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?

I keep thinking that every new year will bring something better, that for some reason everything will change and magically things will go the way that I want then to... it never does. I don't know if I can go on like this much longer. It's like I'm going around in circles and don't learn from what goes wrong. I'm busy making mistakes that could cost me everything and I see myself doing it, but I can't stop myself. I'm putting so much pressure on myself, trying to be the perfect housewife, perfect girlfriend, perfect lover, perfect employee, perfect student, perfect daughter.... I'm so stressed and highly strung. I'm smoking almost 40 ciggies a day, drinking again... I'm blazing up the occasional joint which I haven't done since high school, it's all that keeps me sane these days. I feel ready to implode from all the pressure.

I'm busy destroying myself over something that I can't change. I'm physically and emotionally mutilating myself, trying to make everything work and I can't do this alone.

Today, my thoughts are in high gear about kids, kids with babies. The United States has the highest rates of teen pregnancy and births in the western industrialized world. Teen pregnancy costs the United States at least $7

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im 14 years old and i've just found out i'm pregnant,
I'm around 5 weeks gone.
I've told my mother and she has supported me really well,
She's on about me having an abortion without telling my father,
i'm really confused because in some ways i want to keep this child but my father with go absolutely

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So i havent been on in a long time. Life has been crazy since everyone found out. So my mom ended up telling my dad for me. He said he didnt wanna talk to me for awile. Then him and his wife took me and my boyfriend out to dinner and talked to us about it. They want us to put the baby up for adoption but that just doesnt feel right to me. It makes me mad that they would be fine not knowing their grandchild

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My boyfriend who I've been with for 4 years says he wants nothing to do with a baby. I love him so much

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