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Hello, My name is Julie. I'm 18. Well here's my story of being a mommy. I was only 16 when I met the father of my kids, it was in 2008 we had our ups and downs and most of all we always break up to make up. It was very hard. But we started going out about a month then he end up staying with me soon as later it was a year we been together it was great.. Some reason I had a feeling I was pregnant but didn't wanna say nothing to no one, my mother already knew so she ask so I tld her yes... My father was mad at me... So we just stick to what I was going thru. I ended up having her June 25,2009 her name is Eliza Mcintosh. She soo beautiful. My babies daddy wasn't really there that much but he tried. Now I'm pregnant again with my 2nd babygirl it's hard but were trying are best we can. I have a job but haven't got done with school yet I wanna be done tho.. Were just waiting to hAve our 2nd in feb 28...my both kids are frm da same babies daddy we plan to get married soon on Sep 8 da day we got together yay.. Well this is my story...



Julie<3

Julie Hill

in love,SINGLE, and soon to be mom

Hello girls,
my name is Brittany and im here to tell my story. I first started dating the man I feel in love with on my birthday December 9th of 2009, i was deeply in love with this boy and would do anything in the world for him. Me and him had a very good relationship and dated for a little over a year and i found out i was pregnant in late April, i was very scared when i first found out. I took a test one morning because i just didnt feel right and i had a gut feeling i was pregnant, i had a few pregnancy scares before this so i had a few pregnancy tests in my room, when i took the two i had left they said i was pregnant, i got so scared and upset and called up my best friend i told her i took two tests and they both said i was pregnant but i thought they were wrong so she picked me up at my house and took me to the store to buy a package of 3 more tests once i got home i took all 3 of them and they said i was pregnant, i couldnt stop crying, i was so scared. Once my mom got home from work i told her i was pregnant, she took me to the doctor and they said i was about 3 months pregnant. The nest day i went to school and told me boyfriend Dylan that i was pregnant he looked at me and laughed,he thought i was kidding, so the day after that i brought all of the tests to school and showed him and he looked at me with the most scared look on his face, i thought he would be so upset and just break up with me right then and there but he stuck by me for a while, we got along pretty good and then once i hit about 5 and a half months pregnant w started fighting alot and i got really stressed out, he left me and got a new gf and they are really close and love eachother, it is so hard too see him with another girl because hes the man im in love with and now i have a baby with him, i found out i was having a little girl, her name is gonna be Chantel Marie Dunagan-we were still dating when i found out what we were having so i picked out the name and he said he liked it so i choice to keep the name for her. I am due in 8 days-January 21st, 2011. This pregnancy has been a living HELL, not having support from the babies dad is the worst feeling ever. I keep praying that once he sees his beautiful girl he will realize what he has and that she needs him. I know babies dont always bring couples together but im hoping it does for me. I never thought i would be pregnant and doing it all on my own, i have support from my family and friends but i feel like i need more, from the daddy 2. I am a junior in high school right now and i plan to graduate and become a photographer, that has always been my dream and im not going to let having a baby stop me from doing that. Im so excited about becoming a mom, its going to be very hard but its all going to be worth it in the end. Good luck to all u soon to be moms, no matter what yer life throws at you.....make the best of it and never give up! <3 u can do it :)

Brittany Marie.

No mistake

hey am 18 yrs old, dropped out my senior year& am a single mother., i have a beautiful 1yr old babygirl. she was born 12|11|09, my due date was 12/17/09 she was born a week bfore.. it all started back than in the 07 when i met her father by a friend after that we talked & talked. i was 14 when i met him in person, he was 17. Our relationship wasnt all that good, he cheated & i will go back to him everytime he would, it wasnt 1 time but several times. stupid i know. but i was in love, we were in love, he would cheat, but i knew deep down he loved me.. I can say gettin pregnant was no mistake, we choosed to have a baby. On may of 09 i found out i was 2months pregnant, i was 16. His mom was the one who took me when i found out, she wasnt mad at all, she was actually thrilled. That same day i found out i was expecting my mom knew i was goin to the doctor to found out, while i was in the clinic i had texted her that it was positive,. later that day i got home, she was not happy at all. she was very angry & sad, she was a teen mom as well, she was 19 when she had me.. Some of my family members say that she would cry alot bhind my back. i felt bad. i knew better, my dad , he didnt talk to me for a week, but they both got over it after babydaddy & his family came over to say that he was gona take me to his house & take care of me.. they accepted of course, it was his responsibilty. when i was 5months pregnant i ended up in the hospital for a kidney infection, i wouldnt drink alot of water. i stayed for a WEEK! it was a horrible feeling, i wasnt alone though babydaddy had stayed with me. 2 days alter after staying in the hospital for a week i found out i was having a babygirl! i was very excited that i was having a little princess. everybody was especially my babydaddys mom, she had no girl. Giving birth was not good, the contractions were not good either, but i didnt use no meds. contractions lasted 15hrs & to push her out was 10min. i teared the first time i saw her & so did her father. Right now am very grateful for everything, he stood by my side for 9months & still is here, we are working on things. He has change, & hopefully he stays like that. my daughter is healthy, i enjoy everything she does, everyday is something new,.she was no mistake, am sure about that. . i have read alot of stories here & see alot of bad things that happen to some teen moms, but i also see yall stay strong for your lil ones witch is good(:. for all the teen moms who finished school, GREAT JOB, i didnt get to finish school but i still can am still young; i love being a teen mom & do not regret nothing at all

Tanya

We CAN do it!

