bad idea.. believe me, you don't want a child at your age.
my child isn't even born yet and i'm already stressed 24/7

you are dreaming...

JUST WAIT PLEASE... the girlfriend needs to get in here and tell you all about the long sleepless nights, the not showering eating or doing what you want to do when you want to do it

Do you drive? Do you have a job? Does your boyfriend have a job? What if he leaves you? Can you raise the baby on your own? Why would you want to make your mom sad or angry with you even if you knew it was only for a short time? Do you want to stay in while your girlfriends go out partying? Why do you want to take the fast track? You should get married live with your boyfriend have a steady income then make a family!

Finish your studies and see where your at in your life. Education is so important and you need to take advantage of it as much as you can.

Dont have unprotected sex & go on BIRTH CONTROL

hmmm all i'm going to say is that i realy wanted a baby at your age and everyone around me found it sooo redicilus. my friends thought i was sooo stupid. so i ended up going to college and doing a few courses. see if i had a kid at 16 i would of missed out on the best 3 years of my life! college days, jobs, holidays, partys, onenightstands lol meeting new people. i wouldnt never of done any of that. i'll just say that try to give in to your craving and live your life out in spain for a while. your living a dream for somepeople. ok u may want to be a young mum but it doesnt mean that your lacking fun from your life hope that helped a wee bitty.

hmmm all i'm going to say is that i realy wanted a baby at your age and everyone around me found it sooo redicilus. my friends thought i was sooo stupid. so i ended up going to college and doing a few courses. see if i had a kid at 16 i would of missed out on the best 3 years of my life! college days, jobs, holidays, partys, onenightstands lol meeting new people. i wouldnt never of done any of that. i'll just say that try to give in to your craving and live your life out in spain for a while. your living a dream for somepeople. ok u may want to be a young mum but it doesnt mean that your lacking fun from your life hope that helped a wee bitty.

dont do it, wait until your older please

i got pregnant my senior year, it was seriously hard and i only had 2 classes a day then 1 in night school every monday and wendsday, i had to go to school through morning sickness, when i was tired, i even went when i was in labor, all because i didnt want to fail, i gradutaed when my baby girl was 2 weeks old, its really really hard

even though im done with school (for now, some day i would love to go to college) its still hard, my daughter is awake most of the day (shes 7 monthes now) and sleeps from 7 or 8 at night until about 5 or 6 in the morning, and lately shes been waking up at least once during the night, i dont have time to shower as often as i use to, i eat 1 MAYBE 2 meals a day and thats just snatching something when she is asleep or when im feeding her, i never get to go out and have fun, she crys all the time its insane

dont get me wrong i love my baby to death but its so incredably difficult....just wait until your older please

~alicia~

I had my daughter right after I finished my junior year. It was hell. The pregnancy wasn't planned - my b/f (now hubby) and I had plans to finish high school, get married, go to college, have this perfect little life where we built our lives together, had the "normal" life, etc. But we got preggers, and everything kind of fell apart. We spent a lot of our 17-19 year old relationship fighting and bickering. We made it through it (he's finishing college this year, and I'm doing online-associate's), but we're the hard core exception. It was a FIGHT every step of the way. This year is our Jubilee (our 7th year together) and things are finally getting in order, lol.

So, do the smart thing, and avoid it at all costs. You won't lose much in your young relationship if you don't have sex. And if your hormones feel you 'must', get on good b/c - the ring, for instance, so you don't need to remember to take a pill each day.

I won't even go into the sleepless nights, the croup, the depression, the ugh...Just think about how much easier your life will be if you wait until you're in your early 20s and you've had time to get the craziness out of your system.

Don't do it. I'm 16 and have a daughter that's nearly 2 weeks old. Having a baby is the most amazing thing in the world, but it is hard. Wait until you're out of school and have some money saved up and a decent income, because babies are expensive. I've gone through 3 packages of diapers in the last week and a half, and each pack is $20 a pop. I've also gone through 2 cans of formula, and that's $25 a can. We went to our first doctors appointment, and it would have been $115 without insurance. Even with insurance the copay was $40. And that was just for a checkup. When she goes in for her immunizations, we're looking at a $600 bill without insurance. All this is on top of my labor and delivery bill, which we haven't even gotten yet, but we're looking at another $800 with insurance already covering 80% of it. Babies aren't cheap. You need all the money you can save, every last penny counts. And is it really fair for you to make your parents spend their money on a child you purposefully created when you wouldn't be able to support it?

Aside from the money, the emotional toll is crazy. Jayden is a relatively "good" baby, she doesn't really cry unless she needs a diaper change. But I'm up with her ever two hours, and by the time I get her fed and changed and back off to sleep I've been up for an hour. The only reason I get enough sleep is because I can sleep most of the day too. Can you imagine trying to go to school after only a few hours of fractured sleep every night? Schools don't give you a maternity leave. Then there's all the hormones that shoot through your body after birth, they make you swing from being so happy one second to feeling like you're the worst mother in the world and everything is going wrong the next. It will cause problems with your boyfriend, you just can't help but pick fights with all the stress.

I am 16 and i gave birth 6 months ago two weeks after i turned 16. I have terrible post natal depression right now and i'm stressing about things most people don't think of until they're in their mid twentys. I don't know why people would plan to have a baby this young, they obviously have no brain IMO.

Wow. This is an excellent, real life, in-your-face thread. If any teen still wants to have a baby before they graduate from high school, get married or at least are in a long term committed relationship, and can financially support themselves, I'd like to know why.

To all of the teens who think they will just live at home and care for their babies, besides the fact that it is extremely selfish to burden your parents that way, what about when you are 18? How will you support yourself and your child without an education? What kind of job can a high school drop out get?

Been there, done that. It sucks. I (a straight A student pre-baby) managed to pull a C in a lame English class because it was 1st hour. Half the time the teacher had to wake me up. Forget the embarrassment of leaking nipples. I also forgot things ALL THE TIME. I forgot our semester end project, entirely.

Definately wait! You are still a kid and have so many things to experience before you have a baby! I'm glad that I did not get pregnant as a teen and I'm glad that I'm still not pregnant now. I enjoy college and my job and going out with friends. There will be plenty of time for babies later in life.

wait


mmkay?

lol! I love it when you say that!

um if you havent accidentally got pregnant dont plan on it purposely anytime soon please, thanks!

Please wait. Live the rest of your teens kid free, have fun do what teens are supposed to do. Screw up some. Don't be stuck having to take care of a baby when you should be out having fun.

LoL, it's really hard to take care of kids when you have a hangover.

lol...i've gone to babysit after a long night of drinking but I don't get hangovers so I don't know what i'd do if i had to actually take care of a baby with one

haha i've been in that situation too! knock on wood that i've never got a hangover

here's a story for you

i've wanted a baby since i was 14 or 15 years old. i never tried for one but at 16 i accidentaly got preg.. i thought my dreams came true even though it was an accident. well, turns out that it NEVER happens the way you picture it... everyone turned against me keeping the baby and i wound up getting an abortion. it's a decision i regret and think about everyday. its been 2 years

please wait

May i ask why you regretted it?