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Mar 05
2011

Statistical Momma

Posted by tpdaniel84 in young mum , worrying pregnancy , truth about being a young mother , telling parents , teen moms , suprise pregnancy , support change , stress , soul searching , sex , scared and excited , scared , pregnant at 15 , pregnancy teenage , Pregnancy , parents , parenting , pain , one and pregnant again , nervous , My Story , my storey , my side , my life , my experiences , my baby , moving on , mommy , Meant to be , marraige , love , Lifes toughwe can get through , Lifes tough we can get through , life , letting go , Kids , Im trap , i made that choice , I kept going on , heartbroken , happiness , drama , diary , depressed , crisis , crazy , Biggest Struggle of My Life , babys father , baby mama , Baby , babies , acceptance , 19 and pregnant , 16 and pregnant , 16 and a mother

tpdaniel84

What teenager ever thinks she would be a mother by the age of 17 let alone a mother of three by the time she was 21? A bet a lot of them don't. I know I didn't. At the age of 16, I became just another teenage statistic, a statistical momma. That was in 2001. Back then there were no TV shows of teenage pregnancy glamorizing the epidemic or even TV movies like "The Pregnancy Pact" to scare the thoughts of having babies out of young girls' minds. Those things didn't come along until I was 22 and two kids later. If I would have saw those shows back then, I would have definably gave sex a third and fourth thought .

I was young and naive. You never think it would happen to you. I am so tired of seeing these girls from 16 and Pregnant being thrown all around in the media and being paid major cash to be a statistical momma. I work hard for to take care of the babies I brought into this world and trust me when I say I have sacrificed everything for them. Is it fair that so many teenage parents are struggling and they get to be put on a pedestal for going through the "babymomma" and "babydaddy" drama. I don't think so. Why not try to help these teenage parents be all they can be and be role models for their children. Give them some counseling and some skills training, instead of teaching them to pose for a magazine cover. These are just some thoughts. We all know what sells. So can you expect anything more?

Mar 31
2009

My Story

Posted by tspeegle09 in young , unprotected sex , single , My Story , my baby , love , drama , confused and pregnant , confused , college , Christian , catholic , boyfriend , birth , alone , afraid , acceptance

tspeegle09

I was a Junior in college when I found out I was pregnant -- just over 20 years old, with my entire future ahead of me.  I had been seeing the father of my baby for almost 3 years.  I was very deeply in love with him and at one time I thought that we would spend the rest of our lives together.  But our relationship had always been tumultuous.  He was emotionally unstable and

Jan 14
2009

Identifying and accepting loss

Posted by Evangeline in grief , acceptance

Evangeline

Just because I chose abortion as an option, it doesn't mean that I've lost my right to feel loss... My loss IS real. My grief IS real. My pain IS real. My anger IS real... But what exactly is lost?

Since the abortion, for as long as I can remember, I have been depressed on one level or another. I've felt that something important is missing, and has left me feeling

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