From unplanned and teenage pregnancy to happy, healthy and skilled families.

Others stories, share yours

Experiencing Unplanned Pregnancy can be a difficult time for young women, as well as their family, partner, friends and significant support people. At Brave Foundation, we encourage you to share your personal story of unplanned pregnancy.

This will help provide an insight into unplanned pregnancy and parenting and the issues associated with this experience. It will also help others to see how you managed in your unplanned pregnancy, and what support you sought.

If you would like to submit your story, please send it to mystory@bravefoundation.org.au. While all submissions will be considered, some topics that may be useful to consider are

• How health professionals related to you in your pregnancy
• How the public supported you
• How you found using public transport
• What community programs you found to help you
• How you continued with your education
• How you managed with study and being a parent
• Your support systems that helped you manage
• How dads, grandparents and friends have found their experience of unplanned pregnancy, and tools they have used to support their partner/daughter/ friend.

Due to the number of stories received we will be unable to post them all. However stories posted will reflect a diverse range of personal experiences with unplanned pregnancy and parenting.
These posts will be rotated. Each submission will be considered in the following terms:

• Relevance to unplanned pregnancy and parenting
• Length, under 500 words
• Is straight to the point, easy to relate to and read