[jessy0428]

Every Pregnancy is different. Labor sucks. I was 6 mons pregnant before I found out I was pregnant because I had no symptoms and then it all hit at once and gained 60 lbs. Don't listen to the eating for two. You will gain a lot more weight then you want to . I had to have a c - section because I was in labor (drug free) for 15 hours and never dilated(sp) . My water broke on its own.Every pregnancy is going to be different and every women will experience different symptoms. Just make sure you go to the doctor and take care of yourself and the baby if you are in fact pregnant.And other then labor you should not have a lot of pain if you do then contact your doctor and if you have a lot of bleeding contact your doctor.

[squeaks77]

If you don't like the advice some people give go talk to your mommy who will tell you everything is all right and some whiney 16 year old who can't spell is ready for a baby.

Otherwise just tell people thank you, but I don't agree. It's still advice even if you don't like it. I hope to all the Gods you aren't, all we need are more welfare babies!

[BabyyGiirl2010]

Ummm, yes I do plan to finish high school and then go to college, I'm only going to a 2 year college because that's as long as my major takes, and he is going to have most of the money like while I would be pregnant and such and then when I am able to go to work I would do so. My parents on the other hand, my mom doesn't want me to move out lol she says she is going to keep me here as long as she can and do everything in her power to keep me here lol

She's going to be a lot of help, but I don't plan on depending on anyone for things except for support! And I will look for the book!
Thanks for the help

[Synnen]

You DO realize that your boyfriend's military insurance won't cover you at ALL if you aren't married, right? And that your parent's insurance has no obligation to cover any of the baby's medical bills?

And oh god... I changed my mind. You know so much. I hope you are blessed with a very aware baby that never needs to sleep.

[J_9]

I know you don't want to hear what has been said, but you HAVE to. It is necessary that you know that not all babies sleep a lot when they are first born, it's important that you know that even managers at McDonalds need high school diplomas and some even need 2 years of college these days. It's imperative you know that it will cost over a quarter of a million dollars to raise a child from infancy to age 17, and that does not include college OR if there are any problems with the birth or the baby.

Okay now, from a medical perspective, I am a nurse intern in Labor and Delivery at my local hospital. First of all it's IMPOSSIBLE to tell if you are pregnant so soon. It takes roughly 3 - 5 days for the sperm to travel up the vaginal canal through the uterus and up the fallopian tube where it is fertilized. Then it takes another 3 or so days to travel back down the fallopian tube into the uterus where it implants. Now, it's going to take another week or so before there is enough pregnancy hormone called hCG to be manufactured by the zygote (fertilized egg) to be detected by a pregnancy test. So it's WAY too early to test now.

Next, I see teens all the time in Labor and Delivery. Do you know the potential life threatening consequences to you and/or baby if you are pregnant it 16 years of age?

Cephalopelvic disproportion - means babies head is bigger than your pelvis and baby could get stuck in the birth canal... if this is the case, then you risk having a child born with cerebral palsy which is a medical condition that is NOT curable and does not have a long life expectancy... this will cost millions of dollars with doctors and therapists, medications and surgeries.

Now you have PIH - Pregnancy Induced Hypertension. That means pregnancy causes high blood pressure. High blood pressure can cause damage to your kidneys and heart. This is permanent damage. If the blood pressure gets high enough you have seizures, this is called eclampsia and requires an emergency delivery of the baby no matter how far along you are in your pregnancy. If you are 7 months along, baby gets delivered and may or may not live. Baby will spend months in NICU (neo-natal intensive care unit)... this can cost close to a million dollars after a few months. Baby may or may not be mentally retarded due to being born so young.

Hun, you may think you are ready, and I'm not trying to criticize you, I am trying to show you what I see on a weekly basis in the hospital with young ladies such as yourself. Your body is not physically ready to carry a child yet. You are still a child yourself.

[BabyyGiirl2010]

Well thank you for all your advice, but if I am pregnant there's nothing I ca do after that. But if I'm not then me and my boyfriend already decided to wait until after I graduate so yea that's pretty much it.

