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Morning kicked in
Written by Christy
Monday, 24 March 2008
Dear Becky,
I was inspired by this site and I wanted to help some of the girls that are scared and feeling alone by sharing my story.
I was a senior in highschool when my boyfriend and I discovered that I was pregnant. We were ... really scared. The hardest thing that I had to do was tell my mom.
I had waited so long that morning sickness had kicked in...
My name is April and I help Becky answer emails for Stand Up Girl.
Whenever you have sex or engage in activity where sperm is near your
vagina you have a chance for pregnancy, and yes, you can get pregnant the first time you have sex. As for your specific situation I do not know whether you are pregnant. I can tell that you are really worried. The best thing to do is wait about 7 to 10 days after the incident and take a pregnancy test.
Thank you for getting back at me, and thanks for your advice. I know my mom can't make me do something that i dont want to. But at this point shes making me think that, like its my choice what i do .. because it will only change my life. But no one understands what i've been through in my life, that explains shes wasn't ecacially the good parent to look up to. And no one understands how she is. Im more scared of her then ne thing, and what she will say and do. If i tell her that i wanted to keep the baby, i dotn know what she would do/or say. I love my mom and i would never disrespect her, its just i dont know how to talk to her ..
I am 15 and 17 and 1/2 weeks pregnant. I had an abortion over a year ago, and it was the most horrible thing i ever did. When i found out i was pregnant this time. I knew from the beginning i couldn't abort it, but with pressure from my mom and from my boyfriend, i ended up going to the abortion clinic and because i was so far along it had to be a 2 day procedure, so i went and they inserted seaweed into my cervix to open them, and i had to go back the next day.
We were at a party and both of us got really drunk, which led to us having sex. 4 weeks after that date I got a positive on my pregnancy test. We were in shock [and] both our parents were shocked.
You see, I was going into my senior year of high school, and my boyfriend was going to be a junior. Both of us were REALLY unprepared for anything to happen.
My BF doesn't want my baby and wanted me to abort but I knew from the start I could never go through with an abortion. But i was so scared of being a single mum, like my mum was. But then something was wrong, I panicked and rushed to the docs who sent me for an ultrasound. I was so scared and I knew then if the baby was ok I was meant to bring her into this world. So I lay on the table waiting for the news which would change my life either way. Finally the words I was waiting to hear were voiced
'Brave Little Bear,' follows my struggles and joys of motherhood, from the moment of conception to 13 years on. It tells of the judgment I felt from others, the loss of friends, and later, my boyfriend. It shows the perseverance I maintained as I studied through high school exams, complete with night feeds and the physical demands of motherhood.
After my boyfriend left my confidence was shattered. His words and his actions bruised my heart, my mind, and the deepest parts of my soul. I still constantly think of the threats he made, which constantly push me to think of my future with Hanna.
I am almost 15 years old and me and my boyfriend have not yet had sex but we want to but we also want to have a baby RIGHT KNOW. And i want to know if that is the right way to go. I know I probably soound stupid because I mean no 14 year old in there right mind would want to get preganant but I do and so does my boyfriend for 1 year adn 3 months. I mean I absoulutly love kids and always have...
My career and my future were going away in one fell swoop. I didn't feel I could turn to my parents, nor to my superiors, who had the highest expectations of me (I was one of the first women integrated into the all-male Army). The pressure was unbearable, and I was in a haze of fear. I remember looking at my male peers and thinking that they literally didn't have to bear the evidence of their deeds that began at the German bars.
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Dear Becky,
I was inspired by this site and I wanted to help some of the girls that are scared and feeling alone by sharing my story.
I was a senior in highschool when my boyfriend and I discovered that I was pregnant. We were ... really scared. The hardest thing that I had to do was tell my mom.
I had waited so long that morning sickness had kicked in...
Hi Cinderella,
Dear, julie.
Dear Becky,
Update!
My BF doesn't want my baby and wanted me to abort but I knew from the start I could never go through with an abortion. But i was so scared of being a single mum, like my mum was. But then something was wrong, I panicked and rushed to the docs who sent me for an ultrasound. I was so scared and I knew then if the baby was ok I was meant to bring her into this world. So I lay on the table waiting for the news which would change my life either way. Finally the words I was waiting to hear were voiced
'Brave Little Bear,' follows my struggles and joys of motherhood, from the moment of conception to 13 years on. It tells of the judgment I felt from others, the loss of friends, and later, my boyfriend. It shows the perseverance I maintained as I studied through high school exams, complete with night feeds and the physical demands of motherhood.
After my boyfriend left my confidence was shattered. His words and his actions bruised my heart, my mind, and the deepest parts of my soul. I still constantly think of the threats he made, which constantly push me to think of my future with Hanna.
I am almost 15 years old and me and my boyfriend have not yet had sex but we want to but we also want to have a baby RIGHT KNOW. And i want to know if that is the right way to go. I know I probably soound stupid because I mean no 14 year old in there right mind would want to get preganant but I do and so does my boyfriend for 1 year adn 3 months. I mean I absoulutly love kids and always have...
My career and my future were going away in one fell swoop. I didn't feel I could turn to my parents, nor to my superiors, who had the highest expectations of me (I was one of the first women integrated into the all-male Army). The pressure was unbearable, and I was in a haze of fear. I remember looking at my male peers and thinking that they literally didn't have to bear the evidence of their deeds that began at the German bars.
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