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full of hope

I am pregnant with my first baby and Im 18 weeks. I am thrilled and so in awe of this amazing miracle occuring inside my body. I want to commend Julie for deciding to keep her baby. It will be the best decision of your life! The moment your eyes meet your baby's, it will be love at first sight. I admire you because it takes enormous strength to face up to your responsibility and take care of an innocent being entering your life and that of your boyfriend's.

Enjoy this blessing from God and take care of yourself knowing that the love of your life is on his/her way. Best wishes to everyone!

aida

miscarriage scare

I found out I was pregnant the middle of june. We had just gotten married in May, and had just started trying! When I was 6 weeks I went for an u/s. i was told that there was no baby, just an empty sac. I was devasted and told everybody I was going to miscarry. 1 week later I went for a follow up u/s, and there was a beautiful little heartbeat!! I was very angry at the dr. who told me I was going to miscarry!!! I am now 14 1/2 weeks and getting bigger everyday. I can't wait to find out if it is a girl or a boy.

shelley

annoying first time mom

When me and my then fiancee talked about a baby, it was always when we got all the bills paid and when we were more financially stable. So it came a surprise when just a week before our wedding I found myself pregnant. Of course, I immediatly started worring about the alcoholic drinks I had consumed at my bachorlette party just a few nights before.

From the get-go, I thought I had every pregnancy complication known to man. I drove my husband crazy with what-ifs. At our first doc appt. it took the nurse forever to find the tiny heartbeat. While she moved the doppler around, I turned and gave my husband an I-told-you-so look. But before I could do anything else, there it was. A perfect heartbeat!

Besides having a low placenta, my pregnancy has been wonderful and now at 27 and 1/2 weeks pregnant, the end is now in sight. At our ultrasound at 19 weeks we were informed that we are having a baby girl. I haven't gotten over my worry completely though. This past weekend we painted the nursery a delightful shade up pink, but instead of being excited, I annoyed my husband with " what if its a boy. What then?"

I guess some habits die hard.

Mandy

Curious

I'm 16 years old, and 22 weeks pregnant. I'm planning to keep my baby, with my 19 year old boyfriend. His parents are letting me move in with them because my mom can't help me. She can't afford much, so his parents agreed to help as much as possible which i'm really greatful for.

I'm excited to have a baby in my life, at first I was really scared about it. which don't get me wrong I still am, but now i'm more happy about the idea. It's going to be really hard, but I don't believe in abortion, and I don't think i'm stong enough to give my baby away, so i'm going to do the best I can at being a mom. I just hope I can still finish school.

This is such a scary thing for me, and I hope that other people will help me along the way.

Julie

excited

I am eighteen weeks along and feel blessed that i was able to feel the baby move as early as thirteen weeks. When the first movements happened i somehow knew it was my baby inside of me despite the fact this is my first pregnancy.

Just yesterday the baby was kicking almost every minute for three to four hours. Thats one way i know my baby is growing and getting stronger. On the 21st of this month i get to find out if it is a girl or boy and i am overwhelmed. I know when this baby is born that it will be the first best gift in life that i could ever achieve.

And though the journey of bringing a baby in to the world is tough some of the time, I hope to go through it again someday.

nessi