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?

Me and my boyfriend are deep in love. We live together in his parents house and he is everything to me. He treats me like a princess and never turns his back on me. We were very intimate and i decided to make an appointment and go on birth control and went with the Depo Shot.  I had asked my doctor a lot of questions, and made sure it worked immediately... she told me yes. And I trusted her.  I was excited and was so positive that i was safe and couldn't get pregnant. The Depo drove me crazy and moody. I didn't get my period for a whole month and then I had it for a whole month. very light. And then it stopped. I was glad and relieved.  It had made me so emotional and i would flip out on anyone. 3 months later i went for my second shot. Confident. My doctor gave me my shot and sent me on my way. And i had noticed she didn't even do a urine test before to make sure i wasn't pregnant. That same day, five hours later,  i begin feeling intense pain like menstrual cramps but these were different, like much deeper. And i began throwing up everything and the pain was on and off but so bad that i could not sit or stand and it went down to my legs and hips. I didn't know what was going on but i did my best to deal with it. Two days later, I began loosing a lot of weight and couldn't eat or drink nothing so i went to the hospital. And in the meantime, i had been wondering for weeks if i was pregnant. My breast had become very full and hard and sore. My sense of smell was so sensitive and the smell of smoke would make me sick. And i remember getting painful cramps when i was at work that would last for a minute then disappear then come back. And I had the idea I was pregnant but in doubt that I was because I was on birth control, but i had dreams and images of a baby. A baby that i would see deep inside me. And i could see myself holding onto it and crying, but something kept taking it away from me, and it was gone. I would wake up looking for it and tear. And i thought it was just a phase. I talked to my boyfriend about it. And we took a pregnancy test, and to our surprise, it was negative... Then the week after I had my second Depo shot.

At the hospital, they ran test on me, and placed me on I.V. They check my blood and Urine. Three hours later. A doctor and a nurse closed the curtains looking serious and told me they had news. I looked at them with such curiosity, like what could it be... "you are pregnant.." and my face went blank. I shook my head in disbeif and just couldnt believe it. I began questioning and denying it. I had took a test a week ago, it was negative and I was on birth control. How could this be? Me? Pregnant? I couldnt be? No way? all of it ran through my head. I was Pregnant.

I want you to know