We care about you ... that's why we're here.

Choices ...  Options ... Alternatives ...  Questions ...  Decisions ... 

We help people who are experiencing unplanned, unexpected, or otherwise difficult pregnancies. 

There are 28 LifeCare Centers in Minnesota and western Wisconsin.  About half of the LifeCare Centers are located in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul and their metro region.  We've been around for years.  What do we do?  We care for life.  We know that a "Surprise!" pregnancy can be a happy surprise.  A challenge, too.  The 28 LifeCare Centers help women and families turn unplanned pregnancies into planned healthy outcomes, challenges into success stories. 

The 28 LifeCare Centers offer hope, resources, and services to people who are weighing their options, considering their choices, and making decisions.  At your LifeCare Center, you'll find people with compassion, people who will listen, people you can talk with about pregnancy, abortion, abortion alternatives, parenting, adoption, contraception, lifestyles, relationships, your hopes and dreams, your needs ... you name it ....

The 28 LifeCare Centers offer confidential pregnancy tests, pregnancy counseling, material assistance, information, and referrals for other help, all free of charge.  Our medical LifeCare Centers offer various medical services, all either no-charge or low-charge.

Where to begin?  At the beginning.... 

Be sure.  Free pregnancy tests.  Confidential.

Pretty sure about a pregnancy, but want to find out for certain?

We offer excellent pregnancy tests, at no charge.  Our medical LifeCare Centers can make a medical diagnosis for you.  Our non-medical LifeCare Centers can offer you the best non-diagnostic tests available, along with a referral for an official medical diagnosis.  Strictly confidential.  You'll feel better once you know for sure.  

Be reassured.  Pregnancy counseling.  Trained.  Experienced.  Fee-free.  Confidential.

Test positive?  Negative?  Either way, you'll find a compassionate listening ear at your LifeCare Center.  Our pregnancy counseling is confidential and no-cost.  Our lay counselors have lots of experience and excellent training from medical, counseling, and legal professionals who also want to help people in situations like yours.  If you're pregnant, you can discuss your options before you choose what to do next.  Whether pregnant or not, you might want to talk about your relationships ... your family situation ... living conditions ... money ... housing ... clothing ... employment ... education ... other things you might need ... other things going on in your life ... your options ... choices ... whatever!  At your LifeCare Center, talk isn't cheap.  It's free!  But it can be invaluable.

You don't have to feel alone.  You're not alone.  Talking helps.  Being heard helps.  Working together with someone who knows what's what and cares about you can help you make the best choice.  Before making any decision, it also helps to have the best information. 

Be informed.   Get the facts you need and want.

Good information leads to good choices.  The best information leads to the best choice.  "Iffy" information can lead to choices you might not feel good about later.  Do yourself a favor.  Know your options.  Go for the best.  Get the best information.  Make the best choice. 

Your LifeCare Center will offer you information you can count on.  Information about:

• Pregnancy 
• Conception 
• Prenatal development 
• Nutrition, including prenatal vitamins
• Taking good care of yourself for health and well-being
• Exercise 
• Drugs 
• Smoking 
• Alcohol 
• Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) 
• Sterilization 
• Contraception ("birth control")
• When "birth control" really means "abortion"
• Pills 
• Patches 
• Shots 
• Morning-after pills
• IUDs 
• Condoms 
• Abortion as an option...what abortion really is...what happens...what abortion looks like
• What can happen to a woman bodily, emotionally, mentally, even spiritually, as a consequence of abortion
• What someone who is pro-abortion is really for
• Scientific studies of abortion and breast cancer
• Scientific studies of "birth-control" pills and breast cancer  
• Parenting as an option for you 
• Adoption as an option for you
• Hooking up
• Oral sex 
• Healthy relationships
• Sex, romance, and true love 
• Lifestyles
• Making changes
• Other matters that matter to you, now and in your future

Your LifeCare Center is also a great place to find out about other resources and services in your community.  There's more assistance available than many people realize. 

Be amazed.  Ultrasound.

Many of the 28 LifeCare Centers offer limited obstetrical ultrasound exams.  Ultrasound can let you see your baby and catch a glimpse of his or her incredibly active life inside your body.  Ultrasound can also help medical specialists monitor the growth and health of your baby during his or her "stay" in your womb.  Moving pictures are worth thousands of words.  If this will be your first-ever ultrasound, you'll be amazed at your baby's development.  If you've had ultrasound before, you'll be amazed again!  The word "ultra" means "beyond": Some things in life are "beyond words" - including ultrasound images of your baby! 

Be well.  Prenatal medical care.

Your LifeCare Center can help you get prenatal care for yourself and your baby.  Some LifeCare Centers have prenatal clinics.  Other LifeCare Centers will refer clients for prenatal care at other locations.  

Be prepared.  Pro-choice for the Parenting option. 

The people at your LifeCare Center are "there for you to care for you" in many ways.  Most of the 28 LifeCare Centers offer programs for learning about parenting.  If you choose to raise your child, you'll find great information about mothering.  Fathering, too.  Many men choose to learn how to be good fathers, and they find what they need to know and do.  Many of the 28 LifeCare Centers offer programs for earning baby and maternity items, such as clothing, cribs, and toys.  If you're pro-choice for parenting, you'll find lots of love, encouragment, and resources to help you be prepared for the many adventures ahead! 

Be open.  Pro-choice for the Adoption option.  

The 28 LifeCare Centers are not licensed adoption agencies.  We don't "do" adoptions.  We know from experience that adoption can be the best option for many people.  You'll find that we have great information about adoption.  We have lots of experience with people who have chosen adoption as the best option for themselves and their babies.  If you're pro-choice for adoption, your LifeCare Center can assist you in considering all the options for yourself and your baby.

  

At the LifeCare Centers, we care for you and we care for life. 

 What women are saying about the LifeCare Centers ...

 "I wanted to write a thank-you to let you know how nice it is to have places like North Side LifeCare Center available.  Your services and resources helped me out greatly and are very much appreciated.  I hope you continue to be able to help others as well."   

• Training counselors
• Offering marketing, management, administrative and financial support
• Maintaining philosophy and policies
• Assisting with the start up and addition of new centers to the network