Living with Teen Pregnancy

My story begins with a bad lifestyle.

My dad was a well respected man in the community and my mom was a gentle kind-hearted woman. I on the other hand was so much different.

I had started having sex when I was 14 and started to smoke and do drugs when I was 15. The choices I had made were taking a turn on me for the worst.

I had sex with more than 15 men when I was 16 and I was always looking for a way to get high. The money that I earned went towards cigarrettes and weed.

I found out I was pregnant 8 weeks before my 17th birthday. I WAS BLOWN AWAY. I couldn’t believe I was going to have a baby especially with the guy I was dating at the time. I didn’t know how I was going to tell him. I wanted an abortion so bad too.
The next day I went to the doctor and she confirmed I was pregnant. My mom was there so I had to tell her what happened. She wanted me to tell my dad so I did.

Once he found out my life started to fall apart. I had to break up with the baby’s father (I didn’t like him very much anyway), and I couldn’t go out and have fun anymore. My parents were so mad they acted like I was going to get pregnant again.

Well, around 11 weeks I started to go out again and party with friends. I was drinking alcohol and taking heavy pain medications. While that was going on I was still having sex with more men. My world was crashing down on me. I didn’t want to keep the baby until I ran away from home.

My parents found me the day after I ran away and turns out that I had an appointment at the OBGYN for an ultrasound. Me and my mom went inside and waited for the ultrasound woman to come and get us. We finally went in there and she started to show me what the baby looked like.

There she was; human and ALIVE.

After seeing her move and seeing her beart beat there was no way I could destroy the life of this tiny human. Before she was a parasite to me but when I saw her, she looked like me. With arms, legs, and a heart.

It’s been 21 weeks and I am now happily 35 weeks pregnant with a baby girl. I don’t smoke anymore and I am completely clean of drugs. Most importantly the baby is doing well.

It’s going to be tough being 17 and a single mom but I know my faith and family will help me through it.