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Single and Pregnant

When I was 15 years old, I got involved with a guy. We had known each other for many years and we decided to fool around. This was the summer of 2008. In September, I found out that I was pregnant. I was a few months shy of my sixteenth birthday. I wasn't thinking about presents for me. I was thinking of how to tell my parents, what I was going to do, etc. I told them in October. My dad was beyond furious and my mom was pretty upset. But they both were supportive in the end. Those nine months waiting were full of many different emotions. By the third trimester, I was excused from school to take care of myself and prepare for the baby. On April 20, 2009, my beautiful baby girl was born. I told the father right when she was born. He didn't want anything to do with her. So I raised her for about a year with the help of my parents. She came before anything I wanted to do. As a teenager, my life got real stressful because I wanted to be with my friends and do what teenagers do. But I was a teen mom and if I wanted to go somewhere or do something, Samantha went with me. Finally, I decided to give her up for adoption. I know I should've done that right when she was born, but I couldn't. Giving her up after a year was the hardest thing I ever did. I miss my little girl, but I know I did the right thing to let her go and be raised in a good family environment and have things that I didn't. Even though she's with a new family, I'll always remember her smile, her laugh, her cry, and the way she loved her mommy. Thank you for reading.

Nicole

you don't know love til you have a baby

When I was 15 I met the guy I thought I would be with 4-ever.We had a good relationship at 1st thought we could do anything as long as we were 2geather,we were 2geather 2 yrs when i found out I was pregnant.we had talked about having a baby & thought it would keep us 2geather no matter what but I had a very strick mom & when she found out she was MAD but eventually got through it.Me & my boyfriend at the time had discussed a baby just so I could move in with him,but after I started thinking i'm to young I got my whole life ahead of me it happen.I had a beautiful son & moved in with my son's father everything seemed good until he thought being a dad was hanging with the guys & leaving my son with my mom while I worked everyday,so when my son was 8mos old we split for good.I stayed a single mom worked all the time almost missed my son walk.6mos later I met the man I'm married to now even though we had our up's & downs we made it.we've been 2geather a little over 3yrs & things r great & we r expecting our 1st child 2geather in 4mos.My son is 4yrs old now & so smart he's in pre-k & is my world even though I thought I was ready & wasnt.His dad is still in his life half the time,hes in the military & is married with another baby,he still hasn't grown up fully but I don't think men ever do.The 1 thing I can say to any girl out there make sure its love not lust be 4 u give ur all to a guy.A baby is a HUGE responsiability.When u have 1 ur life will never be the same,no more partying,hanging with friends cause half of them will stop talking to u b/c u have a baby & can't do as u plz.Just think be 4 u act on any situation that will head u for young motherhood.

k.s.s

Lonely Pregnancy

My story is a bit different from alot of peoples !! Back in either july or August of 2010 my older stister learned she was preganant and then a couple months later we learned that my little sister was pregnant!! then back in april we then learned that i was pregnant!! Everyone says that i got pregnant because my sisters did! But the truth is i didnt want to get pregnant i was being careless my sisters were pregnant and my mom wasnt paying much attention to me ! so i was doing what i wanted when i wanted then i learned i was pregnant . i told the father and he stopped talking to me and said it wasnt his ! Then was saying if the baby is his he will be taking her ! But then i learned to ignore him and not talk to him at all come to find out he is having another child with the girl he is with now! she is due just 3 or 4 months after me yes it made me a lil upset but i just feel bad for the child !! But anyways Im a single mom well soon to be mother i currently live with my mother and two sisters and their children and just getting to know that my mother is planning on movin away with my little sister and niece! so once they move it will be me and my older sister and her son and my daughter! Unless my little sister decides to stay with us! But anyways my pregnancy has been very odd !! At first i was not gaining weight and i ate all the time. I was always sick always in bed couldnt get out of bed i had morning sickness all day long and i had awful pain in my abdomen and didnt know what is was! come to find out there was nothing wrong with me at all! Then later i found out i was having a girl! The morning sickness finally started to subside . But the pain didnt. Then i started to slowly started to gain weight and then the doctor told me that i was dehydrated that i needed to start drinking lots of fluid so i did everything then was fine for a little while now im 8 months along and the pain is back and the sickness is back and the doctor told me that im very dehydrated again to drink lots of fluids that thats the reason i was dizzy and sick was because i was dehydrated !! so i have been drinking lots of fluids and the dizziness is gone but my headaches are gone im still slowly gainin and losin weight but she is fine !! Another thing is just these past few months i have developed depression and very bad anxiety which is very scary! But im getting help and getting much much better soon i will be havin my daughter and then ill have nothin to worry about besides her and myself!! thanks for listening to my story.

chelsea

My Mini Soldier

I was 15 years old when i first started having sex, and 15.5 by the time I was pregnant. I was scared and didn't know what to do where to turn to, or who I could confide in. The baby's father and I knew we wanted to be together, and have a future with one another, but we just didn't know when exactly...Our parents were very supportive, his mom was mad but understood coming from teen pregnancies herself. &my parents they were supportive....it's 2 years later I love my son, he's truly my little soldier... his father is in the Military, and we're getting married next year so we'll all be able to live with one another, and be a happy little family. Though we're young we both stepped up to the plate took care of our responsibilities, and are doing what wer have to do! I love my boys<3

T'Keya

Single Teenage Mom

As a child my mom never let me do anything. Going out on the weekends and partying was out of the question in my house hold. I had my few friends but their parents had strict rules too. As I was entering high school my mom told me that I could have my first boyfriend in the 10th grade. I was so happy it mean the world to me that I could. I met this guy and started talking to my mom about him; she never once mentioned sex or anything of that nature. She told me that I could have him over so I could meet him. We set up a day for him to come over and she liked him or at least that is the impression she gave off. She let me go over his house but she made it very clear that I couldn't go if no adult was not present at the time. His mom was never home and I didn't want to disrepect my mom by going over there and no adult was present so he came over to my house a lot. One day she walked in on us in the living room and we were sitting close on the couch, she right off the back assumed we were having sex. When she asked if we were having sex and we off the backed lied. By that time I wasn't pregnant. Me and him started having sex one month into our relationship, I later became pregnant 3 months into our relationship. I was beyond scared to tell my mom that I was pregnant; because this is when the show The American Teenager came out and she made the comment "I wish my 15 year old daughter would tell me she pregnant"...I was 15 at the time. Finally after a 4 months of knowing I was pregnant I finally told my mom and his mom. My mom wasn't the happiest camper but she stuck by my side the whole time. I had my son a healthy baby boy on July 22, 2009, and I made myself a promise that I wouldn't have anymore. After I had my son me and his dad had a falling out and broke up we were threw and I was not getting back with him. I switched schools to get away from him and met this other guy. He knew I had a son and he didn't mind. When I introduced him to my son he had a instant connection. He just made my day everytime he was areound my son and the way my son smiled when they played with one another. Me and this guy we had our ups and downs but mostly our ups. I celebrated my 16 birtday with him by my side and it meant the world to me. Me and this guy didn't start having sex off back like me and my ex did because I wasn't trying to risk becoming pregnant again. We waited about 6 months and started having sex. I became pregnant with my second child at 16 and I felt as if my world was coming to a end. I felt as if I did not only let myself down but everyone around me. I kept this pregnancy a secret for 6 months and I told my cousin to tell my mom about this one. She didn't take this one to well but not once did she give up on me. Today my kids are 2 years old and 9 months old. Im 18 years old and in my freshman year at college. I am majoring in nursing and minoring in birth to elementary school teaching. I feel as if I am way more than any statistic and I have no where to go but up.

Antoinette