Hello. I am writing this article just to talk about the things that people don't see from a pregnant teen's point of view. Many people judge and when they see a pregnant teen walk by they say "My gosh a girl with so much life ahead of her ruined it by opening her legs when she could have just kept them closed." Now its like the speculation of this bothers me. The reason why is because they judge people without even putting enough thought to how they see things. People dont always get pregnant because they want to get pregnant. I doubt a 16-year-old would just wake up and say "I'm gonna have sex today and get pregnant." Of course not. But the point that I was trying to make and something that I wanted to stress out is that it bothers me when people say you made a mistake when you got pregnant or you ruined your life. I don't think that getting pregnant a young age ruins your life. I don't think that getting pregnant at a young age should be considered a mistake. I was a teen mom too and at a very young age. I got pregnant at the age of 14 and believe it or not having my daughter was the best thing that could have ever happened to me and yes i'm not going to say that everything was easy, but having her gave me reason to want to get up and work so she can have things that I wanted that maybe my mom and dad couldn't give to me. Even though they might have tried to.

So I just want to talk about my Spiral a little bit to just give you an idea of my life story. My mom and dad had a divorce when I was really young at the age of 5 and since then I had been living with my dad. When I was 13 my dad passed away and they had his funeral on my birthday. He died on September 25, 2011 and my birthday was on October 6. So on the day of his funeral I turned 14. I was spiraling out after that. I started drinking and I had no control over myself. I didn't care about anything and I didnt realize how much I hurt my mom in the process. I didn't really care to be honest. So a few months later I was seeing someone but teen love can only last so long. I got pregnant I told my mom she didnt seem to say much about it. I moved out I was recieving money from my dad's social which was $434 a month. I moved in with my boyfriend and at the time it seemed to be fine. He started using drugs and he became more violent. And he would say mean things to me and maybe it was the hormones that I felt that everything just hurt me in a way you couldn't imagine. I never thought that he would say hurtful things to me and I never imagined that we would break up. So when I was 5 months pregnant I moved back in with my mom paying $200 rent and using whatever I had left from my dad's money to buy what my daughter needed. I started caring about my daughter changing the way I was because of her because seeing her little beautiful face made me want to be a better person because in a future I wanted her to look up to me and say I'm proud she's my mom. 

I dropped out of school but besides that I'm planning on returning and getting my GED. So like I said getting pregnant at a young age doesn't seem like a bad thing all the time. Well at least to me it doesn't. Sometimes having a baby can help someone change their life completely because they fall in love with a little piece of heaven that God gives you. I changed my life, and its been tough but every second has been worth it. I look at my daughter she's 3 and she's beautiful and full of life, and there is not one second that I regret having her. Yes. I know there are people who might read this and say "It would have been better if they were older and had a stable job their own place." And you're right you're absolutely right. But just because you may not have those things doesn't make getting pregnant a mistake. I am not saying if you are a teen go get pregnant it is okay. No Im not saying that I think you should wait until you are mature and find a good man that will always be there, but if you are pregnant and even if you didn't want to get pregnant its okay. It doesn't mean you have ruined your life forever. It just means God gave you someone more to care about and maybe seeing the baby will make you think differently and work harder for a better life. So I hope you guys really take that in mind and dont judge teen girls who have gotten pregnant because you never know if in a future your daughter will be the one who got pregnant at a young age. You wouldn't want people judging her. Thank You for your time.