I am 17 years old. I will be 18 in 11 days. I'm almost 9 weeks pregnant. In a very commited and loving relationship. I am well educated in a lot of subjects. Including my body. When I don't know something I research it like crazy and talk to my doctor about it. I know some teenagers are mature, like me, BUT there are some who just can't take care of themselves. And of this board I'm seeing a lot girls who think they are pregnant. Well in my experience. Since I knew the symptoms of pregnancy already. Every time I had sex I thought I was pregnant. I believe it's in our minds more than half the time. I don't think girls should be having sex untill marriage. I just wish I choose that course. Girls will come on here and ask rediculous questions, "Can I get pregnant if he cums in me" "Can I get pregnant by fingering me" "I threw up so that must be a sign of pregnancy" I'm a teen but yet I just wish girls wouldn't have sex unless they are married or if they are educated. What do you think????
2007-01-17 12:31:55 · 24 answers · asked by Trying to conceive 08 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
YOU are one of the voices that these other teen girls should hear.
I suggest that YOU continue to use Yahoo Answers and when you come across questions like you mentioned from other teen girls, YOU give them the benefit of your new education, i.e., the EXPERIENCE that you now have gained.
Also, after you have your baby, share that experience with other teen girls as well.
Help them to make informed decisions from here on.
I hope you have a girl. :-)
2007-01-17 12:50:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I'm 18 and am not pregnant. I have sex but I am smart enough to not get pregnant, though I do realize there are accidents. I think women should be more careful too so that we can prevent teenagers from being parents. I am also in a commited loving relationship, but choose to not have children until I'm at least 23... I know things don't always go as planned, but I'm very protected. I have been on depo-provera since 2 years before I even started having sex, because I knew the guy I was with would be the one I lost my virginity to. I've been with him for 4 years and just started having sex about a year ago. I believe that no matter how ready you think you are, you can never be 100% ready to have a baby. My brother's have had children... I have 3 young nephews and each time I've babysat one I have thought "I am so glad I don't have this full time". Someday I do want to be a mother, but I know no matter how mature I feel that I am right now, I'm definitely not mature enough for a baby. I think teenagers are still too selfish to be mothers... once you have a baby you stop living for you and you start living for junior. Good luck, and congratulations.
2007-01-17 12:43:23 · answer #2 · answered by * 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
i have to agree with you on that, i think that the people that come on and post if they are pregnant should just stop and think before they ask questions, i understand maybe they are scared but honestly they have to deal with it, that's why usually i will just skip those questions, that and because there are just SO many of them i get tired of reading and typing pretty much the same thing 100 times in 1 day. anyways... i am also like you if i don't know something about my body or my pregnancy i will look it up. i don't mean to lecture or anything because your not much younger then, but there is NO way that i knew how this pregnancy would be, i thought that when i first found out i was pregnant i would go look up everything i could and know what to do in every situation, boy was i wrong. no matter how much you look up you are really never ready... I'm only 22 i have been with my husband since i was 14 and lemme tell you, as much as i love my husband i am SO glad that we waited this long to have a baby, there is no way either one of us would have been ready for a baby. my sister had a baby at 15, i don't have any idea how she did it, but i know it was tuff for her... good luck, there will be tons of crazy stuff you will go through when you get farther along in your pregnancy.
2007-01-17 13:14:16 · answer #3 · answered by tanker015 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with you. My boyfriend and I always use condoms AND a second method of birth control. I am well-educated about my body too, and a bit of a hypochondriac at times but just because I'm paranoid. If you cannot go down to your local drugstore to buy a pack of condoms without turning 20 different shades of red then you are NOT ready to have sex, nor to be even remotely close to thinking about having sex. If you buy condoms make sure to buy a pregnancy test while you're at it just to be safe. It never hurt to be so safe. I'm on the pill, but even so we still use condoms, both of them actually (female+male). I'm a teenager as well but I think I am mature to have sex because I'm willing to take the consequences, such as an unexpected STD/STI or evenn a pregnancy. Don't have sex if you're not mature enough, that's my best advise to all the teenagers on this forum.
2007-01-17 12:42:48 · answer #4 · answered by →sugarwuss 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think its just different for everyone. My sister got pregnant at 16 and she is a VERY good parent and her and her husband love eachother with all their hearts they have been married for 15 years so far. I think when you love eachother and know that u are commited entirely to eachother age dont matter! I mean I started having sex at 17 and got married at 18 and was pregnant at age 20, I think you should have some knowledge of what to expect if the unexpected happens, but if it does happen you have to deal with the responsiblilty!
2007-01-17 12:49:17 · answer #5 · answered by rachael m 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Finally, a teenager with a good head on her shoulders!
NO teenager should even think about having sex until marriage!
So many teenage girls think the reason to have a baby is to have someone love them - I really don't know where they are coming up with these stupid ideas. They really don't realize how much they will be missing, school and school activities, just because they think they need a baby to love them. A really great movie, that shows all of this is; Mother at 16, on Lifetime.
2007-01-17 13:00:14 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'm 14 and I've had sex.. but I atucally agree with you. Because every single time I have sex I think I'm pregnant and I research symptoms and tons of things online.. which is how I found this site. Two of my friends have already gotten pregnant in the last year.. One of them got pregnant during the summer and it was right before our freshman year. When we got to the highschool everyone knew about it.. her whole rep was ruined. Then my other friend got pregnant too.. which I just found out about. She miscarried though. Sex just adds so much stress in your life because you're always worrying about soo many things such as every single day wondering if you're pregnant. In my opinon.. it's deff. not worth it...
2007-01-17 12:53:02 · answer #7 · answered by urghh_confused 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
There is a really good website that I go on, that I think you should check out. It is babycenter.com
There are forums where you can talk to other teenage girls that are pregnant...or if you have any other questions about pregnancy! Some people on here just like to joke around! Good luck with your pregnancy!
2007-01-17 13:05:54 · answer #8 · answered by sunnysideup 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before I'm married & have my own children, I think it's ok to have sex when we reach a certain age (like 17 for my case). But now that I have my own kids, I absolutely say it's NOT ok.
And yes I agree with you before committing to sex, she have to get herself educated on sex. Do not jump into things that you have no idea about. And for teens out there, sex at your age is a very risky thing with lotsa big consequences to do and needs 100% commitment when **** happens :)
2007-01-17 12:44:38 · answer #9 · answered by Enchanted Butterfly 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that no matter what teens are going to have sex, girls just seem so young when they start, i guess it is just to fit in or they want boys to like them, they don't really uinderstand the whole respect thing. Parents should be educating there teen more since we live in a generation where sex is everywhere. Parents should be more willing to put there older teens on birthcontrol not to promote sex but to take precautions since they are probaly going to be doing it.
2007-01-17 12:40:03 · answer #10 · answered by Jody 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