I rush toward my car in the school parking lot with one thing on my mind.
And that's stopping at the pharmacy on the way home to get a pregnancy test.
In my two years as a high school counselor, I've had several girls pop into my office, frightened that they could be pregnant. The first thing I tell them is to talk to their parents because this isn't an issue they should deal with on their own. The second is to take a test. For the most accurate results, I advise them to make an appointment with their family doctor or Planned Parenthood to run blood work and take a urine test. If they aren't comfortable with either of those options, I tell them to pick up a home pregnancy test.
Most of the time, they stop in and tell me their results were negative. We then have a come-to-Jesus disc
