What were your initial thoughts when you found out you were pregnant?
“What am I going to do, how am I going to tell my parents?”
What were the first emotions you felt?
“shocked, scared, & stressful”
Did you have any worries?
“Yes!”
Did you know you were always going to keep the baby?
“Deep down inside yes, but there were thoughts of adoption.”
Was adoption ever an option?
“Yes!”
Did you have the support of your family?
“of course they were VERY supportive! If they didn’t support me, I wouldn’t know what to do…probably move in with the babydaddy.”
<What was your family’s initial reaction to the news?
“disappointed”
Has having a baby affected your relationship with your family and friends, if yes, explain just little.
“yes it had changed, we’ve been all closer together”
What is the situation with the father?
“he’s not supporting my daughter, we’ve been arguing A LOT we’re not together and there is negative tension between me and his family.
Do you think things would be different if you didn’t have a child?
“YES! It would be WAAY different! But I DON’T regret my beautiful daughter!”
Did you feel people looked at you differently when they found out you were pregnant?
“Of course they did! People judge all the time!”
Did you feel different after you found out you were pregnant? Like did you have a different outlook on things?
“Yes, I did”
How old were your parents when they had you?
“Uhm…OLD”
Did you ever think that you would get pregnant so young?
“No I didn’t”
Do you think that all the media like MTV’s teen mom shows have any affect on the rising birthrate in teen moms?
It could be, but that show didn’t effect me in any way of making the decision I made”
Is being a parent what you expected it to be, like easier or harder?
“it is easy to raise my daughter but with all the drama and bs with the babydaddy it wasn’t what I expected.
Do you think that being a parent now is different then being a parent when you are older?
“Yes it is different”
What misconceptions about teen parenting would you like to set straight to society?
“That ALL teen parenting isn’t like how MOST people think it is. As for myself I DON’T mak my parents watch my daughter while I'm out with my friends. Just because I made a mistake doesn’t mean I cant take care of my daughter, people and society need to know that all teen moms/dads aren’t what they think we are.”
What advice would you give to a teen mom who just found out they were pregnant?
“They shouldn’t judge us on the mistake I have made but by what we learned from them.”
Interviewer: Cassidy Wong
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