Pregnant Teens and Teen Moms

I would say that it does an ok job or portraying what it is like. The only thing that really bothers me is they make it this huge deal about how hard it is to go to school and have a child. I had my son at 16. And I still graduated high school with my diploma. It is very hard, but it is the right thing to do. Especially Chelsea...she has so much help from her mom and dad, and she dropped out of high school and is still struggling to get her GED. When I found out I was pregnant the first thing I knew was that I would be graduating high school no matter what. I look forward to the day that I can tell my son about how I still graduated and how good it felt to walk across the stage with everyone. My son's father is no longer with me...we seperated shortly after I had my son, but the person I am currently with has been with me since my son was 6 months old and he is now 4 yrs old. Being a teen mom is an unforgetable path that I am going down, but I would never change anything about my life.

I really appreciate your feed back! I had trouble keeping up with school and I didn't have a baby so I could only imagine. I hope that all teen moms have your viewpoint but like you said even Chelsea who had support didn't finish school. if there's anything I could stress to any teen mom it's finishing school! that's amazing you did and have a good father figure for your little man! I'm dying for a baby but am careful seeing the 16 and pregnant has opened my eyes to just how hard a baby can be! I'm 22 and married and pretty stable financially and still want to wait a few years! I think your a good inspiration to teen moms. even though you have no regrets I still hope the number of teen moms drops. yes it's a blessing but as you said very difficult!!! thanks again!

Any more moms that have an opinion? Im just so curious how your lives go, and what the day to day is like. Obviously MTV doesnt show all of the ups downs and overall crazy times! Thanks!

im a teen mom a single one at that i have a two year old and a four month old Had my first at 18 im now 21 this is the hardest thing i have ever had to do, but i wouldnt change it. I work two jobs go to school and raise my kids i dont abuse them or treat them poor and they have everything they need or want i have my own house and my own car WITH NO HELP! so im proof that teen moms can do it so to everyone who says other wise please keep your opinions to yourself stop sterotyping because there is great teen moms out there and we dont need to be told we are young or dumb for our choices

Ok thats great that your are doing it on your own. but this thread was about what your hardships were, I wasnt calling anyone "dumb" for their choices. You made your choice, and when you make you bed you have to lay in it as well. I said nothing about sterotyping, chill out!

Sorry i wasn't pointing that at you, I was just reading numoriouse negative comment on this teen mom community about how teen mothers mad dumb choices and how we where unable to be a good mom, That was directed towards the negative people, And there was plently of hardships during this time and still is.

No its cool, I just wanted to make sure you knew that I love the show and wanted to know just how life is really like. Thx!

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Honestly in some aspects yes but in others no. I was 16 when I got pregnant and had my beautiful daughter at 17. My biological mother abandoned me when I was pregnant so my best friend and her family let me stay with them. During that time I had makayla. when she was 1monrh I achieved my GED, by the time she was 6mo old I had a apartment and had already gotten my CNA I and II then got hired at the local hospital. I'm now 26, my daughter is 9, and even though I'm still a single mom I'm very accomplished still working in a hospital and maintaining a house a car and of course a dog and a cat! It is a struggle even still but her birth pushed my ambitions to take care of her! My mother didnt do well by me or set a good example but I intend to continue doing differently for my daughter! I am engAged but he is a truck driver so it's still mostly me and her! Her father isn't in the picture because he was only slowing me down. Just remember your child's happiness is the most important, but don't forget to make yourself happy as well, but doing so without being selfish!

Hello, I am a Teen mother, I was 16 when I had my oldest child, the show is good and bad. My kid's dad and I are still together and getting married in a couple years, yes it's very very hard we've broken up and gotten back together a couple times, but he's been there for me every step of the way even when my family pushed me away. I had a difficult time telling my dad's side of the family because they're all really religious, but my mom's side was easier, my mom and aunt were young when they had their first kids... My life is NO WHERE easy compared to what they make them seem, i've never gotten a boob job or tummy tucks, i'm not covered in tattoos, my kid's don't have name brand clothing, I work full and part time jobs to support my family, I don't go out and party and things like that. All I can say is there is some good Teen Mom's and some bad ones.

You make very good points here, when I found out I was pregnant at 16 I didn't have any help, my dad wouldn't let me get my license so I had to drop out of school and work. I got my GED when I was 18 and now i'm working full and part time jobs and go to school online full time. Being a mom is hard but it's SOOOOO WORTH IT!!

I fell in love with the show. I had just found out I was pregnant when the show first started. I was 19 and was getting ready to move to college. I tend to run from my problems or ignore them til I cant anymore. I am against abortions even wrote a report on it in school but that what I said I was doin. I knew I couldnt but that was my way of ignoring it, it never happened. I started getting sick all the time couldn't keep much down more than an hour or so. My parents would ask or make a joke trying to get me to tell them that I was pregnant but it was very hard for me to tell them. I didnt have time to run outside to get sick so I had to go to the bathroom and my mom asked again and I just started crying then she started crying. She had got pregnant when she was 17 she wanted better for me, she knew all the struggles. I had a great pregnacy I love being prego that the easy part. With alot of help from my parents I was able to have two part time jobs go to school full time. I struggled the most with not being a family mom dad child. My dad was very opinionated his way or the highway so most the time felt more like a big sister than mother. I would date and long for a family but the guys didnt want responsiblities of a child. That when I really turned my life to God! After I started seeking the Lord and giving without wanting anything in return is when you will be blessed the most. Not saying your gonna get everything you want but you will have all the things you absolutly need. I still wanted a family eventually so I wrote down what I wanted in a guy so I would not waste my time or theirs. At the point of giving up I met this guy at church I heard was great with kids. I prayed not for me not to have a family but for a faithful man that serves God to be a father figure for my child. We talked a little and he started hanging out with us. I was so happy and blessed just with him investing time with her. We got to know one another pretty well and he had everything I was looking for and now my child has a great father. Its never always going to be easy if it was it wouldnt have the special meaning or love behind it, gotta go through the storm to see the rainbow! Do you know for sure, if you died today that you would go to heaven? If you A admit your a sinner B believe that Christ died for you C ask God to come in to your heart this is called the sinner's prayer Dear Lord, I confess I am a sinner and I need to be saved. I believe that Jesus died on the cross to pay for my sins. Forgive my sins, come into my heart, and save my soul. Amen