[cynthia2340]

I got pregnant at 17 & before becoming pregnant me & my sons father had discussed what we would & wouldn't do if I accidentally became pregnant. He knew that I was completely against abortion, but he was scared when I actually got pregnant. He asked me to get an abortion & I said no, he asked me up until I was 4 months pregnant & at that point I told him if he chose not to be there fine he could go live his own life but if he chose to stay I didn't want to hear anymore about it. So I told him all through the pregnancy that the day his son was born he would thank me for keeping the baby. The day our son was born he cried his eyes out & said that he was so greatful I kept our child & that he wouldn't have wanted it any other way. It hasn't been easy & there was a couple times during pregnancy and soon after the birth I panicked & debated adoption, but I knew id never be able to do it. When our son was first born we were living off of $1,000 dollars a month & we stuggled for a couple of months. Today I am 21 years old my son is 3 and me & my sons father have been together for 5 years and we are currently living off of almost $5,000 a month. I am a stay at home mom and he works full time. Things do get easier if parenting is the road you choose. Mind you me and him didn't have any support from our parents finacially and minimal emotional support. We were also both brought up poor so we had been given a rough start but a happy ending. If I could make the same decisions over again I would my son is the light of my life.