Comprehensive Guide to Pregnancy and Reproductive Health Support
Navigating pregnancy and reproductive health can bring a range of emotions and questions. Various services are available to provide support, information, and resources. These services are designed to offer a safe space for individuals to process their thoughts, understand their options, and make informed decisions.
Understanding Your Options: Pregnancy Support Services
If you need to talk about pregnancy, you can start by exploring services such as a Pregnancy Test Service. For those experiencing an unexpected pregnancy, support is available. Even if you are helping someone else, resources can guide you. Services also cover considering abortion, considering home abortion, and pregnancy loss. Specialized support is available for those who are pregnant and nowhere to live, or pregnant in the justice system.
Helpline, Listening, and Counselling Services
Our free, confidential, professional skilled listening and counselling service can provide you with the space you need to talk about your circumstances and move forward. Our helpline services are operated by professionally trained listeners and are open from 9 am to 6 pm.
- National helpline: 0808 802 5433
- Text to talk: 07860077339 (Requires mobile phone. Texts to 07860077339 are charged at your provider’s rates. The Text-to-Talk service is open 9 am-6 pm every day. When you text us on 07860077339, we aim to respond within 15 minutes. If the Helpline is extremely busy, it may take longer for you to receive a response. However, please be assured that we will always respond to your message.)
- By email: Emailing us on [email protected] is free. The email service is open 9 am-6 pm every day. When you email us on [email protected], we aim to respond within 15 minutes. If the Helpline is extremely busy, it may take longer for you to receive a response. However, please be assured that we will always respond to your message.
If you want you can text, call or email before the test, while you take it, or afterwards. You can chat about how you feel, ask questions, work through your options and discover what is best for you. If you’re calling us on 0808 802 5433, your call is free and won’t appear on your bills or statements. When you call us on 0808 802 5433 Monday to Friday, 9 am-6 pm, you’ll be put straight through to a Helpliner. If the Helpline is extremely busy, you’ll be put through to our confidential voicemail where you can leave your name and the best phone number to call you on. A Helpliner will get back to you as soon as possible. When they call you, the number will show as “Unknown” or “Private.”
Who can we help?
Life’s Helpline is here for anyone experiencing any kind of pregnancy-related issue. This includes (but isn’t limited to):
- Processing your thoughts and feelings around an unexpected pregnancy
- Confirming whether you’re pregnant or not
- The perinatal period and perinatal mental health
- Considering abortion
- Post-abortion
- Pregnancy loss
- Infertility
- Adoption
- Housing, financial, or other support while pregnant or in the perinatal period
- Support for partners, men, and families
- Professionals helping someone experiencing a pregnancy-related issue
Do you help men? Yes. Do you give advice? We’re a listening and counselling helpline, so we don’t give advice. Instead, we give a safe space where you can work through your own thoughts and feelings. If you wish, we can provide information, or help you find information. We may also be able to give you contact details for organisations that can give specialised help. We’re here for you, whatever you are feeling or experiencing. Will you judge me or try to coerce me? No. We won’t judge you or tell you what to do. Instead, we give you a safe space where you can work through your own feelings and come to the decision you feel is best for you. If you ask us, we can share medically-accurate information about your options. Do you offer abortions? No – we aren’t an abortion provider or medical facility. We don’t refer for abortions or give information on abortion providers.
Confidentiality
Yes. We maintain confidentiality, except where there’s danger of harm to self or others. If we feel that there’s a danger of harm to self or others, we’ll let you know that we need to break confidentiality, and ask for your consent first.
Free Pregnancy Test Service
Our Pregnancy Test Service allows you to order a Pregnancy Test now. Please note we can only send pregnancy tests to addresses in the UK. When you order a free pregnancy test from us, the test arrives in a discreet envelope, which has no mark to identify that it’s from Life. Click one of the buttons below to get a referral code, or if it’s out of our helpline hours, you’ll be able to fill in the form and order your test without getting a referral code.
Emergency Contraception: The Morning-After Pill
The morning-after pill prevents pregnancy before it happens. It does not terminate an existing pregnancy. Yes, the morning-after pill is legal because it’s emergency contraception (aka pregnancy prevention). The sooner you take the pill after unprotected sex, the more effective it is. The pill is most effective within 72 hours (3 days) after unprotected sex. Your period should come at the normal time in your cycle or within a week. If it’s delayed further, it’s possible you may be pregnant. Taking a pregnancy test weekly after unprotected sex is advised. The pregnancy test strips in your kit are 99% accurate in detecting the pregnancy hormone but may not detect a pregnancy before 3 weeks. Reach out to a medical provider if you have more questions, the test is positive, or you miss your period. Click here to see instructions for taking the test.
Morning-After Pill Kit Access
If you live in Tulsa or Oklahoma County and need the morning-after pill kit ASAP, you can visit one of our partner sites. Whether your free morning-after pill kit is shipped or picked up at one of our partner sites, the process is discreet, simple, and legal. For shipping, the process is as follows:
| Shipping Method | Details |
|---|---|
| Shipping from RevanRX | Usually takes 2-5 business days |
| In-person pickup (Tulsa & Oklahoma County) | Visit a partner site for quicker access (Tulsa map and OKC map of partner locations available) |
Is there a weight limit to take the morning-after pill? The over-the-counter morning-after pill is less effective if you weigh over 165 pounds. However, you can take ella® (effective for up to 195 pounds) which requires a prescription, or you can explore other options here. Make an appointment with your healthcare provider or if you live in Tulsa County at one of our partner clinics. Are you over 165 lbs? or has it been more than 3 days since you had unprotected sex? You might need a prescription for ella! Text/call our helpline and we can get help you get one ASAP. Learn more about emergency contraception here.
Contact for Emergency Contraception and Birth Control
- Helpline: (539) 302-3615
- Email: [email protected]
- More information: linktr.ee/reprohealth
Additional Support and Resources
Beyond immediate pregnancy concerns, various programs and services offer ongoing support:
- Life Housing: Provides housing solutions.
- Life Community Support Service: Offers community-based assistance.
- Pregnancy & Parenting Support Programme: Supports individuals through pregnancy and into parenthood.
- Counselling Courses & CPD Training: Opportunities for professional development in counselling.
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