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Originally Posted by Superstar
1) At what age did you first get pregnant?
2) Why did you get pregnant? (Was it unexpected, were you trying to have a baby, etc.)
3) If the pregnancy was unplanned what, if any, birth control were you using at the time?
4) What did you decide to do? Did you keep the baby, put him/her up for adoption, or have an abortion? How did you feel about your decision?
5) At the time you got pregnant, what was your marital status? Were you single, with a partner, married, etc.? Did that status change at some point in the pregnancy, and if it did, when?
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1. I had been 21 for one whole month when I got pregnant.
2. Pleasant surprise. Deep down I was pretty excited, but I'll admit I cried my eyes out at the fact that I knew my boyfriend wouldn't be so thrilled.
3. I was on the pill... I never really missed any but I liked to manipulate them so I had my period when I chose to. I don't know if that's what messed me up, or the fact that I didn't take it at the same time every day.
4. We ultimately decided to keep him even though my boyfriend was very insistent I get an abortion. I was pretty convinced also that it was the right decision due to horrible timing... but I had a pretty strong attachment from the beginning, so I couldn't go through with it. But if it had happened a few years earlier or with any previous partners... I can't say I wouldn't have gone through with the abortion. Knowing what its like to have a child, I just don't think I could have handled it.
5. I had only been living with my boyfriend for two months, after being together for one year, and just recently starting college courses. We got married a little over a week before I gave birth to my son.