I'm getting off here cause I have to go back to school tomorrow it's the last day before spring break, and I have to get make up work because I've been getting sick a lot
But thanks for all your help!
Bye
<3 Ashley

[Alty]

Can I just say that if you are pregnant and you have this baby, the odds are you will be on this site next year telling kids, and that's what you are, a kid, just like you to wait.

There's nothing I can say, all the advice has already been given, and the person who gave you the best advice was ignored by you. Just my opinion.

Good luck, if you're pregnant you're going to need it.

[jessy0428]

I hope your not pregnant. I may only be 20 but I have experience. Get your high school diploma, get a great job and a house and a car , get married and then bring a baby into this world. And fyi not all newborns sleep all the time most of them cry all the time. Make a future for yourself and your future kids to come.And if you want something to take care of get a puppy!!

[honestlysweet86]

Hey

Look I'm not going to lecture you, but I def. agree that you are way, way too young. I am 21 and I got pregnant in November. It was unplanned but I live with my fiancé and we are getting married next year and so I was all ready to do the right thing. However I had a miscarriage in January (and almost 1 in 5 pregnancies end in miscarriage and they say that number could be way higher like 1/2) and I was NOT emotionally prepared for that. You say you are ready but you have no idea. The emotional effects of a miscarriage are awful. And if I were 16, there is no way I could have dealt with the emotional pain. I still think that I am even very young and I'm 5 years older than you! Trust me nothing in life goes according to plan and you could miscarry or you could not but you are so young and like J9 said, you could have comlications that will scar you for life. But I know you are going to do what you want no matter what any of us say. So for you I say goodluck and I def. think you need to grow up a bit before you do this.

[bEaUtIfUlbRuNeTtE]

Every Pregnancy is different. Labor sucks. I was 6 mons pregnant before I found out I was pregnant because I had no symptoms and then it all hit at once and gained 60 lbs. Dont listen to the eating for two. You will gain a lot more weight then you want to . I had to have a c - section because I was in labor (drug free) for 15 hours and never dilated(sp) . My water broke on its own.Every pregnancy is going to be different and every women will experience different symptoms. Just make sure you go to the doctor and take care of yourself and the baby if you are in fact pregnant.And other then labor you should not have a lot of pain if you do then contact your doctor and if you have a lot of bleeding contact your doctor.

You must've known something was up after 6 months of no period right?

[jessy0428]

You must've known something was up after 6 months of no period right?

No not really. I was on birth control and had a little bleeding every month up until the 5 th and that's when I took the test . It was not normal bleeding. I didn't gain any weight or have any symptoms. I really wish I would have known because I was on birth control and taking diet pills. But she is beautiful and healthy , so I got lucky. But no I really did not know.lol

[bEaUtIfUlbRuNeTtE]

Did the bleeding during those 5 months act like a period? Did you bleed regulary for five days with the same flow?

[J_9]

Apparently this tread is taking on a whole new twist. :rolleyes:

Shall we stay on topic please? We can start a totally different thread regarding the phenomenon about not knowing you are pregnant until late in pregnancy, it happens all the time.

[kp2171]

Thank God I didn't get what I wanted with all my heart at 16, or even 21.

[soon2bemommy2008]

I know it's been a while since anyone posted but I am new on here and saw this and thought I could comment... I am 19 and pregnant with my first. Trust me, if I could go back in time I would take it back... the father was abusive and now I will be raising this baby on my own... thank god for my parents :-) but I have had a difficult pregnancy so far... I am on a form of bedrest and I am only 24 weeks along! I will be on this bedrest, or 100% bedrest the rest of my pregnancy. I can't blame you for wanting a baby, they are absolutely amazing and I wish you luck if you are pregnant. I have no room to judge you, since I am so young myself. Good luck :-)

[BabyyGiirl2010]

Hey everyone... im not pregnant... I got my period lol
Now I'm going to get the book one of the people were talking about on here before I try, which will be after I graduate!

Thanks bye
<3 Ashley

[JudyKayTee]

[QUOTE=BabyyGiirl2010]Hey everyone... im not pregnant... I got my period lol
Now I'm going to get the book one of the people were talking about on here before I try, which will be after I graduate!



Seems that this thread is over but, anyway, in some States at 16 she cannot consent to having sex and the boyfriend would be out of the Military and in jail while she supports the child.