Living with Teen Pregnancy

September 2007

• 16 y/o daughter pregnant - by K - (Sun, Sep 30 2007)
  We just found out last week that our daughter is pregnant. I don’t know how but she hid it for that long. She’s had no prenatal care, my husband was furious and has not spoken to her for a week now. [more..]
• PREGNANT AT 16, BIRTH AT 17 - by AARIS - (Thu, Sep 27 2007)
  HI MY NAME IS AARIS N I AM 17 YRS OLD. I AM A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL N I HAVE A 3 MONTH OLD SON. WHEN I WAS IN MY SOPHMORE YR. OF HIGH SCHOOL I WAS DOING FINE N GOING TO SCHOOL N WORK. BUT, MY BABYFATHER N I FELT AS THOUGH THAT I MIGHT BE PREGNANT. [more..]
• It wasn’t easy but it was worth it - by KT - (Thu, Sep 27 2007)
  I became a teenage mother 23 years ago. It was different then. I was not allowed to stay at my high school. I had to go to a school about a 1/2 hour from home that was just for pregnant girls. My parents were very disappointed but they were supportive. [more..]
• teen pregnancy - by olivia - (Tue, Sep 25 2007)
  I am 17 years old and last night i took a pregnancy test and i got the two purple lines. I’m about 7-8 weeks pregnant. I’m scared out of my mind, but im not considering abortion at all, and ill get angry if anyone tries to tell me to do so. [more..]
• I love my beautiful baby girl! - by L.R - (Tue, Sep 25 2007)
  I am a student at Arizona State University, and our assignment was to write about a stereotype we belong to, which is misrepresented by the media. I am a teen mother; and the media, along with many others have an incorrect perception of me. I made the decision to have sex. I became pregnant at 17. [more..]
• im almost 15 - by ks - (Tue, Sep 25 2007)
  im almost 15. and me and my boyfriend of two months had sex. and it broke. i think that i am pregnant. [more..]
• teen pregnancy - by Queen - (Thu, Sep 20 2007)
  hello to you all i am so thankful for being able to get this off my chest..please continue to read..well i am 16 yrs. old i am pregnant but there are so many things that make me scared like my fiancee’ his mother does not like me I am a young white female and he is an 18 yr. old black male she says i am trying to ruin his life by trapping him.. [more..]
• Soon To Be Grandma - by KL - (Thu, Sep 13 2007)
  Just this past Saturday night my daughter and her boyfriend decided to have a family cookout here at our home. They said they just wanted to get us all together before he was sent to Iraq (2 weeks). I thought it was a great idea and was happy to see all of his family. [more..]
• I am not a statistic - by Brenda - (Tue, Sep 11 2007)
  I am 28 years old I have five children. I had my first when I was 15 years old. By the time I was 18 I had 3 children. All five of my children have the same father. we have been married now 11 years and together 13 years. I just graduated from college last month. [more..]
• Been there and doing it again - by Carrie - (Fri, Sep 07 2007)
  I got pregnant with my first child when I was 15 and the father was 17. At 23 I was on my fourth, all by the same father. Yes, we married, but it didn’t last. Now at the age of 34, my 15 year old son tells me that his now ex-girlfriend is pregnant she is 17. [more..]
• SUPPORT - by ROE - (Thu, Sep 06 2007)
  I am 19 years old and everythinng was going so well. I was in college it was my third year. Now I am 4 months pregnant with twins. I was with the father in the begining of my pregnancy when I first found out. [more..]
• im 16 and seven months…my beautiful baby girl - by ck - (Mon, Sep 03 2007)
  well…im 16. i got pregnant the second month after my sweet 16. by a much old guy. he was my first. and he was 20. now 21. my parents hate him. i feel bad. they pressed charges. [more..]
• I’m only a kid myself, how am i gonna raise one? - by L.M. - (Mon, Sep 03 2007)
  I’m 13 years old and 5 weeks pregnant. I haven’t told anyone about it except my councilor. She has been here for me since the day I met her and she’ll always be at my side no matter what. I just found out last night that I’m pregnant. [more..]