That is a tough one for me I guess I would have to say that no I wouldn't be if I could turn back time but I can't and i'm glad I can't because even though it'sgoing to be the hardest thing i'm ever going to do it's going to be the most rewarding thing I will ever do and I love my baby now and I will every second of every day.

I swear u must be psychic! I was going to post a similar thing.


Well i'm not a teen (i'm 22 now) but I was 20 when I had layla and I married at 18 so I lost most of my teens. I think no matter what your age everyone sometimes misses their freedom from time to time

i sometimes wish i'd waited til I was older to have kids but I love them very much and do not regret having them.


I sometimes wish I had lived life more though before having them as I had the same guy since 16 and never really went and 'lived it up' so to speak. I would of also liked to travel for a bit.


Ii think what hits people the most when the have kids is that your 'freedom' goes in the sense that if you want to do something, you can't just go ahead and do it. You have to think of who's going to watch the kids while you do it etc.


I miss the spontaniety (sp?) of life- where you had no one to think about but yourself.


That said if I could go back and change it- I wouldn't

i do have a habit of knowing what people are thinking but I don't think it works over an internet connection...





i was not a teen mum myself - I fell pregnant at 24 - but I can totally sympathise with this comment. I think you feel that, no matter what your age. I love my life now as a mum but sometimes, like today - a beautiful crisp, sunny .Autumn day, I miss being able to just hop in the car and go for a drive or to a pub for lunch or something. Still, I wouldn't change a thing. My son is worth it - he brings me such happiness (and makes me want to tear my hair out sometimes ) and i've only really appreciated life since he came along.

I can't wait for my little one to come out now although it would have been the last thing on my mind a few months ago

It just occured to me that we don't know very much about you, .Green!

Do you only have one child so far?

And I didn't know you got pregnant at 24. That puts you close to my age! I always figured you were a bit older - you're so mature and well-spoken!

oh thanks very much!

Yeah, I have one son, .Max, who is 20 months old - I am 26. My pregnancy was unplanned but I had been with my then fiance for 4 years so we were happy once the shock wore off! We got married and are now a very happy little family of 3! No plans for another child just yet, I get broody but am on antidepressants for post natal depression so want to give them a chance to work properly before having another.


There! Sorry if that was rather dull!

Edit to add: the reason I like to post on the teen board as well as the normal one is because my mum was only 16 when she got pregnant with my brother so I have a lot of respect and empathy for those who find themselves in a similar position.

My mum was 17 when she had me and I was 17 when she had her 2nd child- my lil sis haha!

I'm not a teen anymore, but .I was 19 when .I got pregnant.. I'm 20 now. I would definitely not change anything. My boyfriend &.I weren't trying for a baby at all, we were just very careless ¬ doing anything to prevent a pregnancy. But after everything that happened with my miscarriage &me getting pregnant again 2 weeks later, .I'm convinced that somebody up in the beyond is saying ".This is fate. It's meant to be." .I do feel a bit of panic sometimes, .I've never even gone to college, .I've never lived on my own- like, just me. I've never traveled by myself, or really had a chance to get out there &see what the world is all about. But then .I realize that this is what the world is all about. &.That .I know .I'm going to be a great mommy.

i'm the same as you hun. I have never lived by myself even with just me and my hubby. Although we were married at 18 we couldn't afford our own place so we still lived at our parents house. It was only when I was pregnant with layla that neil got a good computer programming job and we were able to get our own place but we didn't manage to move in til layla was 5 months old so we had no time to live by ourselves. Probably contributed to our breakup

I met my husband when I was on summer break. We were together all through my senior year of high school (he had graduated) and got married on our 6 year anniversary. I was two weeks shy of my 23rd birthday.

We've been married for 2 1/2 years now. And the same month that we decided to start trying for a baby, it happened. So now he's 27, .I'm 25, and we have a *very* spoiled daughter! We're going to try for another one in a few years, hopefully before I turn 30.

I post here because my mom had me when she was 19, and I honestly think somewhere deep down she regrets keeping the pregnancy. Some women just aren't cut out to be mothers, and I think she's one of them. My dad was always there for me, but it was really painful growing up with my mom. We were also dead broke until I was a teenager.

So it's nice to see teenaged mothers who love their children, and I also like to give advice to other teenagers who are considering becoming a mom, because I know first-hand what it's like to survive on the bare minimum. And I want to explain to some of these girls that "just making it" isn't something you should wish for your child.

God that was long!

I got pregnant on birth control, and wish I would of gotten pregnant a little later in life. I'm glad my son is here though, I love him to pieces and wouldn't trade him in for the world. But if I could have the same son a few years down the road, I would.

Sorry to bring it up but what about the adoption too- how did that effect u?

I wish I had something to say on this topic! I feel like I probably shouldn't be here cos i'm not pregnant and don't intend on being for a while...

It's okay, neighbors! You're not the only one who isn't pregnant or has a baby. You're totally welcome here.

Yeah theres this crazy girl called terra who comes on here regularly and she's got an obsession with pregnant women

Haha we wuv our .Terra!

I think I have something like that but more obsessed with pregnant teens! And also the other reason lol...That i'd like to be pregnant but am torn about the whole thing. Gah.



Also, my real name is nikki (nicole)

Haha oh yes, a huge obsession. I sit here at my computer and fantasize about you all.


I'm not pregnant, and i've been here for about a year well i've been posting regularly for about a year, i've been here longer. I used to just come and read what people were saying because I thought babies were all "cutsie" which they are a lot of the time, and then I started posting and then I just started talking to a lot of cool girls here and just stayed. I used to be obsessed with this forum though, i'd come hree a million times a day. I still come here a lot but I dont' 'live' on it like I used to lol I was always here waiting for posts to pop up! But maybe that was because I had nothing else to do while I sat here and talked to my boyfriend online, now that he's moved away hes not on as much sooo im not on as much lol sigh..

yeah, I like this place :d the people are nice, hence I keep coming back hehe