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Q: Do You Ever Regret Getting Pregnant Sometimes?
asked by: -Jillian- on February 13th, 2005
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I'm sorry to say but I do. Maybe I shouldn't feel this way but I do. My boyfriend is immature as hell and I guess I shouldn't complain because hes 16 but man yo. I'd expect him to actual have grown up or at least matured since finding out that hes going to have a kid. Last night he was up at his house with a friend and his cousin jackie drinkin until past 2am and then going for a drive.

Ugh! I dont know it just irks me that when my child is born, knowing that he acts this way and probably wont change. I dont need to have someone thats gonna remain irresponsible like that.
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Princess385
replied on February 13th, 2005
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Hun i'm sorry that you feel that way!! It could be a sign of depression...Maybe mention something to your dr about it, just to be on the safe side. :) you won't regret it after the baby is here. :) they're precious.
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Krista Kai
replied on February 13th, 2005
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Mostly I love being pregnant. I love my tummy and feeling my baby boy wriggling and kisking inside me. I can't help rubbing my tummy and looking in every mirror I can and then thing "wow, would you look at that?!? That's me!"

but i'll admit there's also times - mostly at night when i'm laying there trying to go to sleep - when I think "what have you gotten yourself into girl??" I always figured some day i'd have kids and I always wanted to have lots of kids, but I never dreamed i'd start this soon. I think about being pregnant basicly my whole senior year when all the other kids are doing all those things you dream about doing when you're a senior, and I think about how being a mom's for the rest of your life and how for me that's going to be in like 3 1/2 months, and I get to thinking i'm not ready for that. It all sorta starts getting to me then. But then I feel him move in me again and it makes me think of the beautiful baby boy and try to imagine what he's going to look like and be like and I feel a lot better.

I feel like this is either the best or worst thing that ever happened to me, and however it turns out is up to me. It makes me want do the best I possibly can for my baby boy, and nothing in my life ever made me feel that way before. I love that, and that makes me love being pregnant.

I guess maybe that all sounds sorta crazy, but that's how I feel. Maybe it's just those preggo hormones and emotions kicking in, but that's how I feel.
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Kia
replied on February 13th, 2005
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I'm sorry but in most instances I have to say - you slept with the guy, therefore you ran the risk of getting pregnant by this guy.
16!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Most guys don't deal with responsibility when they are in their 20's, he wants to do what 16 year old lads do and honestly I don't blame him. After all why should he care, he's a minor, he doesn't have to accept responsibility, he doesn't have to carry and care for this child.

By the way, I think you are very lucky to be pregnant, some can not experience that.

So, take your hopes off the young guy and pin them on yourself, because you will be the one doing the hard work (unless you give your baby up)
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pinkbaby
replied on February 13th, 2005
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kia_breizzze wrote:
so, take your hopes off the young guy and pin them on yourself, because you will be the one doing the hard work (unless you give your baby up)


