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My name is Karina. I'm 18 years old and pregnant . I got pregnant on July 5 , 2009. A few weeks later I knew something was wrong with me. I always got dizzy and was throwing up day and night. I asked my boyfriend if we could go buy a pregnancy test and he okay. When I did it, a sign showed up saying pregnant. He wasn't so happy at first but I was excited . A few days later we went to doctor and she said that I was 5 weeks pregnant. Everything was okay until 3; I had a high risk pregnancy. I asked the doctor what was wrong and she told me I would not make my pregnancy and that I needed an abortion. I told her that I would not do that and asked for medicine that I could take or something to help my baby survive. I took what she gave me for 2 months and then one morning I woke up with blood and I called 911. They brought me to the hospital. The doctors looked at me and said I would not make it .

I started to cry and say no to everything they said. Months went by and everything began to run smoothly. I found out I am having a son and that he is due in April 2010 . I got married to my boyfriend and everything is okay .Today is March 3 and I am 35 weeks pregnant. My son weighs 4 pounds and is 8 inches long. I pray every night that he is okay and everything goes well when the big day comes .

To all the young girls who are pregnant, don't give up that quickly. If it's meant to be you will have a baby and don't think your first choice is an abortion because it's not. I fought for my son because being pregnant is the best thing in the whole world- feeling his kicks or seeing him on the doctor's screen.Good luck to all of you!

Karina

it all worked out in the end

well it all started i had been with my boyfriend jaydon for 3 years and im 14 and his 15 yea ino im was young. And he had allways said he would stick by me no matter what, well we had been having sex for ages now and ALLWAYSSSS used a condom. But weeks later i began to feel sick and get cramps and get bad headaces i didnt think anything of it but then i was sick nealy every morning i thought could i be pregnant. But i just kept telling my self that i was being silly. I then told jaydon that i thought i was pregnant he was shocked when i told him but said if i was he would allways be there and he came with me to get a pregnancy test. When i saw that it was POSTITIVE my heart sank but then i though my OWN little baby but i knew it wasnt that easy. I couldnt stop crying and jaydon kept telling me everything was going to be okay he was so sopportive. I knew i would start showing soon so i had to tell my mom and dad that was my BIGGEST challenge. And my bestfriend and friend my friends were shocked but stood by me and my bestfriend most of all she was an angel. Jaydons mom and dad were totally sopportive they said they would be by me every single step. My mom went MAD i had never seen her like that befor my sister had to lock her out side for a whole hour my mom would of went mad if she was in the house and my dad was worse he didnt talk to me for 2 months witch was bad enuff then he came to terms with it and was by my side. My mom had lost trust in me but still loved me the same but evan more for being honest when she came to terms with it she was so excited to see her little grandaughter. Jaydon and his mom and dad and my mom and dad spoiled me and my unborn daughter i and my daughter had everything i needed. On the 11th April 2009 i gave birth to my beautiful daughter Cherise Cleo James all my family were at the hospital and my bestfriend and my mom dad and jaydon were at the hospital shes the most important girl in my life. Shes 2 in april. Jaydon loves her to pieces and calls her his little princess jaydons family and my family spoil her to death. Im still with jaydon soon 4 years i no we will be together forever hes allways saying me and you forever weve got a family now.Jaydon and my daughter Cherise mean the WHOLE ENTIRE WORLD to me. i dont regret it one bit it all worked out in the end. DONT FORGET ALLLWAYSSSSS USE PROTECTION!

sharna

Stupidity!

What in the world am I thinking? I always looked at teen mothers like they were gross and disgusting because most of them had their children for the wrong reasons. Besides, I thought that pregnancy was wrong and I also thought that SEX was wrong too. I lost my virginity at the age of fifteen because I wanted to know what sex was like and it was a big mistake. The mistake was the guy and he was seventeen at the time. I have no contact with him and he is not even in my thoughts. I had sex with my current boyfriend. He is nineteen and I am sixteen turning seventeen in less than TWO months. We both love each other and we enjoy having sex with one another because we are sharing our passionate love. I am always watching the Maury show and I see those stupid teen girls on there talking about having babies or trying to find their father. I just didn't think that having a baby was a good thing to do when you don't even have the right to vote or order things on television. You can't even get your own place for God's sake!!!

