narrator: pregnancy is usually a 38-week procs. healthwise, there s much a woman needs to do and learn during that nine months. barbara korsch: i think that, you know, usually people don t make a conscious effort to prepare for that. they are in the state of mind, and let s hope they have someone who s going to father the child whom they respect and whose values they like. i like to say that a pregnancy begins when two people who are in love with each other decide that they re going to become pregnant and raise a child till that child is 20 to 30 years of age, not before. j.p. garamone: we ve been married 13 years. we pretty much put the decision off till later on. we really thought that we would, you know, travel and do a lot of things together, etc., etc., and then when the time was right, we d figure, you know, we d talk about it then. and then one day, it was like, is this going to be a nursery or is this going to be a guest room? tracey garamone: and i went for my annual
unwanted pregnancy, and they include debilitating or life threatening std s, such as chlamydia infection or syphilis or gonorrhea, herpes, or even cervical cancer caused by papilloma virus. and they also include the opportunity to have a lifelong happy, fulfilled sexual life. decisions regarding sexual behavior begin at a very young age. i think probably the biggest problem we have in the urban environment is that young children, both girls and boys become sexually active at way too young an age. we talk about how to prevent sexually transmitted disease, but we won t say in middle school, just say no to sex. robert hatcher: i think that parents and children must be willing to say that if you choose to be sexually active, here s what you must do to be responsible so you re not hurting someone else, and you re not hurting yourself. we cannot say that word. and you know what s amazing? we do with alcohol. we say, if you drink, remember, don t drive. we don t think that way i