anyone here gotten pregnant at age 19?

Question

i'm currently 19 and 3months pregnant. i know its going to be hard but i would rather work my butt off than abort my baby..boyfriend and i are doing great and we have our friends & family's support. i just wanted to gain insight on how your lives turned out. thankyou!

Answer 1

i was 18 when i got pregnant and i married my little girls daddy, i finished college and we now own a house and we both have great job and I'm only 24 now. so don't let all these people try and tell you that your making a mistake and it will ruin your life. if you happy then that all that counts. congrats and best wishes
~~~good luck~~~

Answer 2

I had my first children when I was 18. I had twins, Ellora Addison and Abigail Riley. Who are now eight. My husband (was boyfriend) and I moved in together, and were running a very productive life. We were able to support a baby or two babies at the time. We found support from family and friends, really, really helpful too. I had my second child, Harrison Ford, when I was only twenty-two years old and he is now four. I have recently just had another set of twins, Caleb Scott and Ava Lily. So I am fairly young, twenty-six, with now five children, but as long as you are happy and able to support children then it is great. My life turned out great. My husband and I married at twenty he was twenty-one, and we now live in a five bedroom house. So I guess my life is, perfect. And I am sure that your life won't be ruined by having a baby. Congratualtions by the way and good luck with everything. I send you, your partner and your new baby the best of luck for the future.

Answer 3

I had my son 2 weeks before I turned 19. It was a really hard period of my life and it's a massive change to deal with but I do not regret it for one second. Something as important as becoming the soul provider for a defensless infant makes you grow up and mature heaps and teaches you valuable life lessons earlier than sometimes others learn them. I'm a single mother now, my son is 10, and I'm still working my butt off, but trust me when I say that when you look at that baby for the first time you'll know that all the hard work was worth it! Good Luck :)

Answer 4

I got pregnant at 17 and had my son when I was 18....that was 12 years ago. He definitely changed my life for the better. Something clicked in me and I got it together. My priorities changed and I realized that the father was not going to ever amount to S***, and I left when he was 1 and a half. My assumptions were right. He went from job to job, alcohol and drug problems. Now don't get me wrong...I'm not an advocate for teenage pregnancy. I was on the pill and it was a whoops. But I kept him and I went to college and graduated with a BA. If you have a good head on your shoulders and yes, your families support then you should be alright. Just remember that that little person depends on you for everything and you're going to have to put your wants and needs 2nd. Do your best and you'll be OK.

Answer 5

I'm 19 and four months pregnant now, though I'll actually be 20 when I give birth. I know it's going to be hard but I have the support of my family and hopefully with lots of prayer the support of the father, and if not now defintitly after birth since he won't have a choice lol. I know it's going to be hard, I'm still going to school now though I'm switching to online classes since it'll be easier. I plan on working harder than I was before seeing as I'll be a mother. So it's not the ideal situation but it could be worse and I know it'll be hard but once I hold my baby in my arms it'll all be worth it.

Congratulations!

Answer 6

Good for you. And I'm glad you have family support. I was married at age 19 to my husband of 11 years now and I was pregnant with my second daughter at nineteen. I had my oldest daughter when I was 16 and felt the way you do about it. I was a kid and it was hard I read everything I could about pregnancy and parenting. It helped build my confidence. I can only say to remind yourself often that that child is your responsibility so don't be eager to let everyone babysit to give you a break its habit forming I have alot of friends whos parents are now raising their kids. Not cool. I always kept my baby with me and its been a great experiance we came thru much, my husband and I now have six great kids and I can't imagine life without any of them. My oldest will be 15 this year. And she is a much better behaved child than I was at that age when I got pregnant with her. You seem to have a great attitude. Be happy about your baby and try not to be offended with those who feel they have to remind you how young you are. You can do just fine. Congradulations.

Answer 7

I've been ready for children mentally since I was 18. I'm turning 21 and cannot wait for our family to bloom.

If you think 19 is young and you'll have it hard, you will. 19 is a woman, you should be mature by now, you have a good support system, loving boyfriend, willing to work hard, I don't see why you think you're life is going to hard. It will be fun, busy, active, sleepless, but only hard if you make it so.

You are doing awesome, and try to get the age out of your mind, as you can see, a lot of women have had children young and they all turned out fine.

Do you research now. Please.

-breastfeeding
-baby wearing
-co-sleeping
-attachment parenting
-cloth diapers

Those are some important (and money saving) topics I recommend to any mother to be!

Congratulations on your little bundle of joy and I hope you have a happy and safe pregnancy.

Answer 8

i'm 2 a protracted time previous and sixteen weeks pregnant. collectively as the being pregnant became not planned and merely a splash ask your self, i could not be happier to grow to be a mommy. My hubby (back whilst we found out he became nonetheless my bf yet then we desperate to get married) is ecstatic besides. i think of 19 is wonderful. you're an grownup and be in a position to boost a newborn. i'm in college, too, with one semester left (2 semesters left on the time I have been given pregnant) and that i would be trustworthy when I say it extremely is attainable. maximum suitable of success to you and congratulations on your being pregnant.

Answer 9

I got married at 18, fell pregnant at 19, had him when i was 20, fell pregnant again at 21 and had my 2nd son when i was 22, i have now been married for 10 years and expecting my 3rd in January..It all worked out well for me..
Good Luck and Congratulations..

Answer 10

I'm 19 and 4 months pregnant. I'll be 20 when I give birth. I'm married so I have the support and love from my husband. My family and his family are extremely excited for the birth of their first grandchild. They are showing us nothing us but love and support and for that I am very grateful. So far everything is going great.

Answer 11

well having a baby at 19 is definatly going to be rough but im sure youve heard that plenty, i am generally opposed to young people having children but if you are intelligent and you are going to still do something with your life and TAKE CARE of your child rather then get on welfare and stay on it till there 18 then i see nothing wrong with it . my grandmother had her first child at 17 , things were different then of course and that wasnt abnormal she was married at 15...lol yeah i know, anyway they did very well, my sister had a few kids at a young age and she didnt do well, she lives in a trailer and has accomplished little to nothing in life but this is because she used having a child as an excuse to accomplish nothing. if you sit on your *** like she did and like so many other young mothers do you will not do well and you may even regrett having a child so young because you will feel you "missed out on life" if you have the child then get on with your life and still try to be all you can be you can be very succesful and happy, i assure you it is only the lazy and stupid ones who wind up being failures and struggleing terribly through life just because they had a kid, they probably would have struggled just as much anyway. i have frinds who had children at your age and they are doing very well now (in there thirtys) it seems like the key to it is to be creative about things, with the friends i have that had kids there was one thing in common and that was that they brought there kids everywhere, they didnt let having a child cripple them and keep them cooped up inside all day "taking care of them" you should continue to have a social life and continue to work or better yet if you can be supported for a while by family or the bf go to school. you will do as well as you want to do.