Anyways, yesterday on Valentines Day (Feb. 14, 2010) we made love. We didn't use anything, but I knew he was going to use the Withdrawal Method since my mama is still trying to make appointments for me to get the Hormonal Implant. When he was about to "finish" he took it out (before he could finish). Then for some reason I told him that I wanted to have his baby. I have been having mixed emotions about this lately and I finally see why girls have kids, but I don't want one. I want one, but I don't. I don't want to have any big responsibilities right now because I still live with my mama and he does too. I can't even take care of myself. Something is truly wrong with me and he said that he wanted to have my baby too. He "finished" inside of me twice and I cried afterward because I'm ruining my life!!!! Why would I try to have a baby this young? I am just so stupid and I hope that I am not pregnant because I want to go to college at Virginia State and have a Masters Degree in Law. I want to be married and have a great life before I have kids...

Please don't have sex UNPROTECTED because it is not cute to have kids young or have a STD!!!

Lissa

Dont panic!

Im 16 years old, and have a beautiful healthy baby boy, Noah.

He was my first proper boyfriend and the person I lost my virginity too, and to this day we are still together and better than ever.
I fell pregnant when I was 15 however didn't realise I was pregnant until a month or so into the pregnancy. Probelm was, I had been on the contraceptive pill since the age of 14 not because I was sexualy active at that age but because my hormones were sky high. Sometimes when you are on the pill its not always 100% protective and your periods become irregular. Or sometimes they stop all together therefore it becomes hard to keep track of them, which is how I ended up pregnant without knowing.

Yes- my life has changed dramaticaly since having Noah, and I have had to sacrafice a lot of things. When you have a baby, he or she needs your love and care constantly. I had to juggle being pregnant, school and a social life-which became hard, however, I was aware that if i wanted my baby and I to have a good life, I needed to stick to school. I did and I am now in my last year at school, (then I'm off to uni to hopefuly become a midwife.) I have had a lot of support from my parents which also made things a lot easier. Even though I am still with my boyfriend and us moving in together would probab;y be the most suitable solution, I am going to keep staying with my parents until I am old enough to get properly on my feet, and get a life going for myself and my baby.

The key to a teenage pregnancy is to stay calm, decide whether you are going to keep it or not, then get your life on track. Either that or just don't have sex until you want a baby!

Alannah

single mommy

iam 17 now and i just found out that im having a baby im still scared to tell my mommy and family because i know they would be so scared and mad at me .. i told my ex boyfriend the guy who got me prego he said i shouldnt kept it because were not 2gther anymore but if i do kept it he would help me out with the child hes much older then me hes 21 and im still in h.s my last year... but im scared because of the end of the day when i do give birth too this child hes not gonna be here to support me n my child but im also still scared too tell my mom because i think she would tell me get abortion which i dont beileve in.... but i would do anything to kept my lil angel that would be here in oct 2010.. its tuff finding out that your prego when u least expect it .. i was on birth control but as you can see they didnt work because now im having a baby girl.. im so happy that im prego now im job hunting and still going to school into i give birth i would tell my mom when im ready but im scared this would hurt our special relationship with me n her in the family .. how i found out that i was prego i was getting bigger and i would always eat chocolate something i never eat alot then i would always drink pepsi like 3 times a day i hate pepsi before.. i would pee every 5 mins alot and thats not normal thats when i brought a at home test in took it i was scared to look at it when i took a picture of it then sent it to my sister n law in made her tell me if i was prego thats how scared i was... but im happy to be a proud mommy on the way!

jasmine