Melanie was 38 years old and pregnant with her first child. She and the baby’s father came in together for their first counseling session. They were not in a long-term dating relationship, and the pressure of this unexpected and unintended pregnancy had pushed their relationship to a breaking point. They were truly unsure of […]

“Zoe” came to Catholic Charities when she was four months pregnant with twins.  She was a single, working mother of three boys, including one child with special medical needs, and was struggling to afford transportation and living expenses for her young family.  Zoe couldn’t even imagine how the addition of two more children would affect […]

Giselle arrived at Catholic Charities in complete distress and despair. She had hidden her pregnancy from her family and friends, but her pregnancy was beginning to show, and she could no longer live with the secret.   The father of her baby did not know that she was pregnant.   He was parenting a teenager that had […]