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What were your reactions to finding out you were pregnant?

Colleen - posted on 04/17/2012 ( 2 moms have responded )

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I was just starting to enjoy my last few months as a teenager, enjoying my nights out and drinking as I wanted without having to worry about anything. No responsiblities! And was loving it... Then the shock when I found out I was pregnant made me (I regreat to say) consider terminating pregnancy; my partner and myself had only been living together for a short period of time and the relationship was still enjoying it's honeymoon phase. Without warning one night I took a pregnancy test, sat with my partner waiting for those blue lines to appear, then when they did appear I was terrified and happy I cried. Sadly four weeks down the line I was in such a bad place I had to consider getting rid of my new baby. Today Im overjoyed that Id fallen inlove with my baby and couldnt even dream about living with myself if I'd gone through with an abortion. I'm six months pregnant today and so excited for the arrival of my baby boy!! Can't hardly wait! ;)

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Shelby - posted on 04/17/2012

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Well i fell prego 3 months before my 17th birthday and I can remember the day very vividly. My fiancé brought home the test on his lunch break and I waited for him to go back to work before I'd take the test. I member my heart racing just thinking bout it. At first I read the test wrong then when I took a second look and seen the two blue lines I literally dropped to the ground n cried. I was only with my fiancé for 2 months before I found out I was prego and I was scared he would walk away n I'd have nowhere to go. But thankfully he supported me!! My parents weren't to happy but I didn't care as long as I had my fiancé. Today my son is 3! He's the joy of my life wouldn't change it for the world! Having a baby so young helped me thru life cuz before I got pregnant i was starting to sink pretty low. My son turned my life around and made me realize the true meaning of life

Brittney - posted on 04/17/2012

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My reaction was quite different than most teenage/young pregnancies since we were actively trying for a baby. I was 17 years old and I wouldn't change it for anything. However, now that she is 18 months, my husband wishes we would have waited at least a year, so that he could have spent an extra year with his friends. It hurts me that he would care more about his friends but I know he did at one point. He lived at his grandparents house and he had 3 friends living there too, when I became pregnant I moved in too. In the last few weeks of the pregnancy, I wanted those weeks to me and him and not sharing his time with everyone else...was that too much to ask? His friends thought so.

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