“When I was 14 I got pregnant!”
March 21st, 2012
when i was 14 i got pregnant! iam currently 17 now and still with my boyfriend. when i found out i was pregnant i was about to start my freshmen year and i was really scared and knew i couldnt drop out and raise the baby i was so young and didnt have the money or anything my boyfriend was super supportive and it was a hard choice for us but we knew that there was no way we keep the baby i never thought i would have an abortion. but its somthing that i think about everday. and sometimes i think i shouldnt have done it but it was the choice i made at the time. i want to have a baby soon and i will be so happy to be able to keep the baby!!!
“It takes a lot of strength to get where you want to be.”
November 1st, 2011
I became pregnant at age 14 and had my baby at 15. I was a freshman in High School and it was very hard for me because I had 3 1/2 years to finish. There were times that I wanted to drop out of school but I knew I wanted a better future for my son and now my small family. There will be people that will put you down. I had many people in school and even the adults such as the Deans would tell me to leave school. But I knew I couldn't do that if I wanted a better future for my family. So I started to have an attitude of proving people wrong. Received a lot of support from now my fiance and was able to finish school and continue my education and work full time as well. I am now 23 years old and my son is going to be 8 years old. I have had my ups and downs but I am happy to say that I finished High School early and became a medical assistant. I know there are girls out there that have not even finished High School but it takes a lot of strength and pushing yourself to get to where you want to be. Anyone can do it!!! A.M.
“It was hard but it’s not impossible”
May 4th, 2011
I was 17 when I found out I was pregnant. I was a senior in high school and didn't know where to turn. I went to CareNet to discuss my options but in my heart I knew I wanted to keep it. I went through with the pregnancy with the help of CareNet and their connections with the community. They made me feel like I wasn't alone. My son is now 6 and I have another child on the way. It was hard but it's not impossible if you have the support you need!
“That was a choice I could not make again”
March 2nd, 2011
Being 19 and pregnant was very hard. The baby's father wanted me to have an abortion however that was a choice I could not make again (at 13 my first pregnancy I had chose to abort). Sixteen years later I am glad I made the choice to keep her. Of course there were many years of struggling alone so I went to school and became a teacher. A happy ending to a difficult start.
“She was able to stay focused on her goal”
August 10th, 2010
When I first met—I'll call her "R"—she was a student in my junior English class. She had high aspirations of becoming a doctor and worked really hard in her academics to be successful. At her school, this in itself made her stand out from her peers; but that wasn't all. R was pregnant with a baby fathered by another student in the class. She came from a very traditional family and so she knew in their eyes keeping the baby was her only option. She carried the baby to term and then the father dropped out. R received homebound tutoring to stay caught up with her classes. She eventually broke up with the father of the baby and I discovered that during her senior year she was pregnant once again. I was worried about her, but her drive to succeed certainly kept her striving toward her goal. She certainly missed out on a lot of the "typical" high school experiences, but she was still able to graduate and got into a college. True, her high school experience was a little different from most of her peers, but because she was able to stay focused on her goal, I'm sure she'll accomplish it one day.
