If You Had Told Me

trying to hang on

If anyone had told me three years ago that in 2013 I would miscarry with my first child, then have another pregnancy scare, become engaged and then single. I wouldn’t have believed you.

If you had told me that a month after the year anniversary of my miscarriage that I would be with someone who would purposely try to get me pregnant I never would have believed you.

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What To Do??

pregnant and overwhelmed

I just dont know what to do. I just turned 18 and i had a baby 2 months ago. I just found out that i am 4 weeks pregnant.  My boyfriend of 3 years is very supportive and keeps telling me everything is going to be ok but i just cant believe him.

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Pregnant and Perks

Hey I’m Mariaih and i’m 17 and pregnant. I don’t really have a huge story right now ha ha because my baby isn’t here yet but i’m pretty much always at home resting and taking care of myself for my baby because my boyfriend and my family want me too.

My boyfriend is always working or at school and all of my friend’s don’t approve of my pregnancy so i’m most of the time alone. i try and tell my boyfriend and sometimes we fight about it because he wishes he could be here more but his family won’t let him all the time and he always at least tries and talks to me when he’s not with me to see how i’m feeling and everything.

Were all trying to just figure out how to handle the situation and for right now no matter how bad i don’t like it i’m trying to at least put up with it  ( and i mean not seeing him all the time lol) but i am really excited and happy for my baby. I don’t know, I was nervous at the beginning and now I just get happy thinking about how cute my baby is gonna be and how I’m really excited to meet him or her.

Pregnancy Blues

I’m a teen expecting my first baby in a few short weeks. I have been experiencing a few issues with my boyfriend and i don’t know if its a normal things that everyone goes through. i have felt my emotions going crazy as it is really easy for something to tip me off and start an encore of my crying and going on rants. i know most of the times when i feel myself getting out of control, but i feel i just cant stop myself and find away to calm down.

Recently i have been going through a rough patch with the father of my baby. We have been together for awhile now but i feel that he just doesn’t take things serious. I’m a very organised person or has to have everything it place before the event, and i feel he doesn’t quiet get how important it is to me to have that support of someone being able to ask me if i needed help with anything. i find myself doing everything either on my own or just seem to be doing all the tasks by myself. I have done all the washing for the baby and have set her room up by myself with know help or even a good job.

All my doctors appointments i have had i have been to by myself as he feels that it isn’t important to know how his baby is growing and what all the medical plans are for when i have this baby. It frustrates me when i ask him to come to an appointment and i get declined, like its not a priority for that day.

i have also been to a few classes to learn a few things about the birthing process and what the hospital ward is going to look like. I have had the support from my mother and my sister through those classes but i would of really like to experience at least one with the father of my baby. it is something that i would of like to tell my baby that we did together.

i just don’t know how to get my message across to my partner.

The Beginning of Being a Teen Mom

I am 17 years old, my goal in life is to be somewhere in forensics. That goal requires a lot of school so I came up with the plan to graduate early through an independent studies program. When august comes around and school starts back up I will have one class to finish and ill graduate in that same month.

I am currently 9 weeks pregnant, I’ve had my first ultrasound, and told my mom. My parents are divorced, and I’m staying at my dads at the time being, I feel like it was easier to tell my mom the news rather than my dad, who still doesn’t know. I’m scared of his reaction, and id like to stay with him at his house where I have my own room and personal space.

I plan to do everything for my child on my own, I don’t want to be the teen mom where my parents are more of the parents than me. I want to do it all myself and I know ill need help along the way, but its what I’m tying to do. I plan to keep my goals, and I know it will be tough and ill probably have to take a few college classes online rather than the Jr. college like I planned for general education.

I’m keeping my goals, and accepting the challenge of having this child. The “father” and I have our struggles, even if he decides not to be in the picture ill have it taken care of, it’ll be harder with out his help but I am staying positive.

I know the whole situation is going to be extremely hard, but I’m staying positive. I have thought about abortion, or adoption.

