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Pregnant at Fifteen

Pregnant woman

By Leanne


When I thought that I was pregnant I told my boyfriend. He said it was really good - but I was scared. I did not want to be pregnant at fifteen years old.

Me and my boyfriend went to the pharmacy to get a pregnancy test. I did not want to go in, so I told my boyfriend to go in and get it. As soon as we had bought the test we went to his mothers house where I did the test. I was really scared.

The test was positive. I didn't know what to do. I told my boyfriend and he was loving every minute of it. He ran down the stairs and told his mother. I didn't want anyone to know.

His mother phoned his father. He was alright about it, but I didn't want my father to find out because I knew he would go mental. So I stayed away from home for three or four weeks.

I told my friend and she told her boyfriend. He lived in my street and he went and told my father. My father came to my boyfriend's house. He was going mad saying 'you're not going to keep this baby'.

I did not want to keep it at first. Later I was determined to have it. My father said it would be hard work and I would not be able to handle it. But I was thinking that I've been through so much already in my life - I would be able to cope.

My father did not like it one bit but he's alright now. He's not the easiest person to speak to. I haven't got a mum - she passed away two years ago. It's not so easy speaking to my father about girl things.

I can't wait to have this baby - I'm really excited.


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