So I’m pregnant. I’m 13 weeks and 5 days, had my first ultrasound done on Friday the 14th of November. I saw the baby; its arms, its legs, everything. Heard its heartbeat.. which was at 164 bpm… Wow so high, haha.
Everything is going great with the families now- Everyone is already getting excited, buying baby things and that woohoo, I can’t wait till my baby shower!!!
Will try to keep this blog updated from now on 😉
Hello everyone. This is my very first blog on Stand Up Girl. I don’t even know if anyone’s going to ever read this, but I’ll write it anyways.
I’m 18 years old and I live in Jersey. I’m a college student. Right now, I’m single and looking for that “right” person… whatever that means. I’ve always been “little miss independent” and now I’m ready to let my guard down and let people into my life.
By this point, I guess a lot of you are wondering what I’m doing on this site. Clearly, this site is for teen mothers or soon-to-be moms. Well, I don’t really know what I’m doing here either. It’s just that for a long time now, I’ve been dreaming about becoming a mother and I can’t really shake off the thought. I’ve spent all my life around children and I just can’t wait to have some of my own. I can only imagine what it feels like to create a life and then to hold that life in your arms. There’s nothing greater or more amazing than that. Well, I’m still young and I’m in no rush to do anything but I would definitely like to have my first child by the time I’m 23. I don’t think being a young mother makes you a bad mother. My grandmother had my mom when she was 16 and she was an amazing mother and she had 7 more children before reaching 30 and they all turned out great. They all went to college and have good jobs so it’s possible.
I commend all you young mothers out there for choosing to raise your children.
I just found this website and want to say how awesome I think it is! I wanted to share my story. I know that young, unmarried women often feel alone in pregnancy. The reason I feel that my story NEEDS to be shared is that I was married and got no support from my husband. I think it’s important for women who are out there to realize that no matter what your situation, abortion is NOT the answer.
Well, here goes, I got married at 21 against my family’s wishes. My family thought that I should finish school first, and now looking back at it all I see what they were trying to protect me from. Three or four months into my marriage I became pregnant.
My husband was very UN-supportive. First, he wanted me to have an abortion, then he tried to convince me that adoption was the answer. Our marriage was already beginning to unravel and the pregnancy certainly didn’t help. He was very verbally abusive about the fact that I was gaining weight. He withdrew himself emotionally and physically from me. He constantly told me how we couldn’t afford a baby and that I was being incredibly selfish. Long story short, I found out that he was having an affair and left him. I moved across the country to where my parents live so that I’d have some support, both financially and emotionally. I had my daughter and she’s a little over a year old now. My divorce was final yesterday.
I won’t lie and say that any of it has been easy. Actually, I will tell you it has been quite hard. Being a mom is the greatest thing I’ve ever done. I do not for one second regret my decision to keep my baby. She brings me so much joy! I KNOW 100% that I could not live with myself if I had made a different decision. My story has other guilt though that I’m learning how to cope with. My daughter and her dad have no relationship because he can’t make good decisions and wants nothing to do with her. Some days I let the guilt overcome me. Other days I make it OK. Everyday I am thankful that I have a healthy and happy baby to bring a smile to my face and remind me of my purpose. See, I don’t live for me anymore, so I have to make good decisions for her… and I know that I would be absolutely LOST without her!
Dear Jessica,
You are so right…women can feel very alone in pregnancy, married or not. So sad that your husband was not more supportive. You are moving forward though…you and your beautiful daughter. You are making the best out of a very difficult decision. How awesome that your parents were willing to give you the support you need. It makes such a difference to have loving people behind you…backing you up. You made the decision to have your baby and raise her, though. Good for you. That took a lot of guts! But you knew in your heart what the right thing to do was. I am so proud of you for standing up for yourself and your baby! Keep smiling!
Love,
Becky
I am 19 years old and have been seeing a guy that’s 2 years younger than me for a while.
We had sex for the first time on Sept 20. I was due to come on my period on Sept 28. It never came. I had a short period on Oct 8-11. Now its Nov 16 and I haven’t had a period since then.
I’m very scared.
I Miss You, Jamie-Lee, My Baby Boy So Much. I Would Do Anything To Bring You Back. I Wish Things Could Be Different, If I Could Turn Back Time, I Would. There’s Not A Daii That Doesn’t Go By That I Don’t Think About You. Your Always Be In My Heart!!
Love You Soooo Much,
Sweet Dreams Little Man,
Love, Your Mummy Oxoxox
