Parenting as a Teenager

Questions and discussion for those who are or have been pregnant (or have pregnant partners), parenting or about options with an unintended pregnancy.
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• People (or their partners) who are or have been actually pregnant: not might be, not worry they are, but who have verified a pregnancy with a home pregnancy test, a test from a clinic, a doctor's exam or with birth or a termination
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• People looking for help or support after making any of those choices, or making them with a partner
• People looking for various kinds of information about pregnancy, and options with pregnancy, including things like healthcare and birth choices
• People wanting help with parenting, particularly around sexuality or relationship issues

Please do NOT post pregnancy scares here, or "Am I pregnant?"-s. If and when you are currently or have been pregnant, especially unintendedly, having someone talk about their fears who is clearly not pregnant, or who is not even willing to take a test to find out can feel deeply maddening and frustrating. Talking about a pregnancy fear as if it were an actual pregnancy is also deeply disrespectful to people dealing with actual pregnancies.

If you have questions about if you should seek out emergency contraception, take a pregnancy test, how methods of contraception work, or what things you have chosen to do may or may not have presented pregnancy risks, those questions belong in another forum, such as the Sexual Health forum, the Bodies forum or the Ask Us forum. Thank you!
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Adria Linwood
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Parenting as a Teenager

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I am a young mom at 16, I gave birth to my baby girl last year and my baby is now a year older. Parenting as a teenager is not easy but with the support of my mom I'm doing okay. I would just like to share this article which I think is very helpful to young moms like me :)

http://raisingchildren.net.au/articles/ ... nager.html
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Re: Parenting as a Teenager

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Thanks for sharing, Adria. (I'm glad to hear you're getting support from your mom, too - parenting at any age can be challenging so the more support you have the better!)
"Where there is power, there is resistance." -Michel Foucault
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Re: Parenting as a Teenager

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Good morning!! I know it’s reallt early but I feel like I have a weight in my chest and I really want to talk to someone... I’m a 16 year old girl, currently in a relationship with my boyfriend of almost 2 years and we are sexually active. He uses the “pulling out” method since it has worked for over a year. But this year, he thought he came inside me and got a little scared. But when I thought of the possibility of me being pregnant, I was really happy and even excited!! But the test turned out to be negative and I cried about it... I really want to have a baby but I don’t know what to do with these feelings, everybody tells me I’m too young but I get that “I don’t care” attitude. Ever since then, I’ve been secretly hoping that he ejaculates inside me when we have sex and I get into this depressed state whenever he’s in the mood...Can someone please help me??
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Re: Parenting as a Teenager

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Hi cyledesma,

Can you please make a new thread to talk about this topic? We'll be happy to discuss it with you there.
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cyledesma15
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Re: Parenting as a Teenager

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Sam W wrote:Hi cyledesma,

Can you please make a new thread to talk about this topic? We'll be happy to discuss it with you there.
I’m new here, I don’t really know how to open up a new thread.. :?
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Re: Parenting as a Teenager

Unread post by Sam W »

If you go to the "Ask Us" section of the boars, at the top of the page you'll see a button labeled "New Topic" that will let you make your own thread.
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cyledesma15
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Re: Parenting as a Teenager

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cyledesma15 wrote:
Sam W wrote:Hi cyledesma,

Can you please make a new thread to talk about this topic? We'll be happy to discuss it with you there.
I’m new here, I don’t really know how to open up a new thread.. :?
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cyledesma15
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Re: Parenting as a Teenager

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Sam W wrote:If you go to the "Ask Us" section of the boars, at the top of the page you'll see a button labeled "New Topic" that will let you make your own thread.
Ok, let me try to do it.
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cyledesma15
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Re: Parenting as a Teenager

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cyledesma15 wrote:
Sam W wrote:If you go to the "Ask Us" section of the boars, at the top of the page you'll see a button labeled "New Topic" that will let you make your own thread.
Ok, let me try to do it.
I did it!! My topic is “Wanting to be pregnant??” Thank you so much for replying :D
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Re: Parenting as a Teenager

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omg this thread is already saving my life... haha. i found out last week that i'm preg and i'm 16, and I needed to hear this!!!! thank you sooo much!
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Re: Parenting as a Teenager

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Can we help you out with anything, Alessandra?
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