Oh my gosh! We are so on the same page! My sister is 17 with an 11 month old beautiful girl and we could care less on the dad because he is missing out and my husband plays a great father role for now! How are you getting by! Write back! When was your baby born!?

Let me give you a word of advice from a 34 yr old with two children in which there dad chooses to not be in there life.

Life goes on. It is unfortunate that he is not in your babies life. But at 17 could he just be to immature to be there? Time will tell and if he ever grows to the point where he wants to be envolved it is never to late. Its hard to put your personal feelings aside and do whats best for your child instead of whats you think is best. Its hard to put aside the hate and betrayal feelings that you have to put your babies first. Just remember no matter how you feel about the babies father.. What you feel should not effect your childs best interest. For example I think my ex is a piss poor dad. He is not responsible nor even the man I thought he was but... No matter my feelings for him. (trust me I have had some very strong hatred because he seems to think he should be able to just walk away scott free without a responsibliity in the world) I must always do what is best for the kids and keep those nasty thoughts and feelings all to myself. My children are now old enough to chose what they feel on there own. Trust me I smiled so much inside when my 12 year old said one day out of the blue in the car while we were driving (mommy you would punish me for life for whats going thru my head... I said no I wont sweetie whats up... She said ohhhh yes you would.. I said no baby I wont talk to me... She said my daddy can go to hell for all I care... All this time he cant be working and busy...) I never said a word.. I didnt have too..

Be a good mom and dont talk bad about him no matter the urge too. You baby will grow up either with him in his/her life or making up his/her own mind...

She was born november 9, 2002.

Raelee jo abbigale.

Thanks for the wonderful advice, I knew this site would be good for me.

Aww, what a beautiful name! My little girl is due on 10-29-03 and her name is cheyenne naomi! Anyways, my name is jessika and I am 17 too. I am living with the father, austin, who is 20. I was put on bed rest 2 days ago, after too much stress caused my braxton hicks to turn into a false alarm, so my goal is to stay calm and be happy! Congratulations with your daughter!

Good luck and best wishes
-jessika-
cheyenne naomi due 10-29-03
33 weeks today!
3 weeks to go and she can be born without mommy having a heart attack!

Thats pretty close, my neice was born oct. 9. We are going to chuck e. Cheese! Hahaha