What is it like being a teen mom?

Samantha - posted on 07/28/2012

Being a mother is amazing. i have a 1 month old son and I wouldn't trade it for the world. Yes it is hard, it is expensive. But there are places out there to help you, such as WIC. Im really not as tired as I thought I was going to be, my son wakes up every 3-4 hours to eat then goes back to bed usually right away. It's the best feeling ever knowing you are raising your child and doing a great job and just watching them grow. I could sit and stare at my baby for hours, and get so happy when he smiles or even sleeps longer then normal. lol the smallest things are amazing. I don't really have anybody to help besides my boyfriend and hes at work almost all day. If you have everybody willing to help already, thats awesome! take advantage of that lol. She sure sounds like a little miracle girl, i think you should just take time and think about it. Things will get hard before they get any easier. It's an amazing feeling.

Jessica - posted on 06/28/2012

i got pregnant at 17 and lost my family because of it for a while. but im glad your family is so supportive it will make things sooo much easier. but being a mother is very difficult in my experience i was up most of the night and most of the day because new borns wake up alot at night and i couldnt sleep during the day. your going to be very tired while at work or school. which im sure you no. then having to figuring out why shes crying at night till you get the hang of things i have a son which is totally different then girls my son is a wild man he is about to turn 3.lol im a stay at home mom so in my case sometimes its hard to be a mom because im with the child all day every day which i dont mind my son is my world. its just i dont get ME TIME. it is wonderful being a teen mom i dont care what others think of me because i had a child young. even tho i would have waited if i could but you seem to be on the right track school and work. every one takes mother hood differently it will be very hard to be a teen mom but it is so worth it. you kid will drive you nut but then turn around and do something cute and its just all worth it. if your done with partying and all that stuff and your ready for full time commitment then be a mother.

Jessica - posted on 06/26/2012

It's really hard to say what it would be like for you. Everybody's situations are different. I was considering adoption too while I was pregnant. I was 16 and I was worried about how I would get him the things he needed, how I would finish school and get a decent job, how I would just handle being a mother in general. I lived with my mom and her boyfriend, and my boyfriend, the baby's father, lived there also. Before I found out I was pregnant I was already forced to drop out of school due to family/housing issues, so I knew I wasn't going back to high school. The whole time I was pregnant my mom, her boyfriend, and my boyfriend all told me how much they would help me and all that. So eventually I believed I could keep him. Once he was born though, I found out different. For the first month or so none of them helped me financially, emotionally, or physically. Luckily I had enough baby supplies stoked up from before he was born so I didn't run out of anything. But let me tell you it was EXHAUSTING. It was very overwhelming. I was crying all the time because I was worried, stressed out, overtired, and a million more emotions. Luckily it wasn't long before his father stepped up and got a job and started supporting me and our son. He even started helping take care of him. Since he's started helping out I was able to go get my GED. Our son is 5 months old now, I'm now 17, and although things are much much easier now it's still hard. We're still living with my mom and her boyfriend. My boyfriend pays most of the bills here plus provides everything me or our son need. We've been looking for a house to move out for the past month or so too.
Anyway, what I'm saying is: There's no way to know what will happen. What I was told and what I thought would happen was entirely different than what happened, then things just suddenly turned around. I guess my advice would be to think the situation through completely and all the things that might or might not happen and try to do what you feel is best.
Good luck!! xx