Pregnant at an Early Age.

Becoming pregnant at an early age is definately a life changing experience. Even though I have not experienced being a mother just yet, I have changed a lot in my life to ready myself for this baby. I am going to be a single mother since the father is not welcomed in our lives due to the fact that he was an abusive human-being. I do not know what kind of mother would let someone like that stay in their lives, especially in their baby's life because it is our duty as a parent to keep our children safe and protected from those who are dangerous. I am willing to fight for my child and I will do what ever it takes to keep him away from my family, my baby, and myself.

I have decided to put college and work aside for right now so that I can go through a safe pregnancy and so I can prepare myself for this baby. After I have my baby, I plan on attending a community college and then going off to a four year university for my Master degrees in Computer Science and in Crminal Justice. As for work, I plan to work in a hospital as a pharmacy technician. My college courses will be taken at night so I can watch my baby during the day and hopefully my mom can watch him/her at night when she gets off work. I know it will be hard, but I am always up for a little challenge.

My family have been really supportive. At first, I was really scared for them to know that I was in fact pregnant at 17 with someone I barely knew. They have been supportive even though we are all not proud of who the father of my baby is. We all make mistakes. I am not saying that my baby is a mistake, but the father definately is, indeed, a mistake. I am glad I have a loving and supportive family, because if I did not have any of that, I do not know where I would be in life.