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Q: 15 (almost 16) And I Fear For My Sanity
asked by: LindyMananana on March 25th, 2006
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Hi everybody. I'm 15, almost 16, and I have this strong desire to become pregnant. Please don't yell at me. I don't know what's gotten into me, i've felt this way for a few months.

I know i'm probably not ready, but I yearn for it. I have no boyfriend (only an admirer), i'm a virgin, and i'm christian. The baby isn't even necessarily what I want to get pregnant for (although I know i'll become excited waiting for him/her, and i'll love him/her when she/he comes), I just want to be pregnant. To have something growing in my belly, to lay around without being considered lazy, to care for something besides myself, to have people pay attention to me. This all sounds like stupid crap, I know.

I'm also severely depressed. I don't know what to do about how I feel about wanting to get pregnant. My mind is telling me to remain how I am, work hard in school, go to college, etc, but it is also telling me to get pregnant. I can't see my self having sex, but I don't know...

What do I do?
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abbyroad
replied on March 25th, 2006
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Please dont have a baby for those reasons its not fare on the child you really need to think things through
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SamanthaM
replied on March 25th, 2006
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What you need to do is go to a therapist and get on some meds. It sounds to me like you are wanting to be pregnant for attention. Being a pregnant 15 year old isn't going to get the kind of attention you want. And trust me, being pregnant is not all about laying around all the time. If you are so depressed you need to talk to someone about it. I know what can happen if you don't...And it's not fun.
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DaliciaLynn
replied on March 25th, 2006
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I think you want to become pregnant to get attention, which is pretty sad.
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HcoBrunette06
replied on March 25th, 2006
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I don't think you should want to become pregnant just so you have an excuse to lay around and be lazy, or to have people pay attention to you.

I think you should wait until you find the right guy, and when you can actually afford a child, just because you want one doesn't mean you can give it everything it needs. If you wait for the right guy, and right time, i'm sure you'll be thankful in the end.
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hunterjumper
replied on March 25th, 2006
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You have a very distorted view of what pregnancy is. Not to be rude or anything.

A lot of young mothers don't get to just lay around and be lazy. It's not a free excuse. If you're a pregnant 16 year old, you're still a 16 year old and that means you still have school to finish. You don't get an automatica a-grade graduation for getting knocked up. So you often have to continue to go to school while pregnant, while you'll be miserable and trying to finish as much school before the baby is born as possible. And you'll have to keep doing makeup classes and getting homework from others becaue you're constantly at doctors appointments.

On top of that, many young mothers have to work full-time (or at least part-time) jobs to save money for the baby. Where would the money come from? Your parents? Not their baby, not their job to support it.

Pregnancy isn't nearly the wonderful, pain-free, discomfort free pass to be beautiful and lazy you think it is.

Some things to think about.
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Lucy_16
replied on March 25th, 2006
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Ok hunny I am 16 turning 17 and im pregnant was no planned tho... Its not a mistake im so excited but you are doing it for all the rong reasons? So u able to be lazy.. Once u have a baby you will not be relaxing you will be on your feet 24/7...It will not be easy work.. You have a lot to think of and your future dont do this cause its the cool thing to do... Do it cause u want to.. And in my opinion you are way to young
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AlliE_18
replied on March 27th, 2006
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Make some changes so you're happier, do things you enjoy, or find something new. A baby wont fill in that empty feeling you have inside. A baby wont make you feel better if you're depressed, only the idea of it does.
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Rodge
replied on March 27th, 2006
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You know what's awesome? Counselling.

Have you been diagnosed with depression by a doctor?
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LindyMananana
replied on March 27th, 2006
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rodge wrote:
you know what's awesome? Counselling.

Have you been diagnosed with depression by a doctor?


yes I have, but it seems hopeless. I'm on meds but they're not helping me.
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LindyMananana
replied on March 27th, 2006
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allie_18 wrote:
make some changes so you're happier, do things you enjoy, or find something new. A baby wont fill in that empty feeling you have inside. A baby wont make you feel better if you're depressed, only the idea of it does.


how do you know that for sure?
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AlliE_18
replied on March 27th, 2006
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Because I know some girls offline who wanted a baby because they felt how you do, planned it and they got pregnant for those reasons. Now they wish they had waited. Having a baby doesnt solve your problems, it creates more of them. And if you're young with no partner to support you, no money you need to think through the serious issues about it and stop fantasizing. Go back to the docs if your meds arent working, and you should be getting counselling if they gave you drugs for it. Thats how it works here anyway. Im 17 and my son is only a few weeks old, he wasnt planned. You will be tied down, you cant go do whatever you want, you have to find a babysitter if you want to go out, then all your money is spent on baby stuff so you cant afford to go out anyway. I want to go to this huge party next weekend just hang out with my mates have some fun and I cant even do that, im going to have no mates left soon. It sucks that way. And you might want to travel at some point, and you cant because you have a child tied to you 24/7. Enjoy your youth!
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Tayzia
replied on March 27th, 2006
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I know how you feel, honey. I've always loved babies, and i've always been good with them - I speciaize in babysitting very young babies, which just adds to it. I'm fourteen, just finishing up ninth grade, and in a new relationship with a great guy. When I turned fourteen in december, I had *kind of* the same feelings as you did. I didn't think about the fact that I could lie around and be lazy (i don't even believe that is true), but I loved the idea of having someone to care for 24/7 and who would love me unconditionally. My longest babysitting gig was almost thirty four hours for a five month old and an eighteen month old - after surviving that, I thought (subconsciously) that motherhood couldn't be much harder than that. I still wasn't that serious about pregnancy, though.
I grew out of this phase. So will you. Give it time. :)
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SamanthaM
replied on March 27th, 2006
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lindymananana wrote:
rodge wrote:
you know what's awesome? Counselling.

Have you been diagnosed with depression by a doctor?


yes I have, but it seems hopeless. I'm on meds but they're not helping me.


then either you don't really have depression, or you need a different medicine. And rodge, counseling sucks! :d
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LindyMananana
replied on March 27th, 2006
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:(
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HcoBrunette06
replied on March 27th, 2006
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Sad?
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LindyMananana
replied on March 27th, 2006
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Yes.

And i'm scared that I might actually be serious about this pregnancy thing. No matter what everybody's saying, my eyes are reading it but my mind isn't listening.
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HcoBrunette06
replied on March 27th, 2006
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Just don't act on it, don't have sex.
Say no to the peen :p


but really, if you're really worried just don't have sex. You've got a lot of years to have babies hun.
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AlliE_18
replied on March 28th, 2006
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=/
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HcoBrunette06
replied on March 28th, 2006
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Are u sad too allie? Lol
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