My Journey as a Pregnant Teen

Where do I even begin? The last seven months have been the most stressful, exciting, heartbreaking, and rewarding months of my life. A year ago if you would have told me I would soon lay in bed, in my apartment with a fiancé and a baby on the way, I would have honestly laughed. I never wanted to have children, I never wanted to experience giving birth or being pregnant. I didn’t have a serious plan for life; I wanted to graduate and pursue whatever passion I had. I never thought I would lay here and write a story about my teen pregnancy, but here I am, so let’s begin.

T and I

My fiancé and I have been together for a year and four months now. I will be 17 next month and he is 18! The first day we ever hung out was June 4, 2017, that is also the day we started dating. Everything changed that day, although we had no clue how much things would really change. We were instantly inseparable; we spent every night and every day together, you couldn’t pry us apart.

Three short months later we got engaged, it happened so fast and was so unexpected. I had just wrapped my head around the fact that I was in a full on relationship and within seconds I had a fiancé. Everyone was shocked but supportive, they loved our relationship and the fact that we were so in love. Over the next year we lived together in several places and moved multiple different times.

My Pregnancy

I found out I was pregnant on April 11, 2017, ten months after we started dating. I was having trouble with ovarian cysts, therefore I switched birth control multiple times and ended up pregnant. I didn’t have any huge symptoms or indicators other than a change in appetite. I remember taking the test late at night because for some odd reason my body just told me to get up and take a test.

I remember coming back to find it sitting there with a faint second line. I took a second test immediately only for it to show the same thing. I sat in the bathroom and stared in the mirror for way too long; I was numb. I didn’t know how to feel or what to think, all I knew was that I would be a mother. I waited for T to get off work and I showed him the two tests. We were both in shock; I remember laying in bed and talking about everything that night.

Over the next few months we told family and friends about our new addition. In the beginning I was embarrassed of my pregnancy, but that feeling was quickly over come by love and excitement!

The beginning of my pregnancy was easy, I didn’t have morning sickness or nausea. I craved all of my favorite foods and I could never eat enough! We found out we were having a baby girl at our baby shower and gender reveal on 09/08/18! Exactly one week later, I went into preterm labor which was a terrifying experience. My pregnancy was no longer simple and sweet, it had suddenly become complicated and scary. The doctors stopped my contractions, and I was sent home the next day. I’ve continued to have contractions ever since therefore I’ve been on modified bed rest until my daughter is born.

I’ve done online school for the past two years therefore the only thing this affected was my job. My fiancé works full time and supports us well and for that I’m very grateful. A week ago today we moved into our very own apartment together, our baby girl will have her own room along with everything else she needs!

Our Future

Of course I wish I would have waited to have a child until I was older and more prepared, but I wouldn’t change anything that’s happened. My daughter isn’t even here yet, and she’s already changed our lives for the better. My fiancé and I both want so much more out of life now that we have her on the way, she’s given us a bigger purpose in life. Every morning we wake up and tell her good morning with a smile on our faces.

I would never condone teen pregnancy but if you find yourself in this situation, just know your life is not over. By no means are we perfect, we definitely have a lot to learn and a lot of growing to do but we’re more than willing to do it. I cannot wait to meet my baby girl and start this new chapter of our lives as a family.