Single Moms
It's not easy being a single mom. As a single parent, you have to take on double the parenting duty. Other issues can make this even more complex. For example, some young moms write about what to do if my boyfriend is an alcoholic. Please share your experience and wisdom. As you will see, these problems require a great support system, time management skills and top-notch parenting techniques. If you have tips to share with other single moms or just want to help other single mothers and single parents out there, then tell us your story. |
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14 is young.Im 14 years old, and 4 months pregnant, after I turn 15 I will have a baby boy. The father is 15 right now and hes turning 16 in a few months, my family is extremely unsupportive, but his family is all the support I need, they have took me in as one of there own, and his mom is planning on taking custody of me, but now that this has happened we dont know how its going to work, the first thing my mom said when I told her is that im not keeping it no matter what, and since my mom has legal custody of me, the fathers mom cant make any of the appointments or anything for me. This pregnancy is going to be the hardest thing I have ever had to do, especially with no support from my family. But I'm hoping it will all work and me the baby and the father will all live a happy life together. (: Dakotah OMGhi, im Imogen. im 16 years old and an orphan. im going to be completely honest with you here, i love being a pregnant teen, i mean i know i get people staring at me all the time and making judgements, but these babies are the only reason im still here at this moment. I was in a terrible relationship with my 10 years senior bf, he was very abusive and i had to leave him, i was planning to kill myself because he was stalking me continiously after id left him, but two days before hand i found out i was pregnant and it changed my whole outlook on life. Im now preparing to have the babies in a week or so and im so excited to welcome into the world my baby girl Melody Imogen and her brother Thomas Eugene. I hope all you single teen mums or mums to be are proud of what you have brought into this world, and how youve done it all on youre own.xo im pregnant with twins its hard ; but im making itwell it all started for me when i moved from my moms house to my dads house. i was only 14 at the time and i met this guy who i thought was the best guy in the world and that nobody could compare to him. we dated for a little over a year and we were having sex, but a couple times he would just pull out and say you cant get pregnant if i pull out. so we just kept having sex and then i miss my period and start having morning sickness and i was tired all the time, i was freaking out i didnt know what to do. so i told my sister the whole story and she got me a pregnancy test i took 3 all positive. so i finally went to the doctor and yea i was pregnant. when i told my dad he kicked me out of the house, i told my mom she pretty much disowned me and acted like i wasnt her child. so all i had was my sister and matt (my boyfriend). matt told me i could move in with him till we found a new place to live he was so happy about the baby at first. but after a couple months i found out that he was cheating on me and saying that he never got me pregannt that i was lying about ever sleeping with him. so we broke up and i moved in with my sister. matt went kinda crazy when i moved out said all he wanted was me and to have a perfect family with the baby. he started stalking me and showing up at my sisters house. he finally stopped after my sisters husband had a talk with him. i went into labor on June 2 2009 and had a beautiful baby girl it was a 23 hour labor and i thought i wsa going to die lol but i made it through that..since ive had my baby matt has not came to see her, hasnt tried to call me and see how she was doing or anything. i have 2 jobs living with my sister and im going to go back to school as a sophmore this year. my life has changed so much in these past ten months but its starting to get better. ive met this great guy hes 17 and he loves my little girl weve been dating for a month now and were thinking about moving in with each other. other people may look at me and think that ive ruined my life but i dont regret any of the decisions i made, and i love my little girl with all of my heart.Courtney MY SO PERFECT LIFE...HI. MY NAME IS ARACELI I AM 16 YR.. I HAVE A BOYFRIEND HE IS 20 AND WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL BABY BOY. HE IS ALMOST 7 MONTHS. I TOOK A PREGNANCY TEST AT A CHINESE RESTAURANT. I TOOK 3 TEST. MY BOYFRIEND WAS HAPPY BUT NERVOUS. WHILE I WAS SCARED..MY PARENTS KICK ME OUT ON JULY 13 2008 THAT WAS THE DAY I TOLD THEM I WAS PREGNNAT ON MY BROTHERS BIRTHDAY HE HAD TURN 18 YR. AT 8 PM MY MOTHER IN LAW AND SISTER IN LAW ARRIVE TO MY APARTMENTS TO PICK ME UP. WHEN I GOT TO MY BOYFRIENDS HOUSE I COULDN'T STOP CRYING. AND I DIDN'T. AT 12 AM I HEARD MY MOTHER IN L;AW CALLING MY NAME. WHEN I CAME OUT OF MY BOYFRIENDS ROOM I SAW MY DADDY CRYING AND HE CAME CLOSER AND HUG ME. I REMEMBER HIS WORDS "EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT"..HE WAS DRUNK MY COUSIN BROUGHT HIM. MY DADDY HUG ME AND MY BOYFRIEND AND SAY OUR NEW FAMILY. I BEEN OOING TO SCHOOL I AM GOING TO START MY JUNIOR YEAR..I HAVE ALL THE SUPPORT OF MY FAMILY. I AM TRYING MY HARDEST TO BE A GOOD MOM AND I AM. MY BABY IS STARTING TO SAY DADDA ALL THE TIME. HE LOOKS AT HIS DADDY WHEN HE DOES. I AM LIVING WITH MY PARENTS RIGHT NOW BUT I AM MOVING WITH MY BOYFRIEND. WE LOVE EACH OTHER OUR LOVE IS GROWING EVERYDAY LIKE OUR LITTLE BOY.I PROVE TO SO MANY PEOPLE THAT I COULD BE SOMEONE IN THE FUTURE FOR MY LITTLE BOY. I AM NOT A FAILURE JUST BECAUSE I AM A PROUD TEENAGE MOTHER.IF I COULD DO IT EVERYBODY CAN TOO.Araceli trying without no helpthis is how it all started i ma 17 but when i got pregant i was 16 i thought i was in love the guy was the love of my life or so i thought... we ended up having sex and i got pregant i didn't know so i ended up losing the babi.. i was so upset when i found out so i told my boyfriend that i wanted 2 try to have another one but when we were ready... but i was in love and i had him use no glove and got pregant again and now im 4 months pregant and we no longer speak he has deined my baby and he has not helped with a dam thing!!!! I work three dam jobs and buss my ass can barely supportt myself so i get the thoughts how will i be able 2 take care of the baby but i know its going to be hard but i made ny bed i have to lay in it now!!!! I still go to school i'm working on getting my high school dipole but who knows what going to happend next sure didn't think this was going to be it!!!!Araceli Page: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146 |