Tuesday, 01 December 2009
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How Many Moms Here Are/Were Teen Mothers?
Just curious, how many of you are or were teen mothers? What's your story if you are?
I had my daughter at 18, with my boyfriend of 4 years. We lived with my mother during my pregnancy because we were saving for our own place, but after my daughter was born we promptly got our own apartment. My boyfriend was laid off for most of my pregnancy and I was a full time nanny for 3 small girls. He finally got a good job and were getting back on our feet financially.
When I became pregnant he had a great job but they laid him off due to cut backs. I'm planning on becoming either an ultrasound tech or a RN. Currently, I'm a nanny, but in the next year or so I will go back to school. I plan on getting financial aid to help cover the costs. The college I will be going to has an on site day care so that will be nice. I don't regret becoming pregnant. My life is great and I would never take any of it back.
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- From: Milf6523@xanga
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- About Me: I am a Pro-Life, Christian, Non Vaxing, Young Mother to a Little girl Born April 2nd 2009,
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I was 19 when I had my daughter
20 when I had my oldest son
22 when I had my other son
I was 18 when I had my son. My husband and I had been dating for 3 years when I got pregnant, and got married when I was about 2 months along. I'm 20 now, and planning on having another one sometime soon.
I was 18 when I found out I was pregnant. My boyfriend was 25(we knew each other for a year or so before dating). He had just lost his home so my family took him in and he found a job, after 3 months we got our own place and 3 months after that we lost it due to him losing his job. I was going to high school and finishing my senior year. Since school has always been tough for me, everyone suggested I not work and focus on graduating. My parents welcomed us back in. February our son was born and boyfriend had gotten a job before Christmas at Wal-Mart....he lost it in April. My mom passed in May and my dad did a flip and turned into someone I didnt know and started to treat me like crap. It was verbal and emotionally abusive in the home than. I graduated in May and found a job right away...than lost it. >_< The economy is so screwed up. My dad gave us one month to get $500 or be homeless...we moved to Omaha, NE with the little money we had and free home for a month, which turned into 3 months since our landlord knew our story and wanted to help. Boyfriend(now fiance) got a great job, but not in time to pay for the house we were given to live in..so now we are living seperately but still together. A friend of ours had his mom take my son and I into her home and his dad took my fiance. The reason we are split up is because the mother is christian and she has a son with down syndrome who is raised to believe that unmarried couples do not live together and also because she is headstrong like my fiance and she knows they will butt heads. So yeah. He has a great job now so we're saving for our own place again and working on making our lives together grow so that we can give our son the best.
We had just turned 17 when we found out I was pregnant. It shouldn't have been as much of as surprise as it was. We did what most other teens were doing over the summer with our endless free time and minimal supervision. Our families were shocked but really supportive, in a "You're an adult now" kind of way. I'm grateful for that.
My boyfriend and I had been together for a couple years and were planning on getting married after graduation. Instead we talked it over and decided to get married that fall during our senior year. I had our son by emergency csection, he was breech, that spring.
We lived with my mom until we turned 18 (weeks after graduation) and my husband could work full time at the restaurant. We got our apartment, less than a year later my husband joined the Army and we planned our second baby, we wanted children close together. Even though we were young we didn't want that or the Army to get in the way of our plans. I was 19 and 5 months pregnant when my husband deployed.
We're now 23 with three hilariously goofy boys and just celebrated our 6th anniversary. Life is great.
Well, I'm not a mom at all, but my mom was a teen mother. Now she has five children. My older sister is graduating from college next semester and I've got another year. My mom graduated from college last November. Though it's strange to be 20 years old and tell my college friends that my parents are not yet forty, they can't say that teen mothers are unfit mothers because I think my siblings and I turned out pretty darn awesome. :]
I got pregnant at 17, had my daughter roughly a month before I turned 18. Her father is 16; was 15 when we got pregnant.
I got pregnant at 18 and had my son when I was 19. I had been with the father for about a year. My son is now 2 and the father and I are married and are doing extremely well.
I got pregnant with my daughter when I was 15 and she was born when I was 16. Her biological father never met her (his choice). We lived with my parents who kept her while I finished school and started college where I got a paralegal degree. I met my husband while working as a paralegal and he adopted my daughter. He is the only father she's ever known. Now I'm a stay-at-home mom who homeschools. We have given my daughter one brother and there's currently another one on the way.
I had my daughter when I was 15. Her father and I had been together about a year before I had gotten pregnant. We (me and baby) lived with my mom while I finished school. I transfered to an Alternative high school and my daughter went to the daycare they had on campus. I graduated with honors and am now in my second semester of college. =)
I had my first at 18.
I found out i was pregnant 9 days before i turend 18. My boyfriend and I are approaching three years of dating, and have lived together almost the entire time, we'll be getting married eventually and are planning on getting me knocked up soon, so we can have another child to be brother or sister to our daughter.
