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Finances were *one* of my concerns when I gave my daughter up. I have an older sister, she is 6 years older than me. She got pregnant when she was 17. She kept her baby, but she went through so many years of hardship and ended up having to give him to his father so that she could move away to escape a seriously abusive boyfriend. She spent many years on welfare and it was always a struggle for them. I didn't want my child to be brought up that way. My situation *might* have turned out different than hers but with Em's birth father already out of the picture before I even discovered I was pregnant, things weren't looking good. I've been reunited with her 9 days ago (she's 21 now) and one of the first things she told me was that her life has been great, so I feel I made the right decision.
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