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Too Young To Be Pregnant?
What do i do if i get pregnant and my parents sont approve and i am too young to have a baby? What do i do?
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Use protection!
Always, always use a condom, and make sure that your boyfriend knows how to use it. This will not only stop you from getting pregnant but will help stop you from getting diseases. Condoms are very good protection when used properly (they MUST be used properly -- no doubling up, don't use latex-dissolving lubricants with them, all that stuff). If you're really worried, try several birth control methods -- use the pill as well if you can, or spermicide.
If you think you might already be pregnant, you should have a pregnancy test. If you're pregnant, you might have to tell your parents. Depending on where you live, you may be able to get an abortion or put your infant up for adoption if you think you're too young to raise a child. Who knows? Your parents might be supportive. You're their daughter, after all.
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If you're having sex, you should know about the consequences.
Are you to young to have a baby? The real question is are you ready? Are you going to be responsible? Are you going to be there for the child for the rest of it's life?
If you're parents don't approve, then you should be more careful. Use a condom! Get on the pill...
There's a lot of stuff from preventing to have a baby.
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If your parents don't approve and you feel too young to have a baby, then you can either place the baby up for adoption or have an abortion.
Neither option is right or wrong, though some people have no problem telling women what to do or making them feel ashamed, so you have to decide whether or not it's right or wrong for you and you alone.
There can be a sense of regret with giving birth and giving your baby away, and sometimes women feel sad after an abortion, though there is no recognized phenomenon as "post-abortion syndrome" as some anti-choice people would have you believe. Statistically, most women feel relief so long as they were not coerced into aborting.
If you are less than three months pregnant, you are medically eligible for an elective abortion, however depending on where you live it may cost money or you may need parental consent, or you may have to travel on multiple days. Contact your local Planned Parenthood for more information.
If you are further than your third month, you should be seeing a doctor to monitor your pregnancy and looking at adoption options. There are agencies that your doctor can refer you to.
I wish you all the luck in the world. You're in a tough spot. I also recommend asking Planned Parenthood about birth control options to avoid this from happening again. Some people would say, "Just don't have sex," but that's not my business. Most people have sex without wanting to start a pregnancy. The important thing is to use contraception every time.
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If your too young to be pregnant, than why are you having sex, and not using condoms, or birth control?
You can either keep it, or put it up for adoption. I would suggest abortion, but an innocent life doesn't deserve to die, because you opened your legs, and got pregnant.
Plus, you will have so much guilt, and bagges if you proceed with the abortion. Personally, I'd talk to your parents. Let them know that your pregnant, or you might be. Yes, they will be mad, but they can help you make the right decision to get through this. next time, don't open your legs until your ready to face the consequences it may carry.
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If you're old enough to have sex, you're old enough to deal with the consequences. There's no such thing as "too young to be pregnant" unless you mean biologically.
The best course of action is to not have sex until you're ready to deal with a pregnancy. Of course, many girls think that birth control and condoms make them immune to unwanted pregnancies, which is totally untrue.
If you're using two forms of birth control and you get pregnant (it happens from time to time) you have three options:
1) Have the baby, raise it.
This one will be difficult to pull off. Since your parents don't approve, then you would likely get kicked out of their house and have to raise the baby on your own. That means dropping out of day school, trying to do classes by correspondence, and working or being on welfare. Not the best quality of life for you and baby.
2) Have the baby, give it up for adoption.
You'll still need your parents' support for this. You've got to eat right, be healthy, go to pre-natal appointments, etc. You've got to wonder for the rest of your life where that little part of you is; if they're happy, if they're healthy, if they're loved and wanted.
3) Have an abortion.
This one sounds like the easy option. A quick medical procedure, and you're out of there, baby free. Of course, you may have to compromise your own values in order to do this. Or let's say you're pro-abortion. Even then, you've got to deal with a certain level of guilt. I'm pro-choice, but I personally would not have an abortion. I think it's a last resort, not a form of birth control.
So there you go. Best method is the keep-it-in-your-pants method.
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Hey there,
There are several things you could do. You could have one of your family (not immediate family) help you raise it, you could put the child up for adoption, or you could have an abortion. If you are pregnant, I would talk it over with your parents and see if there is any way you could raise the child yourself or with their help. This is always the best option, for the child to be with its parent, but if that is not possible... adoption may be the next best choice.
Adoption is where you can put your child, after it is born in a foster care home where it can be adopted and raised by another family.. but only if someone chooses to adopt your child. Otherwise, kids can be stuck in the foster care system for a very long time without a true family.
Abortion is where you go through a procedure in which a doctor kills the fetus inside your womb, before it is born. I personally think it is the wrong thing to do, for it is a life and it deserves to be born into our world.
Whatever you choose, make sure it is in the best interest of the baby. It cannot talk, so you have to make the right decision for it. Sure, a child sometimes shouldn't raise a child... but many times it can be the best thing for a baby and its mother. Think about that <3
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