One day I plan to start a family, intentionally, and I don’t think its fair to have a baby one day I intended to have and know my baby is out there and not in my family because I wasn’t ready for it. Ready or not here he/she comes. I’m going to have this baby and work everyday to make it have the most beautiful life and still continue on with my career goals.

My mother is supportive, and I cross my fingers my dad will come around too. I know ill have my family on my side once they know, I have a 29 year old sister whose blessed our family with an adorable boy and girl, and a 23 year old sister whose in college, and a 18 year old sister and 15 year old brother who still live at home with me.

Crisis Support

I Went Through With It

Nine Months

Being 18 and Pregnant

Hi everyone. I am 18 years of age and I would like to share my story with you. My boyfriend and I have been together for almost 3 years and throughout our relationship we have talked about having a family together as most couples do. My story begins here. I have PCOS (Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome)

This is where there are multiple cysts on your ovaries and they cause irregular periods and it is harder to get pregnant and you are placed on birth control pills to help shrink the cysts and regularize your period. I was attending university at the time and also working for the Christmas holidays last year December and on New Year’s Eve and New Years’ Day I started experiencing real bad pelvic cramps and plus I had the flu really bad with fever and body pains. So I drank some ginger tea to ease up the cramps and the fever…. I realized that my cramps were not going away at all. Then the vomiting started and I was scared because I thought I had some real bad sickness due to the cysts.

So…. I tried everything to stop the vomiting because nothing was staying down in my stomach. So my mother eventually got fed up of my vomiting and took me to the doctor but because I am 18 and considered an adult, I had to go see the doctor alone. So they took a urine sample from me and the nurse came and told me that she took a pregnancy test and that I am pregnant. I told her that she was lying and that it was impossible.

So…. after leaving the doctor’s office, my mother asked me what was the problem so I told her it was gas. I just couldn’t tell her then and then too I didn’t believe that I was pregnant. So the vomiting continued… and I tried to stop it again. So I bought two pregnancy tests to check again, I took one and it came back positive so I didn’t even bother to take the other one. I was so scared but I still didn’t believe that I was pregnant so my boyfriend and I went to an ultrasound laboratory and I found out that I was 7 weeks and 3 days pregnant, I was so scared.

My boyfriend and I were surprised because we didn’t expect this and I was on the birth control pill and had the Ovarian cysts. We weren’t ready to be parents and we were afraid of telling our parents. Eventually we got the courage to tell our parents after we had spoken to the pastor of our church. We both held offices in the church. He was the Technician and Communications person in our church and I was a Superintendent and Chorister. The church held a business meeting and they dis-fellowshipped us from the church so we are no longer members of the church and in order for us to take part in church activities we must re-baptize. It has been a hard road for us.

The people we thought were there for us literally kicked us out of the church. Anyways after telling our parents, they were, of course, disappointed but now they are supporting us more than ever. I am 7 months pregnant now and both my boyfriend and I are proud expectant parents looking forward to the arrival of our child.

My boyfriend has been supportive and more loving and caring. He has a job that pays really good enough to support us and the child. I have decided to get a job after giving birth and go back to school.

I just want encourage all the young girls out there never to give up on themselves or their children both unborn and born.

Children are blessings to us. There are many people who cannot get pregnant and want and love children and would do anything to have children so count your blessings. God will see you through. Just pray and never stop praying, God will never give up on you.

I have had the worst experiences during my pregnancy. I was and still am being judged, I vomited for 4 months and even ended up in the hospital on drips feeling weak. I eventually heard about Gravol Suppositories and I take them now and they work really well so I recommend them to anyone who is going through the same thing as I did. I have learnt that as soon as you get pregnant whether planned or unplanned, your life is not your own anymore.

You have to re-build your whole life around this new life that is inside of you. Pregnancy is a beautiful thing and a great blessing even with the little complications in between. And even though there are major changes in your life, you can still achieve your goals. I hope that my story can encourage and help anyone in many ways.

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