I know that you say you've been around children and taken care of this child that you think is your own..But as I tell all other girls that come here wanting to have children at a young age...That say they know how to take care of children and have since they were younger....Its a whole different story when its literally your own child..Because unlike the other child...This one is going to be yours and you have to take full responsibility for him/her...And I know you think oh its the same..But really its not..I use to baby sit and take care of many kids ...But once I had my own it was a totally different story...--but whatever its whatever you think is right..Because in the end your going to do what you want--most the time when people ask these sorts of questions ...They usually get mad when we answer because we dont answer the way the want us to..

Yeah don't have a kid.
Once you have a kid you are a mother for the rest of your life... When all your friends are out partying, going to university, spending time on themselves you'll be home cleaning snot, puke, poop, and giving all your time to the kid. Why not put that on hold for a while and do fun things first, the things you won't be able to do when you have a kid, it's not like you are quickly running out of time to become a mother. You can always have a kid later and do the things 16 year olds should be doing now. If you have a kid now you can't just go back to a 16 year old life style again.

Thanks I just thought I would get an opinion from girls with experiance. I dont want to do something ill regret

Its not really a regret.Because a baby is a gift and you'll love them no matter what..Its just something you will wish you would have done later in life..So that you could live your teen life and then have a baby...

Good luck and I hope you make the right decision;)

I think it would be best until you wait until you're done school. You have so many wonderful options as a teenager, and tho you may love children, its best to haave more life experience with yourself and get to mature and know yourself better before you bring a child into this world. Its hard too when you are pregnant as a teenager. You miss out on a lot of things. I was pregnant thru my prom and grad and it was a little sad and I missed out on some things. Its best to get that done with and to figure out your future first.

I have experience. I have 20+ years of experience at becoming a mother @ 16 years old. My honest advice is don't do it.

There are so many things to do, so much education to have, so many places to see, so many times to spend alone with your boyfriend/husband/lover. So much life to be lived when you are not tied down to being a mommy.

A mommy is a 24 hour a day job. This is not babysitting. This is not having someone else's child for a weekend/week/month - this is every minute of every single day for the rest of your life.

If you 'miss' having kids in the house, babysit. If you 'miss' having all the noise and commotion, go get a job. Go to school. Get a degree. Travel the world and the seven seas. Do something unexpected! Take a class on stained glass making. Be completely selfish. Sleep until noon on thursdays - then stay up all night long for no reason. Eat whenever you want to eat. And whatever you want to eat.

All of those things sound simple enough - but when you are a mom, they are like driving a golf cart to the moon. You just would never get there.

Are you aware you can have kids until you are in your 40's? Dude! You could live a whole other lifetime before you actually had kids! Even then you would only be 32 years old! (which is still young from where I am sitting!)