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it's not the end of the world

I met my now ex-boyfriend when I was one month shy of my 17th birthday we were both working at mc donalds, he was in Juvie when we first met but I didn't care if fell head over heels for him and within a few weeks he was telling me he loved me and I believed him and of course I loved him to he was my first boyfriend and My first love.
after a month of Dating we had sex for the first time while he was on a pass this made me fall even more in love with him, he got out of Juvie and i moved in with him and his dad but we couldnt hadle living together so I moved home and we barely talked.
he ended up breaking up with me and it crushed my world i couldn't eat I couldn't breath all i could do is cry i had a lump in my throat it went on this way for a month untill valintines day when he called and said he missed me and wanted me back I was so in love with him so i took him back.
He moved in with me and my parents and we continued our sexuall relationship but within a few weeks he was back in Juvie, so he would come home on visits but as he was in Juvie I met a new older guy and we started talking and i fell kinda for this guy to and made the mistake of cheating on my then boyfriend and a few weeks later I found Out i was pregnant I was excited My bf and I wanted a baby and when i told him he was so happy he got a job and our future looked bright but after he got out of jail he went back to Jail and it was becoming all to much to handle and he was startening to denying my baby so finally about a month before my due date i broke up with him because I wanted a better life for me and for my son so i broke up with him and started dating the other guy i knew,
I had my son on January 7th 2007 and he didn't even come see my baby or sighn he birth certificate but my bf i was with (and still am with) fell in love with my son and sighned his birth certificate,
My ex still denies my son and doesnt come around but his mom takes my son once in a while and today is a happy healthy 2yr old with a 1yr old baby brother I love my boys and yes it is hard being a teen momm i wouldn t change it for the world

Amanda

The road ahead..</3

I am 19 years old, Almost 16 weeks pregnant.. Im alone, I left the babies daddy cause he was a jerk and pushing me around, I left him, and I didnt want anything else to do with him,.. 2 weeks later after leaving him I find out im pregnant.. by then he hated me, telling me i was a fucking lier and it was all bullcrap. Now today.. Im still alone.. hes got a new girlfriend and well he came around, saying he wants to be there and blah blah, I dont know what to think or do, hes a total jerk.. and is 24 and is still far away from growing up. Im scared if he comes around he will be a bad influence on our child, he loves to drink and has no respect. I am scared to go at this alone, I know I have tons of family and friend support, most people tell me im better off without him but ever since I found out its like I cant totally get over him and its really hard, like hes with someone else whos a total sleeze bag, Like it makes me think if I really want him or her in the childs life. He's put me through a lot. At least I got something good from the relationship, I know I can do it alone.. but I always think about how nice it would be to be a family, but I have to do whats right for me and the child and I guess that wouldnt invovle him. Most days I feel lost and confused.. I feel like im the only one going through it.. although I know im probably not.. </3

Cha Cha

walmart parking lot

my name is kim. i have a beautiful son named darnell who is fourteen-months-old. he is autistic and legally blind. i got pregnant with him while fooling around with my exboyfriend steve in the walmart parking lot in his '83 buick. my exboyfriend no longer speaks to me, he wants nothing to do with our son. life is really rough for my son and i. i get government assistance and i work at a grocery store part-time and i have even worked as an exotic dancer. i'm not proud of that, but i need to support us. my son is the most important man in my life! even though we have our rough times, and it's really hard for me to find a boyfriend who wants a girl with a disabled baby, i did happen to meet a wonderful man named named jason who loves me and my son. he does like to drink and kiss other girls, but beggars can't be choosers!

kim d

"good girl" gets pg

I was never the girl who got pregnant. I was on honor roll, played soccer, was in student government and a zillion other clubs, went to church and was invovled in the youth group. I never thought I would be a teen mother.

