A few months after I turned 16 I found out I was pregnant. It was hard for me to deal with just like any other teen. My mom and I talked about all the choices I could make. I decided I was going to have an abortion. I never thought I would make a choice like that but 16 (and a baby). When I went to the abortion clinic they did an ultrasound to see where it was, thats when the woman looked at me and with open arms said hunny you are having twins. I just started crying. Right there I decided I wasn't going to go through with the abortion. The whole pregnancy experience was one of the most amazing things I have gone through. Here I am now 17 years old with 3 month old beautiful twin girls. The father left me a week before I found out I was pregnant, and we hardly ever talk now. But I have a wonderful mom who has helped me with everything. I have my sisters and other family members who are here for me all the time. I think about if I made the wrong choice by keeping them, but when I wake up every morning and look at those beautiful girls, I KNOW I made the right decision. I have matured and grown so much in the past 10 almost 11 months. I never thought I could take care of them, but my girls need me, and I am all they know, and for me to leave them like their father has would be a horrible thing. Now honestly if I did not think I could do it I would give them up, but it is time for me to grow up and take care of my responsibility. I love my girls, and I hope every mom will understand one day how important it is to take care of the beings they brought into this world.[/b]
I am glad you made a decision for you and that you are happy with your decision. But I want to point out that we support every woman's choice on here, including abortion. The way you said things in this post almost made it sound like you don't understand how someone could have an abortion. And I do think every mother on here knows how important it is to take care of their children.
I just want to let you know that girl-mom is pro-choice and that we do support every choice a woman makes and want it to be a safe place.
that's a rather unprofessional encounter you had at an abortion clinic, as a medical student i'm pretty shocked. i've never seen any tech, nurse, or doc have that kind of response to twins on an ultrasound. fetal twins aren't all that rare at any clinic dealing with pregnant women.
i hope you have the support you need. sounds like quite a story you have.
yay twins!!!
i had boy/girl twins when i was 15. they are 3 1/2 now. good luck with everything. if you need any advice/support pm me. i know what it is like taking care of two babies.
Indeed that is quite an unprofessional technician.
If the technician told me that...
I don't know what I would have done.
Which is why I am not going to think about it :)
IMPRESSIVE!! looking after twins must be hard work. I remember being in hospital after i had my son and reading this book about how to breast feed twins and seriously i was like holly cow that looks hard. What hare your two girls names if you dont mind me asking?? Hope your enjoying being a mamma.
welcome to girlmom. I am Charlie and I have one baby- Cae.
I agree. I work at at AB clinic and the pracs never volunteer any info about the pregnancy during an ultrasound except for the gestational age that you haven't previously agreed to. For example, we ask during the counseling process if the woman would like to know if it was a twin pregnancy because of genetics. Is it possible the tech didn't know you were there for an abortion?