Pregnant at 18, had my daughter at 19. I had known her dad for almost a year. When we found out we were pregnant, we had been together for 6 months. I just graduated high school and was about to start college. My husband was just about to start his senior year in high school. We both finished high school and college (him with honors). We were able to do it through his DJing, savings, and our parents. We got married when our daughter was 4. We now have a 19 month old and a 2 month old and are doing well for ourselves!
I had my first child at 19. I would have actually had an older child, from a prior pregnancy, but it ended in miscarriage. My partner and I had been together about 2.5 years before my daughter was born. We got married when I was about 2 months pregnant. We have now been married 5.5 years. I had my second daughter at 21.
Well I became a mom to my first daughter at 15. Her father was sent to jail for rape but unfortunately, got out pretty quickly. He isn't involved in her life though (my choice). My mom kicked me out so I lived with a woman I call my real mom. She had four kids of her own and two grandchildren so it was crowded but it was fun :) Then she signed a lease for me to move into my own place when my daughter was a year old. I met my husband when I was 17, and the rest is history! We have been together six years and have six beautiful kids! We got married earlier this year and are expecting again. He adopted my oldest daughter last month!
I was a teen mom. I had my first daughter at 17. Her bio dad wanted nothing to do with her, and ny daughter and I met my wonderful husband when she was 7 months old, and he has been her Dad ever since. She is now almost 5, and we have another beautiful girl, who is 8 months old. (I had her when I was 21). And am now 22. :)
i was 17 and i had my daughterrrrrr.....
xoxo
kat
thanks for sharing your stories!
I just found out a few weeks ago that I'm pregnant. I'm 18 and about to finish my first semester of college. I'm due in June so I'm transferring to a junior college closer to my boyfriend and family and finishing school then we're planning on me continuing on in school and him working full time like we do now. the school has a great support system for young mothers and single parents trying to get an education.
i got pregnant at 18 and had my son at 19. the dad and i did not work out because he could never grow up. i was in my first year of college and decided to take a year off before finishing. lived on food stamps and government housing, but still managed to get my teaching degree. now i am married, my son is about to turn 7. i am a teacher and i have a masters and an educational specialist degree. we have a son on the way :)
Had my son at 16 and my daughter at 20. I am graduating as an RN in a week!
Pregnant a month after my 15th birthday. I love my son with all my heart and I wouldn't change a thing. His second birthday is on the 11th of this month.
Maybe not my place to contribute, but how about the teen-Dad perspective?
We were 17 when we found out that my at-the-time girlfriend was pregnant. It was a shock to the system, especially considering we'd been dating less than a year. At the time I was failing out of school and addicted to drugs, but I turned myself around for the kid. Her parents were unsupportive and drove her out of the house. It was hard. We lived with my mother until I got my act together, eventually getting our own apartment nearby. By the time our son was born, I was barely 18.
That was over three years ago. We've since moved to the city, where I work as a police officer and my wife is a nurse. We finally got married this past summer. Our daughter just turned one.
Got pregnant at age 18, three months before I graduated high school. I probably wouldnt have had a kid if I got past that graduation point. She was born when two months after my 19th birthday. Her father is somewhat involved... he watches her mondays and pays child support. I go through college so she otherwise goes to day care the rest of the week. My mom wasnt supportive at first but once she saw her granddaughter she couldnt take her eyes off her.lol. THANK GOD! I wouldnt have been able to do it without her. I pay for everything and I provide her with everything but my mom allows me to still live in her house and have food on the table. Hopefully I'll move out within the next year or two. I still have three more years of college to go. I have a supportive boyfriend. He wants to provide a better life for us. Her Biofather is planning on going into the military so he's just running away from the situation. Im just focusing on saving up to get out of my moms place and make it out on our own. Sometimes I get depressed but I know I wouldnt change anything. I guess I can picture my life a lot better but my daughter makes my life interesting. The way I look at it... who wants to be rich, have a great job, living on their own, and able to afford the greater things at life? That's lame.lol. Have a baby, try to do all that and then talk to me.lol.
I'm pregnant right now! Haha. I'm 17, but I'll be 18 by the time I have the babies (Yes, I said babies. I'm pregnant with twins. How that happened, my bf and I will never know.) It actually worked out pretty well. My bf was all for safe sex, but he knew how badly I wanted to have a baby (Since we're getting married in 2 years anyway.) so he figured we could try just once without a condom and see what happened. (Well, technically, that was the 2nd time. I've already had one miscarriage.) And, of course, guess who got knocked up on the first try?! My bf and I are estatic about the babies. Today is actually the start of my 2nd month. It's kinda hard though, since we don't know if I'll be able to carry the babies to term. (I'm just 4 months out of rehab for anorexia) So, it's all a learning process, and we'll see what happens. I don't regret what we did for a minute. Sure, it's changed some of my plans for college, but I can always go to school online. It's a frightening, but thrilling time.
I got pregnant when I was 17 because it seemed like a good idea. I wouldn't give my daughter up for anything but it is not something that I would recomend to other teenages.
I became a mom again at 21 this time it was so much easier. I don't know if it was because it was my second child or because I was older. My son passed away when he was a month old from SIDS though.
Both kids are from the same guy, my husband.