From Lauren Ramkawsky, staff sonographer and post-abortion group leader Two phone conversations on the same day. Two different women with the same pain. Pain I am familiar with from my own abortion experiences. One said her abortion was thirty years ago, the other, five days. Thirty years provides time...
A loving and healthy relationship is something everyone deserves, but creating one takes hard work from both partners. Every characteristic of your relationship, such as how you communicate or how you feel when you’re around each other, contributes to the relationship as a whole. It’s...
So you’ve taken a pregnancy test -- or three. Perhaps you even came into one of our centers for a free ultrasound to confirm. Now you’re faced with one of the hardest challenges of all: telling your parents you’re pregnant. No teen or young adult wants...
Every pregnancy brings challenges. However, when you’re a student, those challenges can feel doubly difficult. Here at the Lighthouse Pregnancy Resource Center, we help many young women going through situations like this one. Keep reading to get some simple tips and advice you can use...
When Did I Conceive? Are you pregnant but not sure exactly when you conceived? The most accurate way to determine how far along your are in your pregnancy is with an ultrasound. Ultrasound exams provide images and include various measurements of your developing baby that can...
If you think you could be pregnant but you don’t want to be, what do you do? This is never an easy question to answer. When you find yourself in this situation, you need to talk closely with your partner and loved ones, and also...
On Monday, January 21, 2019, Lighthouse staff attended the Paterson Youth Council’s 13th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Recognition Awards Breakfast to see one of our youngest volunteers honored. While only four students were selected for the award, eighteen-year-old Maria Mazariegos was one of...
When your girlfriend or partner comes to you with news of pregnancy, it’s natural to feel many different emotions. You might be scared, confused, upset, or even excited. But no matter how you feel about the situation, there are some things you need to do...
Curious to learn more about the development of a child inside the womb? Keep reading! This blog post will tell you about the process of fetal development from conception to birth, so you can understand what’s happening throughout the process. When Does Pregnancy Start? This might seem...
When people come to our center for free pregnancy testing and other services, they often share with us stories of how they thought they couldn’t become pregnant or why they thought they were safe. Many people share these misconceptions, which is why we wanted to...