should i keep my baby?

Question

im 15 and almot positive im pregnant. im just getting ready for the brute of it and wondering if i am...should i keep the baby? how hard is it? i dont have the father with me because he got sent away to boarding school and his parent arent telling me when hes coming back...i have school but im faling miserably...is it hard being a teen mom?

abortion is not even in my thoughts!! HELL NO! PRO LIFE!

Answer 1

It depends on the person i was 18 when i fell pregnant with my son and i think it was the best thing that has happened to me i love every minute i spend with him. im now 5 month pregnant with our second and cant wait. A family friend fell pregnant at 15 and was planing on having a abortion or adopting him out but she kept him is raising him on her own and doing a great job is also studying and adores her little boy. take a test and talk to your parents. good luck.

Answer 2

first off i want to say don't let people make this decision for you. This is your choice and your choice only. There will be people who think keeping it is a wrong decision on your part and vice versa Including your parents. You got to remember sure being a mom is hard, But the love for your child is like nothing else and If you believe that you can mature alot quicker than your friends to raise what could be the best most amazing life changing experience of your life than by all means your ready. I'm not sure what type of a person you are. when i was your age i was into drinking and parting. You will have to take in the fact that alot of your friends may not be around as often and that I find is what people say the hardest thing is with being a young teen mother there friends get to do things that you don't necessarily get to do, and you loose contact with almost all of them.
You have to tell your parents. I would suggest after finding out if you are, Be strong, and tell them the options that you will or have considered. I belive that after I became a mom, being a mom is much easier when it's your own child not someone elses. You just know what to do but you will deffinatly need some support finacially so if you keep it, I would imaging (hopefully) your parents will support you a little bit until you graduate. If you need to take 1 year off of high school so what you graduate a year late. just remember that school is everything to get the best job, and after you have that you and your child have a lifetime of possibilities., Best of luck in whatever decision you make.

Answer 3

No one can answer this question but you. I would talk to your mom and the father's parents. At this point they may let you talk to him. See what kind of support you have.

I will be hard but can be done. No one can make this choice for you. There is always getting your GED and going to trade school.

If you are see a Dr soon
DHS food stamps and insurance
WIC for milk, cheese, eggs and more
See what classes there are for new moms and first time pregos.

If your not!
I would think about getting tested for any stds and then learn more in to safe sex. No glove no lust! It is best to wait. But why always preach wait when some teens will not wait. Be careful...guys can wait till after school and your on your own making your own money in your house place. Just what I think.

I am so happy your PRO LIFE. Its a life in you and I don’t understand how anyone can kill there baby,

NOW IS THE TIME

NO
drinking, drugs, sex with random people
drink lots of water
eat right
sleep good

If you keep the baby and leave with your parents or his parents or with who ever. Remember there life will change also and you need to RESPECT there rules. You live in there house and there going the distance for you. Please show respect and not stay out late, help around the house.

You can do it...it will be hard but focus and all things will turn out for the best.

Adoption is the best gift ever...if that is the way you go. Many different options when it comes to adoption close, or open. You can stay in the Childs life, or get monthly pics. Or nothing at all. But alot of great couples can't have babies. What a gift. But that would be hard too.

Follow your heart

Answer 4

it's hard being a mom period, not to mention a teen mom. but you can do it... lots of other moms have done it. i am a mom... i didn't know what to do when i found out i was gonna be a mom. scary!

i think that if you are pregnant then you should watch the youtube videos about abortions (if that's what you mean by keeping the baby). they will show you what you could be missing out on and let you in on some important information. if you do decide to keep the baby you can always give the baby up for adoption. i think that all hospitals give you the option to leave your baby there if you don't want to keep it. there are millions of families out there who can't have a baby.

i know you've probably heard all of this b4 and that you will do what you want to do. and you should do what you want to do... just try to live your life without regret, it's not just your life you have to look out for now -- there could be someone inside you too who needs you to be strong. if i knew then what i know now..... good luck!!

Answer 5

Well first thing first, go get a pregnancy test to make sure, no sense in worrying your self if you aren't even pregnant. If you are pregnant, there are a few options, first you could keep the baby and raise it your self, yeah I believe it would be extremely hard but in the end it would be worth it. Or you could give the baby up for adoption to someone that cant have a baby of their own but desperately want one. If you are pregnant let your parents know so they can help you decide whats best, just don't hide it from them it will make it all so much harder! Good luck to you hun, I hope it all works out for the best.

Answer 6

I think you should do the best thing for your baby. The baby will and will always be first no matter what. Its going to be tuff but I would never give my baby up or abort it. You have teen mothers that be successful all the time just because your preg doesn't mean that your world will stop. Its going to a up hill battle but what put of life of having something ain't no up hill battle. If you have support from your family because you are young I would have it. Abortion you would only put your child in stranger hands. a 50% chance that they have good parents and 50% they have bad parents it a gamble. But you are the birth mother whether you want to be are not don't loose focus on whats important..baby ,self, education, as far as the father its way to contact him being there biological father any way good luck

Answer 7

Give the baby to parents who want and need a child, and who are at a place in their lives where they can raise him/her in the best way. If you are 15, single, no support from him, his family, or your family, and you're flunking out of school, I just don't see how you could keep the baby without dropping out of high school and going on welfare. If that sounds like something you want, then keep the baby. You should get a pregnancy test, and if it's positive talk to a counselor. If it's negative consider yourself lucky. Get some sense and go on some birth control. If the condom broke, try the pill and the condom.

Answer 8

It is hard caring for a baby full time, it's not easy but at the same time you will love the child unconditionally, the baby is a part of you and he or she needs you. So long as your mother and father are willing to support you and help you out you should be ok. I would never be able to get an abortion but that is my opinion. I wish you all the best for the future, just next time make sure you wear protection!

Answer 9

Yes, been a mom is really hard, specially so young. You should take a pregnant test first, and if you are, you should talk with your parents. About keeping the baby or not, I think you will know the answer when the baby born, and I hope your parents help you with whatever your decision is.

Answer 10

You should really think about it and talk about it with your parents, either keep the baby or give it up for adoption for someone else to raise. Abortion is not a form of birth control so I would say keep the pregnancy and decide what will be best for the baby - for you to keep it or adoption.
Good luck to you
Toni Lynne - 35 weeks pregnant with my first!