But then I met Jake -- he was charming and handsome and funny, I was 16 and he was 17 when we met at a friends party. I was instantly in love with him and we started dating pretty much right away. That was at the end of the school year, and we spent all summer together. My parents worked and my sister was in college so we had the house to ourselves all summer. That August, 2 days before my junior year started, I found out I was pregnant. I was so scared, I couldn't even take the test at home -- I took it by myself in a Walmart bathroom. I waited 3 weeks to tell anyone, and when I finally told Jake, he freaked out. First he accused me of cheating on him, then when he accepted the baby was his, he accused me of getting pregnant on purpose to "trap him". I told him that I didn't want anything from him, but that I was having this baby, and he could have his rights terminated if he didn't want the baby. In the end, that's what happened.

After I told Jake, I told my best friend, who was extremely supportive and helped me tell my parents. I was so scared to tell them, to disappoint them -- I was their perfect, college-bound, honor roll star soccer player daughter, and now I was pregnant. My mom tried to get me to have an abortion or give the baby up, but I knew that I could never do it, and she came around.

My daughter, Elizabeth, was born April 14, 1999, a week before my junior prom. Being a single teenage mom was the hardest thing I have ever done. I missed everything about being senior -- I didn't get to go to prom, or go on my senior trip. In my graduation photos, I am holding my 1 year old daughter. I lost all my friends except for my best friend, and instead of going away to school, I had to go to a local college and live with my parents. But, Elizabeth is worth it. It was hard but I did it, I graduated with a nursing degree in 2005, and Elizabeth just turned 10, she will be in 5th grade this fall, and she is the light of my life. Her father has never seen her, he signed away his rights when she was born. I am 26 now, and a nurse, and life turned out okay for us, but it was a hard road, and if I had a choice I would have waited to have a baby.

Getting pregnant as a teenager can happen to anyone, not just the girls who sleep around -- my baby's father was the first boy I had sex with. It changed my whole life, and I missed out on a lot of experiences, but I love my daughter more than life, she is the good thing that came out of a bad situation.

Chelsea

From start to Finish... I'll be there

Hi everyone. I am 19 years old and 8 days over my due date. June 13th was the EDD and its now the 21st :( About 9 months ago is really when my story started. I was 18 years old when i first found out i was pregnant, my boyfriend at the time (the babys father), was just as excitted as i was. Although it was unplanned, the pregnancy was accepted by both me and the babys father with such joy. But not every story has a happy ending. At about 4 months through my pregnancy bills began to come in and the babys father was still unemployed. I was doing the best I could to cover what inssurance wouldn't pay with my overnight stocking job at walmart but ends just wern't meeting. Mabey from lack of money or sheer desperation the babys father started denying the baby. How could he? I kept asking myself why this was even a thought in his head since we had been together for almost 2 years. With the support of my AMAZING SISTER AND MY FAMILY I made it through the next couple months alone and "just getting by" with the bills. Finally around 8 months I was accepted for medicaid and the bills dissapeared :) I also began to get so excitted about the new arrival of my son. No sooner then I was finally able to accept the departer of my sons father, the asshole decided to come back around. With sucha a strong desire to have my picture perfect family, I let him come back into the picture. Yet again he let me down and dissapeared after i guess what he called getting sick of me. So now I am 8 days over the due date and still awaiting the arrivle of what I just know will be my pride and joy in life, my son Jaidan Ray Allacher. And Yet again my ex is trying to step into the picture. This time tho the door is closed. Having only my sister, who btw went to every single appt with me, like a trooper :), to share the ultrasound pics too really hurt deep. He let me handle the pressure of dealing with a pregnancy at 18 by myself and now he wants to come around just as he can see my sons face? No way. Just because bills are paid now, he can't just show up like he's a true father. Its just not fair. How am i to know he wont leave my son wondering where his daddy went? All in all tho, I am sched for an induction for tues or weds, 2 or 3 days from now!! Im so excitted and the picture of my familly is perfect with just me and my son in the frame :)

Karyn Allacher