SIGNS that you may be you pregnant

A Missed period.
You have Tender, swollen breasts.
Nausea and or vomiting.
Morning sickness,
Going to the toilet a lot more than usual
More tiredness than usual

Choices can be hard to make as there are pluses and minuses whichever way you go.

You can choose to:
Keep the Baby
Adopt the baby out
Have an Abortion
Consider Fostering
Include Whāngai

For help with any of these, you can contact for more information and support from one of our approved clinics

doption is a permanent legal arrangement. It involves permanently relinquishing your legal parental relationship so that your child’s adoptive parents will have full and exclusive parental rights and responsibilities.

Placing your child for adoption is a big decision to make. The final consent order may not be signed until baby is at least 12 days old.

Under current law in New Zealand, Oranga Tamariki (Ministry for Children) must be involved with the process. A Social Worker will be allocated to you, and another Social Worker will be allocated to the adoptive parents. There will also need to be a lawyer involved to deal with the legal documents necessary. The adoptive parents typically pay these costs.

A good Pregnancy Centre can help provide you with baby clothes, equipment, referrals to other organisations, and can journey with you as you learn about parenthood. This is on a case-by-case basis, so please get in touch with one of our recommended centres for help in this area.

There are also many other organisations who are able to provide practical, emotional, informative, and financial help.

Some other organisations that can help:

Work and Income NZ can help you find out about what financial assistance you may be able to receive.
The Women’s Refuge can provide immediate support and information if you are dealing with a violent situation.
Find your midwife @ findyourmidwife.co.nz
Visit the Plunket website for parenting advice and support.
Adoption Option will help you to decide if adoption is right for you.
The ‘House of Grace’ is a place of safety for young pregnant women, providing accommodation and care to meet physical, social, emotional, and spiritual needs. Phone: T: 0800 920 5667. M: 022 549 8938, or visit The House of Grace for more information.
Community Law Centres in New Zealand provide legal services to meet unmet legal needs in the community. Contact your local Community Law Centre for free legal help.

Living In Colour programme

A healing and recovery programme for women who have experienced abortion. Abortion-related grief remains something of a taboo topic in our society – and so it can be difficult to process the emotional impact or to find a sense of closure. The unresolved loss can show up in many ways, including depression, anger, relationship difficulties, anxiety and substance abuse. Sometimes, it does not surface till decades later. Living in Colour is an eight-week course which has been used successfully in many countries around the world. It gently helps you process what was happening for you at the time, who was involved and the emotional impact of the decision. The final chapter celebrates the process of emerging from the ‘grey zone’ of unresolved loss into a life of greater colour and freedom.

visit www.livingincolour.nz