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My motivation to triumph

I was a young girl whom lives in a very affluent home. My parents were good but with old world mentality. They found out I was pregnant and threw me out of the house. I was an embarrassment to them. What would their friends say?

I was only 16. I walked to my boyfriend’s house which was only a couple of miles away but it was in the projects, all I took with me was enough to fit in a small backpack.
His family took me in, but not happily. He and I decided to stay together because of the baby.

A year went by and my beautiful baby girl was born. When I looked into her eyes, I knew she was all the family that I needed. Even with the father around she was mine, all mine. He and I lived together but he was always getting in trouble, in jail, fights...etc. so basically I was a single mom. I decided to take the "bull by the horns" and create a good home and stability for her.

It's been 13 yrs since I dropped out of school to have my child, and now we have a home. I worked my way up in the corporate world and am finishing school to obtain a BS and head to Law School.

I didn't accomplish this because of a man, I did this because I made a choice to overcome the obstacles and prove that I was the only rock my daughter needed.

I am now a 29 yrs old and my life is still ahead of me. I hope this serves someone as inspiration and that when you feel that you can’t do this on your own, say " Yes, I can!".


Marleny

Bad Days I had doing prenacny

We'll at first I did not know I was pregnant, until one I day I missed my period. This was in October and I was so scared. But I got over it, so I took a home pregnancy test and the test showed I was pregnant.

I told my mom so I went to the doctor and they told me I was 3 months. Every morning I would be sick and in the afternoon and at night too. So I was just feeling so bad; every thing I ate I threw it right back up. Those three months had me feeling bad.

But now I feel good. I'm 6 months and I can eat now and I’m having a boy that is so sweet.


Latorie Floyd

I am 19 and I live with my parents. I have got a boyfriend who I love very much but he works away so I don’t see him that very often.

Some time ago I went out one evening with my mates and we went to a disco and there was a guy there I fancied and we ended up having sex. Two days later my boyfriend came back. He'd had an accident and broke his wrist so he was off work.

I am now about 3 months and, of course my boyfriend thinks it is his. Is there anything I can do because my problem is I know it could be the other guys and I won’t be able to pretend anything because the other guy was black.


Rita

15 and pregnant

So I became pregnant at 15. It was my first time and he didn’t have any condoms but he didn’t tell that cause it didn’t cross our minds.

Well his name is Hunter. We have been going out since the 6th grade I'm in the 12th grade now. I was pregnant in 10th. Well, I found out after our first time I was 2 months and when I told Hunter he nearly fainted

He said he didn’t care about anything but me now and that he would be there for me. We now have a beautiful 2 year old girl named Samantha Faith Carroll. Oh yeah Hunter and I are getting married at the end of High School.


Sarah

Baby at 17-18

I was 17 years old working, part-time at Wendy’s and a sophomore at school. One night a guy walked into Wendy’s I had never met or seen before but I just thought he was so cute. Turns out one guy I was working with that night knew him and asked him for his number for me. Turns out he had a girlfriend and I had no earthly idea it was a girl who rode my bus and that guy was my best friend’s boyfriends brother (small world huh?).

Well anyways, one night I ran away from home with my friend and went to that guys house (he no longer had a girlfriend) and he had no idea I was even coming over so he comes home from work walks in his house and sees me there. Well, I ended up staying at his house 3 nights until I finally went home. My parents were worried and had no idea were I had been and had a missing person report out on me.

Well, me and that guy (Chris) continued to talk through the Internet and phone but were not allowed to see each other. My mom wouldn’t allow it because he was 20 years old. Well finally on June 6, 5 months after we had been talking my mom agreed to meet him. He came over for dinner one night and my mom allowed me to go over his house the next night to hang out.

Sometime in August I went to a place that offers free confidential pregnancy tests, and me and him found out I was about 2 months pregnant and we had only been dating for 3 months. Well I told my mom and dad and my mom took it OK, but cried; most likely from disappointment. Well the guy (Chris) moved in with me and my family.

We decided to keep the baby and to get engaged. We set the wedding date for Feb.17th, 17 days after my 18th b-day and his 21st b-day (we have the same b-day). We are now married only about 2 months and have been together a year and expecting a baby girl any day. I know I messed up by getting pregnant so young but I am fixing that. I have a great husband who loves me very much and would do anything for me and is very excited about this baby.

I just wanted to share my story for other teens out there just because your pregnant doesn’t mean your life is over. I am very happy about this baby and can’t wait to have her in my arms and spend the rest of my life with Chris because I really think we are meant to be. It’s just funny how things turn out.



stephanie