{"id":3256,"date":"2025-10-07T13:31:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T12:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/tmp_name\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T13:34:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T12:34:33","slug":"confirming-you-are-pregnant-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/confirming-you-are-pregnant-2\/","title":{"rendered":"If you are unsure about your pregnancy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Finding out you might be pregnant can bring up a range of thoughts and feelings. If you&#8217;re uncertain about what to do next, you&#8217;re not alone\u2014and support is available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Confirming whether or not you are pregnant can usually be done with a home pregnancy test. These testing kits are very accurate and can be bought from a pharmacy or supermarket. If you prefer, you can also talk with your GP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you live in Lothian, have had a positive pregnancy test and are unsure if you wish to continue with the pregnancy, you can discuss it with staff at the Choices Clinic at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lothiansexualhealth.scot\/\">Chalmers Sexual Health Centre<\/a>. Your decision and your treatment are confidential matters between you and the healthcare team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The clinic can be contacted by phoning <a href=\"tel:01315361070\">0131 536 1070 <\/a>Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays) 9am-3pm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are in crisis and urgently need to talk to someone, call NHS 24 on 111.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chalmers Sexual Health Centre Location<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<style>.kb-google-maps-container3256_5a9f24-ec{max-width:523px;height:450px;}<\/style><div class=\"kb-google-maps-container kb-google-maps-container3256_5a9f24-ec  wp-block-kadence-googlemaps\" data-mapid=\"3256_5a9f24ec\"><iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"border:0\" loading=\"lazy\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed\/v1\/place?key=AIzaSyBAM2o7PiQqwk15LC1XRH2e_KJ-jUa7KYk&#038;zoom=17&#038;maptype=roadmap&#038;q=Chalmers+Sexual+Health+Centre+\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"Google map of Chalmers Sexual Health Centre \"><\/iframe><\/div><script>function kb_google_map3256_5a9f24ec() { let center = { lat: 37.8201, lng: -122.4781}; let map = new google.maps.Map(document.getElementById(\"kb-google-map3256_5a9f24ec\"), {\n\t\t\t\t\t    zoom: 17,\n\t\t\t\t\t    center: center,});let marker = new google.maps.Marker({   position: { lat: 37.8201, lng: -122.4781},    map: map,  });}<\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finding out you might be pregnant can bring up a range of thoughts and feelings. If you&rsquo;re uncertain about what to do next, you&rsquo;re not alone&mdash;and support is available. Confirming whether or not you are pregnant can usually be done with a home pregnancy test. These testing kits are very accurate and can be bought<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/widewidth.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-3256","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"jessicamiller","author_link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/author\/jessicamiller\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":false,"rttpg_excerpt":"Finding out you might be pregnant can bring up a range of thoughts and feelings. If you&rsquo;re uncertain about what to do next, you&rsquo;re not alone&mdash;and support is available. Confirming whether or not you are pregnant can usually be done with a home pregnancy test. These testing kits are very accurate and can be bought","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/261"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3256"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4900,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3256\/revisions\/4900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/maternity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}