Articles for Teenage Mums & Mums to Be
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Articles for Teenage Mums and Mums to Be
 Fears
of Becoming a Teenage Parent
You've just taken a pregnancy test and it's positive. You have a thousand
thoughts running through your mind, "I'm too young to have a baby",
"I can barely look after myself let alone a baby," "I
won't have a life anymore"... How do you get used to the idea that
you are pregnant?... read
more
How
to Tell your Parents and Friends that You are Pregnant
I don't know what is scarier; finding out you are pregnant or working
out how to tell your parents. You can just imagine what your parents
are going to say when you tell them. Most of the time your imagination
on what they are going to say is worse than what actually happens...
read
more
Keeping
the Baby
There are three options when you find out you are pregnant: 1. Keep
the baby, 2. Adoption, 3. Abortion. If you decide that you want to keep
the baby there are some important things that you should think about,
starting with the support you will have from your parents, friends and
the father of the baby... read
more
Abortion
This can be a very sensitive topic when talked about. Some people are
totally against abortions, others aren't. I personally think that this
is one decision that really needs to be thought through thoroughly and
not quickly. Think about why you really want to have an abortion...
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Adoption
and Foster Care
Adoption and Foster Care are both options you have when you find out
you are pregnant. What exactly does adoption mean? It means that your
baby is placed with adoptive parents for the rest of its life. All your
rights and responsibilities for the baby are legally removed and are
given to the adoptive parents... read
more
Young
Mother
On March 27, 1991 at 5:38am my son Jordan Domonique made his way into
the world. He was so tiny, pinkish, and wrinkly with beautiful dark
hair, and chestnut brown eyes that would stare at me for a few seconds
and then close. He needed to get back to the business of being a newborn.
Now, me, I was used to hanging out until five or six am with my friends...
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