So, I'm 17 and yes, I'm about 6 weeks pregnant. I have taken about 4 tests, expensive ones and they are all clearly positive. I haven't gone to the doctor yet.

My boyfriend and I are just confused on what we are going to do. I'm still in high school, it's our senior year. I would be 18 when I had the baby but I planned on going to college and having a great career. I have a job that I've been working for, for over a year now. I make A's and B's in school. My boyfriend is being supportive, and so is his mother and family.

My mom and dad don't know yet. I live with my dad. I'm terrified of telling them.

PLEASE don't judge me, but I'm considering abortion. I know it sounds terrible and heartless, and trust me, I feel disgusting for even considering it, but I don't know how to handle this. I honestly feel I could do this. I have a job. I am smart. and yes, I made a mistake of letting this happen but No one is perfect. I do love my boyfriend very much, yes I am young but we aren't your regular teen couple. We've been through tons together and now we are handling a baby.

I just want to know if this is possible. I have friends that support me. My boyfriend's family supports me. And I hope to God my own family will. But please tell me, I know this will be hard, but could I do this? could we do this? The father is 18, and like I said I will be 18 when the baby is born. I just want some words of encouragement. Any words of advice would be great. Thank you.

Only you can make the decision of whether you should keep the baby or not. It sounds like you have a great head on your shoulders and some great support out there (hopefully you'll get that from your family too if you tell them). Even if you decide not to get an abortion but still feel you are too young or not ready to have a baby you could always give it up for adoption. Whatever you decide, make sure it's the right decision for you. Good luck to you hun.

Yes you could give it up for adoption, that would be an option.

hi look on utube on abortion an watch the videos then decide what you want to do.
i was 15 when i got preg with my son, i just turnd 16 when i had him it is very scary at first worring about how your life is going to change i chose to keep him he is 8 now im 24 an i dont regret it. your life dont have to stop because you have a baby i didnt have all that much support to be honest but most of the time it just come naturally. let me know how you get on hun an what you decide an ill be hear 4 you if you need me an tc xx

p.s i have had an abortion just 2 years ago not by choice tho the dad made me. an im being honest ill never forgive myself 4 it ,it was the worst thing iv ever had to do in my life, but every1 is diff. no 1 will juge you its your choice, its your life in the long run hun you know deep down if you can do it or not xx

As someone who's suffered an M/C I have a hard time agreeing with anyone who wants to nyx a perfectly healthy pregnancy. I know I may sound harsh but you, as an intelligent young lady, made the decision to sleep with your boyfriend and hold that responsibility in your hand knowing that sex is not entertainment; it's the primitive act of reproduction and while it may have become a source of pleasure and play it still leads to the creation of life. My philosophy and that of my parents has always been: If you're old enough and responsible to make the decision to engage in sexual activity then you're old enough and responsible enough to raise the child you create.

Granted you may want things in life that are coming your way. You want to go to college. You want a great career. There's nothing saying that with supportive parents and a supportive boyfriend that you WON'T/CAN'T have that. Please keep in mind that even if you do not want this baby there's hundreds of women struggling to conceive their own that CAN'T and would welcome that baby into their arms and lives. I urge you to keep this pregnancy if it's a healthy and viable pregnancy and consider the option of motherhood or adoption. I understand you're scared, but a baby is a miracle and is a baby from conception regardless of what pro-abortion propaganda says. You can't tell women who have miscarried at 6wks+ that what they lost was a "lump of tissue" as these people so callously put it. At 6 wks there's a heart beat. 8wks? They respond to pain. Keep this in mind.

On the other hand you seem VERY intelligent and I have no doubt of you being able to handle this and weight the options considerably. Also? BabyandBump has a full section for teenage girls going through pregnancy so if you do decide to continue on with the pregnancy We here in First-Tri and the girls down in the Teen section will always be supportive.

I wish you luck and say congratulations.

thanks for the support everyone.

Like I said, I'm just scared.

I know it will be hard, I just want to have hope that I and my boyfriend can still go to college to get our degrees, and start our lives. My friends tell me this may be a blessing in disguise. I'm just so scared.

No one can tell you what is right or wrong for you. If you decide to have an abortion, that is your right. If you decide to go through the pregnancy and give it up for adoption, that is also your right. And obviously if you decide to keep the baby, that is your right as well. There are a lot of different opinions on this forum, many pro-life (anti-abortion) and many pro-choice (supporting a woman's right to chose this option). Don't let anyone make you feel guilty for making the choice you feel is right for you, whatever that may be. That "right choice" would be very different from person to person. I'm sure there are support groups for young women in your position near your home, some counsellors who can help provide support in your decision making... Best of luck, and feel free to private message me if you want to chat more

Hi, I totally understand that you are scared. I planned this baby and when I found out I was pregnant I was absolutely terrified so you are not alone. You sound like a reasonable, intelligent girl and your age means nothing, its much more to do with your life experience and level of maturity. I think you need to reread your post and see that your answer is already there. If you are honest with yourself you want to be able to have this child and just want us to tell you its possible. Women have been having babies since the dawn of time and few of them have the intelligence, the job or the support that you have. You can do this. It will be scary, pregnancy is scary, trust me, but it is also amazing. At 7 weeks I had a terrible scare where we thought it was ectopic (tubal) and had a scan. We saw the head and body and we actually saw the heart beating, like a little light flashing on and off. It was amazing, I was about as far along as you are and if the thought ofn that makes you feel maternal, or emotional or beautiful then you are already starting to get attached to this baby. Send me a private message if you would like to chat more about this, it must be a really scary time and as a scaredycat pregnant person, I get it, I really do! xx

If you want to keep it, you can. Don't cling onto the excitement of just being pregnant though, weigh up both sides of the situation, as you won't just have the happiness of pregnancy, there will be the baby afterwards!!

It is pretty heartbreaking to be TTC for nearly a year now, and to have suffered two m/c this year alone, and log in to a safe haven such as BnB to see someone thinking of aborting.

However, not including my personal life I am firmly pro choice. You do, whatever is right for you, and your life. Your OH may leave you. You will have to give up your job. Your degrees etc will take longer to do, though they are more than possible to achieve.

I don't suggest adoption, as at such a young age the effects of carrying a child on your body and mind, then to give the child away I believe to be too traumatic. But it truly is your choice!! Don't let anyone guide you either way hun x x x

In the end the decision is up to you.

My mom had me very young, and went to university when I was a toddler to become a nurse. It is possible. Sure, it would be more difficult and you may have to wait a little longer than you hoped but it is not out of the question.

As I said though, its completely up to you. I wish you luck