you think you may be pregnant.
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Well, I went to the place off Franklin and found out. I have a doctor's appointment on Tuesday to talk to the doctor about the medication I have been taking. Thanks for all of your help. And I didn't mean an ultrasound, I meant that machine that lets you hear the baby's heartbeat. Thanks again!
What medication have you been taking? I can look it up in my PDR. Also, if you are pregnant, how far along do you think you are?
I have been taking Lamictal for like a week and then I was taking Hydrocodine for about two weeks because I tore all of the ligaments and tendons in my ankle. I think that I am 8 weeks.
I also had gotten x-rays done when I messed up my ankle. I didn't know I was pregnant then. I had taken 3 HPT throughout the past few weeks and they were negative. Then on Wed. I took another one and it was positive and the office that I went to did another one and it was positive. So, I am not sure how far along I am. I don't remember when my last period was. I think it was at the beginning of July.
Lamictal? Do you have seizure disorder?
Hydrocodone?
Both are Pregnancy (C) categories, which means that there are "known" birth defects. However, sometimes the benefits of the medications outweigh the risks.
Both medications are commonly prescribed in pregnancy.
The x-rays were done on your ankle, did they cover your belly while doing the x-rays?
No, they didn't cover me at all during the x-rays. No, I do not have seizures. The doctor perscribed it for my mood swings. So my baby may have birth defects?
And yes, Hydrocodone
It is a very minimal risk, especially since you only took it for a week.
I would stop taking any medications at this point in time and would begin taking a prenatal vitamin if you are not already.
I have stopped taking them all and I am taking prenatal vitamins as well. Thanks!
Good girl!! ;) I'm sure all will be fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by ANB428
Okay, I found out that I was pregnant last week. I am now 6 weeks along. This was totally not planned and I was on birth control at the time I got pregnant. I already have a three year old. I am barely able to support her. I work two jobs and go to school full-time. The only way for me to pay my bills that I currently have is to work both of these jobs. I am really scared right now because I know that I am not going to be with the father of this child. I am not with my daughter's father either because he was a drug addict. The father of this child wants to be a part of this child's life and is willing to help me after the child is born.
My mom keeps telling me that I should have an abortion because I need to take care of the child that I already have and she doesn't know how I am going to do it with two children. She told me that she would support me on whatever decision I made though. (She lives in Texas by the way and I live in Alabama) I don't want to have an abortion. I don't want to kill my child. I am really scared though.
I don't know how I am going to pay my bills when I have to stop working my second job as I get further along. I also don't know what I am going to when I am about to have the baby and after the baby is born. I am not going to be able to work, so how am I going to be able to support my daughter? I have over $1500.00 a month in bills. I am really worried about this and I would like any advice that can be given to me. I don't believe in abortions and I want this child, I just don't know how I am going to do it by myself. I struggle so much already. I am planning on just finishing this semester of school and then going back next year after the baby is born.
I know that the father will help me after the child is born, but he told me that he wants me to have the baby and give it to him since I already have one and I am NOT going to do that. Is there any way that he can take the child from me after it is born?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
I'm sorry that you're finding yourself in such a difficult situation.Quote:
Originally Posted by ANB428
I would strongly suggest getting on good terms with the baby's father. He wants to help, yet he wants to "take" it? That sounds a bit fishy to me...
Before birth, come to a good understanding with him. What will he do to help? How will you manage work/school and your other child? Will you share custody? Do you want him to have primary custody? The list goes on... The more you agree on in the next 7.5 months, the easier it will be later on.
He cannot just go to court and "take" the baby from you. He can, however, get a lawyer and pursue custody, but the only way he can "take" the baby is if he can prove you are an unfit mother. That would include abuse, neglect, or an unsafe home environment.
Good luck to you
I have tried talking to him. Every time I ask him what we are going to do he tells me "Have the baby and give it to me." I keep telling him, that I am not going to go through this all by myself and then just give him the baby. When I talk to him about how I am going to support my daughter while I am having the baby and stuff he never responds. He changes the subject back to "Well, just have the baby and give it to me." One time he asked me what I wanted to do when I had the baby and I asked him if my daughter and I could stay with him when I turned 9 months until after I have the baby because I am going to have to get another place to live since I am having another child. And he never responded to me he just said, "Well have the baby and give it to me." I am so tired of hearing that response after every concern that I take to him. I don't know what to do. I need to know how I am going to be able to do this and still support my daughter with out any help from him. I know that my mom will come out here to help me with my daughter when I am about to have the baby and after the baby is born. I am talking about financially though. And anytime I bring that up his response is the same. Have the baby and give it to me.
I continue to tell him that we are going to have to go to court and we are going to have to get a custody agreement and we can have joint custody. I am not going to just give him my kid. But that brings me to another point, he drinks excessively and he smokes in his house and I don't want my newborn around that.
This is why I was on birth control, I didn't want to have to go through all of this espically with him! I am not an unfit mother so he won't be able to take the chilld from me which makes me feel better about that situation.
Legally does he have to help me while I am pregnant or is it only mandatory after the child is born? When would he have the child if we had joint custody?
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