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At the time I was 19 pregnant and traveled to LSM in Gloversville New York, it was in 1990 and had my daughter in 1991. My experience was less than positive. I am sharing this story years later because I found my voice and I would like to share my experience. I didn't know this platform was here and I am grateful for it, maybe the staff of LSM will find this information useful.
The food was donated from a local store we would eat ravioli from a can and day old baked bread no vegetables, the doctor we would go to for checkups was physically rough during examinations and passive aggressive, I had to get a lawyer because the people who worked there wanted me to give up my child to people they chose ( I had a family who was ready to adopt already) they tried all they could to get me to change my mind. When I was in the hospital while I was birthing the woman who was the supervisor of LSM at that time was present at my bedside. I was screaming (I was in a lot of pain and the labor lasted for 38 hours. The woman said to me "I do not know why you are screaming, no one can hear you". I was taken into surgery because I was in labor to long and when I woke up I was in agonizing pain and the nuns did not want to give me pain medication. I was sent home 3 days later on a plane with an infection and my incision started to bleed, I do not even remember much about being on the plane. I do know they wheeled me off of the plane in a wheelchair and my shirt was wet with blood. When I got home I had a 104 fever and my mother called the Dr. after that I cannot remember much else. I was 19 years old eating food I shouldn't have and in a place with a strangers who supposedly had my best interest at heart. There is so much more to the story and I hope LSM has improved how they treat the girls who come to them for help. I believe I am not a sinner for my situation, I was not educated by my parents about sex, I was not educated about life, I was a child having a child.

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