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No one can make this decision but you. My daughter was in the exact same situation as you, same age and everything. My grandaughter is now 10 months old and my daughter's boyfriend has been gone since the baby was 2 months old. Having this child is going to change you, whether you place or parent. Your boyfriend may not be able to live with the reminder of your intimacy with another man - but will you be able to live knowing that you are not with your child because of him?
When my daughter came to us with her pregnancy, the only real advice we gave her was to make her decisions based on herself only. Take the boyfriend out of the equation and what would you do? Adoption is permanent, boyfriends aren't usually. Your child is a part of you, and if your boyfriend loves you - true unconditional love - he should love your child as well.
Good Luck to you.
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Amom in an open adoption to Billy and Alexis
*To be blessed once was a gift, twice was nothing
short of a miracle.
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