Well, I am 20 years old and have two beautiful kids. My daughter Alexyss is about to be 5. I had her when I was 15. My son, Hayden, is 1 1/2 years old.
The kids have different fathers and like the majority of young dads, they did not stick around. Well, my daughters father hit me 3 times (the last when I was pregnant) and did other horrible things before I finally left him. I was 4 months pregnant with her.
My sons father woke up with him when he was crying one night and I woke up to him cussing my son out. I left him quite shortly after that. Hayden was only like a month old.
Like many teenage mothers, I dropped out of high school. I didn't have anyone to pick up Lexy from daycare. My mom did help me as much as she could, but she had to work and she has my sister to deal with.
Despite all of this and other things happening too, I got my GED and I am in college. This is my second year. Last semester I got 3 A's and a B in some very hard courses! I am proud of that. I also work at taco bell and I am getting promoted to manger soon.
The point I am trying to make is you to can do this. Even if you are single like me. One of the most important things you can do for your child as well as yourself is to get an education. You can do this and work, like me. There are plenty of resourse to help you with accomplishing these. The only thing that stops teen mothers from accomplishing what they want is excuses. When you do start, never give up. If you keep trying then you still have a chance but if you give up, you have no chance at all.

Deanna

I Was Supposed to be the Normal One

I remember one time hearing some of my family talking. They said I would be the only "normal" one in our family. I would do what ever my mom and dad told me to do. Go to school, church, etc.
I started being sexually active when I was 17. I am 19 now and have a beautiful baby girl. She just turned six months on Christmas Eve.
About two years ago I was living with my sister to finish high school. After I finished I decided to move back with my parents. I started dating one of my brothers friends. I remember him telling me he asked my brother if he could ask me out and he said no. Caused all sorts of problems. I liked him a lot still though and still do.
We dated for awhile then we broke up for like a week. He went and partied and had sex with another girl. I used to party a lot too. I took him back. I shouldn't have but then I wouldn't have had Scarlett.:-) I got pregnant on the 14th of October of 2009. We dated for like five months. Didn't use any protection ever. Stupid I know. I suggested it once and we both said we didn't like condoms. Then didn't talk about it ever again.
When I found out I was pregnant I told him right after. A few days later he said we needed to talk. He went to his friends house across the street from my parents. My parents and him don't like each other at all. Right when I got there he said we needed to get an abortion. I said no. He said what about adoption? I said no again. Then he said I don't want a kid right now do you? I said no but I am going to have one and walk off. He had mad me so mad.
After I had told my mom and dad I moved back in with my sister. I was pregnant almost the whole year I was 18. I wanted to have her at my house, in my bed, with a midwife. My mom thought I was crazy. My sister helped me get a job so I could pay the midwife $2,400. Medicaid wouldn't pay for it. I ended up having to go to the hospital anyways.
I was upset, I really hate hospitals. I was due on the third of July but my water broke nine days early. I was sad cause her dad was going to come up the weekend before she was due. So he would be here when I had her. We talked about it the night before. But a few hours later he found a ride. I called his mom and my mom so they were on their way. All of them live far away. I was happy and excited. I always wanted to know what having a baby was like. But nothing was happening. So my midwife came nine hours later to check me.
She was breech even though on my check up two days before she had been head down. My midwife could feel her foot in the birthing canal too. She thought her foot had riped my bag of water. I didn't even feel her turn around. When I got to the hospital they checked me again and coukd feel both of her feet. So I had to get a c section. The whole time I was pregnant I was saying I wouldn't have to get one.
Scarlett Lynn Broderick was born Thursday June, 24. 2010 at 7:39PM. I chose her first name. Then we gave her her dads moms(grandma's) middle name and her dads last name. She weighed 5lbs 7oz and was 18.5" long. She was so tiny I thought I was going to break her. I made the hospital let me go home a day early. I hated it there.
I pretty much take care of her myself. My sister works a lot and I get to stay home with my baby girl.:-) I am planning on going to college soon. My family and her dads family have helped me out a lot. I am happy all this happened so I could meet them. They are wonderful people. I wouldn't have minded if it happened a few years later than it did. I am still not really sure what is going on between me and her dad. But oh well. I am just glad I was done with high school when it did.
I am so happy I have her. She was a suprise. I never got an ultrasound while I was pregnant. She is starting to crawl already and get into everything. Is crazy she will be turning one in another six months. Who wants to be "normal"?

Brittany