Hey, just a little bit about myself. I’m 16. My little boy is called Harry Lewis.

I’m a single mom and I had Harry just after my 15th Birthday. He is the best thing that’s ever happened to me. I have only recently broken up with his dad about 2 months ago after I found out about him cheating and things and the only way I’ve been able to get through it is with Harry.

When Harry was born, I was really ill. I thought I’d never love him, that he’d ruined my life, and that I wish I’d aborted him while I had the chance. His dad had left me for a while just after we’d slept together. I told him I might be pregnant, but I tested too early at 4 weeks and it said negative so we thought I was okay. At about 10 weeks, I started getting really tired and was taking days off school for massive headaches. It was a throwaway comment from my mom that made me think I could be pregnant. When it turned out that I was, I was terrified. I was 14. How was I meant to be a parent?

My boyfriend told me straight away that I was having an abortion. I told him to stuff it, It was my baby. Then he left me and that’s why I went ill. I refused to have an abortion because it was what he wanted. Then when he was born, I looked into his eyes and I fell in love with my little boy. To this day, I don’t know how I managed to be so upset about him. I wouldn’t change my little boy for the world.
I’m 16 now and Harry has just gone 18 months. Our lives have changed a lot. I want to be a midwife when I go to university, to help other mums have their babies. That may have to be put on hold though for the moment because I think I may be pregnant again and to be honest, I’m terrified. I’ve worked hard to get where I am now and I think another baby could ruin that. I’m two days late with this period and my last one wasn’t exactly normal either.

Abortion isn’t an option for me now as it wasn’t back when I had Harry, but I am terrified and to be honest, I’m glad I’ve found this site x