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Sweet Nightmare
Pregnancy is such an experience. Some people says its beautiful and some don’t; however, the end result is priceless. I cannot say that I enjoyed pregnancy. It was horrible not physically but mentally. I hated life, I was mean and aggressive. I was never sick...
Hey Dad, I’m Late!
Hi Becky, I was 19 years old when I got pregnant. My mom and sister already got their menstrual period so I was thinking maybe I'm just delayed or something. But then again thoughts came to my mind. We just moved in Canada. Before we left the Philippines I had sex...
I Was Raped At 13, I Became Pregnant!
I was Raped at 13, I became pregnant, the baby miscarried, but I would have loved him anyway.My story, for His Glory . . . . Please be aware there are parts that I have never before told. God is giving me a voice and strength to tell more as He helps me process...
The Ultimate Sacrifice
A 24-year old mother, Ashley Bridges, made the ultimate sacrifice for her unborn baby when she denied life-saving chemotherapy treatment for bone cancer. Bone cancer accounts for less than 1% of all cancers, and cancer in young adults is extremely rare. In the...
Trying To Be Logical
Hi Becky. I've searched for advice from many sources and no one has answered back. I desperately need some help and I think that you're the right person to talk to about it. I am 4 months pregnant. My boyfriend and I have been together a very long time. But, I'm...
Without Him We Are Nothing!
Hello. I just wanted to shared a little bit of my story. I got pregnant when I was 15 years old, and I gave birth to my son when I was 16 years old. Right now I am 24 and I have a 7 year old boy. I'm going to have to say that I guess I always looked for something...
Alone At 38 And Pregnant!
First, I would just like to thank you for reading my story. Although it may be like many of the stories, you have heard, it is my life and without StandUpGirl.com, my story would have had a very different ending. It was very different for me to find myself alone...
You Can Still Achieve Your Goals!
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...
Life Is Not Always Perfect
Dear Becky, All of these girls need to know life is not always perfect and things happen for a reason. We may not know why at first, but someday we will know. All teen moms are not bad, even though the media makes it look that way. I got pregnant at 14 and had a...
Jase And Missy Robertson Of Duck Dynasty: Stay A Virgin Until Marriage
Duck Dynasty’s Phil Robertson went viral earlier this year when he talked about his views, asking America about abortion, “What in the world happened to us?” Robertson said at the time: “Listen, from the time you started inside your mother’s womb, Thomas Jefferson...
My Daughter Is My Pride And Joy!
My daughter is my pride and joy. I think its import to tell you that I am PROUD of my daughter—and I had her when I was 17. I found out I was pregnant two weeks into my senior year of high school. This was not the senior year I had envisioned for myself. I was so...
Adoption Over Abortion
If My Little Voice Could Speak By: Shelbea Riddle -An Adopted High School Senior 10 little fingers 10 little toes I am so cute. But nobody knows. Only God, Who fearfully and wonderfully made me. He knows. He knows I am perfect. If I could have just One breath, One...
The Love Behind Adoption
Dear Becky- We adopted our one and only boy almost eight years ago. His birth mom chose us out of so many wonderful families. There are no words to describe this amazing, most awesome experience. The birth mom asked if I wanted to watch our son be born. Of course I...
One Day At A Time
Dear Becky- I'm so confused and don't know what to do. I think I'm a month pregnant as I have been experiencing a lot of pregnancy symptoms. I haven't told my boyfriend, as we are experiencing major problems and he is with another woman. I'm not ready to be a...
I Know How You Feel
Hi, I know exactly how you feel. I was 31 when i became pregnant. It was an unplanned pregnancy as I had been saving myself for my husband, but that person was not to be my husband and I have a beautiful baby girl. This pregnancy was through rape..this hurt me so...
I’m 19 Pregnant And Not Married! Help!
Dear Becky- I just found out that I am pregnant. I'm 19, not married, and on top of that I just got a position at school that I worked really hard for. I made a big mistake and I feel by being pregnant I'm letting the whole school down. I keep debating on keeping...
We Just Got Caught
It was the last day of school my freshman year of high school. My mom was a teacher so we had the whole house to ourselves for half of the day. My boyfriend and I had been together since the 8th grade and had always had it bad for each other.In our second grade...
Leave It To A Guy To Blame The Girl
Becky -- Before I was married, when I was much younger and much more liberal in my thinking and deeds,I was very pro-choice.I thought the whole idea of being pro-life was archaic thinking, that in a world already wrought with so much anguish and despair, why could...
Is That A Bad Thing Or Good?
Dear Becky, I'm not normally one to ask for help but right now I'm so confused and very not sure what to do. In December, two years ago, I aborted a baby to make my bf at the time happy. He told me we would be together and he would never leave me. I was wrong. Last...
Scared Nonetheless!
I just found your blog, and I wanted to share my story with you. I was living in Mexico teaching English when I found out I was pregnant. I was 30 years old, so not a young girl, but I was scared nonetheless. My boyfriend and I started making plans to get married...