exactly!
Having a kid wont change the fact that hes still a kid, and it wont turn him into an adult. Im 18, im still a kid, I love hello kitty, playing dress up, and watching the disney channel, being a kid wont make me care any less for my baby, now I will have someone to play all those things with :):):) I got all the party out of me at an early age, but being 16 and male, what do you expect? Hes going to want to drink and go out with friends, and I dont think age has anything to do with that. Maybe he will settle down after time, but theres nothing wrong with being young and having fun. My boyfriend goes out all the time, I dont expect him to loose his freedom because im pregnant. If your going to regret something, regret getting with a immiture boy, not your pregnancy... Your all that baby needs.
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littlered
replied on February 13th, 2005
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I know that I probably shouldn't say anything because I am pregnant and I don't know how you feel but I do know that you don't have to have the father in the picture. You can raise your baby without him. I know you don't want to but you can do it. And if your boyfriend keeps drinking and driveing or drinking and then going for a drive. Something could happen and you won't have him in the picture. And it not be his choice. Which I guess it would be because he is the one drinking. I hope nothing does happen. Have you tried talking to him. Maybe that would work. Tell him that you are afraid that something will happen and your baby won't be able to know his father and you don't want that to happen. I hope I helped some.
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presmom
replied on February 7th, 2009
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I sometimes wish things were diffrent sometimes I feel like there is something wrong with me because I do wish things were diffrent I love my son and I dont know where I would be with out him and at times my life gets very complicated with having a baby and trying to make his father be a father I didnt get pregnant by myself so why should i have to raise a baby by myself i feel I have done a great job but I get sooo tired of never getting a break not having someone to help me a all the time and I feel I would enjoy being a parent more if i actually had a break I feel like i did miss out on alot because I realize how much life my boyfriend gets to have
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kyrafaith
replied on February 10th, 2009
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presmom wrote:
I sometimes wish things were diffrent sometimes I feel like there is something wrong with me because I do wish things were diffrent I love my son and I dont know where I would be with out him and at times my life gets very complicated with having a baby and trying to make his father be a father I didnt get pregnant by myself so why should i have to raise a baby by myself i feel I have done a great job but I get sooo tired of never getting a break not having someone to help me a all the time and I feel I would enjoy being a parent more if i actually had a break I feel like i did miss out on alot because I realize how much life my boyfriend gets to have


I know how you feel. Granted my son is only a month old, he is very very colicky and there really isnt anything i can do. im lucky in that i do have some help, but it does make me so angry that his biological father can just run off and do whatever and i have to be up all night with him. worrying about him, and never get to have a break or get a moment with my boyfriend. His biological father wont even come see him. I hate that he gets to run around and i have all the responsibily. the worst part is that even though hes now 21 his grandmother still pays everything for him so he doesnt have to work so i also have all the financial responsibility. I love my son and i gladly except this responsibility but sometimes at night when hes been crying 5 hours straight its hard to not wish that his biological father was losing sleep too./
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Mommaisntready
replied on July 17th, 2009
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I'm not sure what to do!
I just found out I'm 8 weeks pregnant and I am only 19. . I'm having mixed emotions. I am feeling a HUGE regret and wondering if I'm ready or not. My brother and his wife say I'm to immature and I'm starting to believe them.
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motherofhighspiritedones
replied on July 18th, 2009
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Re: I'm not sure what to do!
Mommaisntready wrote:
I just found out I'm 8 weeks pregnant and I am only 19. . I'm having mixed emotions. I am feeling a HUGE regret and wondering if I'm ready or not. My brother and his wife say I'm to immature and I'm starting to believe them.
Only you can decide what step to take, be it adoption, abortion or parenting. If abortion is an option for you, you seriously need to think hard on it NOW before abortion is no longer an option. While it is true that abortion is permanent and you cannot take it back, same goes for the other two options: parenting and adoption. It all depends on YOUR beliefs and YOUR feelings, not the feelings of someone else, be it family or a stranger. For your sake, I would back away from all the negativity and the negative comments and think for YOURSELF. Don't take another person's words to heart. You are an adult and well capable of thinking for yourself. If abortion is not an option for you, then you have around 6 months to really think and absorb and decide if adoption is a better choice for you or parenting is. A lot goes into taking care of a baby, and I understand why you are apprehensive about parenting. But somewhere out there, a woman (or young girl)in more dire circumstances than yours has pulled through and become a "successful" mother. But like I said, only you can decide which route you want and need to go.
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Mommaisntready
replied on July 18th, 2009
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Thanks. I always believed I would be a good parent but all the negativity from my family is really bringing me down. On top of it all I've been sick non-stop and can't keep anything down. I've even lost some weight. I'm not sure if I'm just in depression right now or what but I'm not handeling it well.

My bf is always here for me but come august 2010 he is getting deployed to afganistan and I'm afraid I can't take care of this child on my own and going to college and be successful.
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