If you are the only young person you know who is pregnant, which often happens, you may feel very alone.
One thing you can do is try to communicate with and read stories about other people who have been through the same situation as you (having a child while still a teenager or young adult).
Here are some links that can give you a start in finding connection with other young people currently pregnant, and finding inspiration from other's success stories.
One thing you can do is try to communicate with and read stories about other people who have been through the same situation as you (having a child while still a teenager or young adult).
Here are some links that can give you a start in finding connection with other young people currently pregnant, and finding inspiration from other's success stories.
CONNECTION
BUBBALICIOUS: A website for young parents to connect online: http://www.bubbalicious.co.uk/
BABY CENTER CANADA: There is baby center Canada, with communities for pregnant women. You can join a birth club based on your due date: http://www.babycenter.ca/c25000183/birth-clubs, or join the group for under 25's who are pregnant: http://www.babycenter.ca/g25003199/moms-25--under BABY CENTER UK: The UK (ie. England) version of Baby Center has a very active forum on teenage or young mothers to be: http://community.babycentre.co.uk/groups/a230455/young_mums_and_young_mums_to_be BUMP AND BABY CANADA: has a forum section for pregnant teen pregnancy that seems quite active: http://babyandbump.momtastic.com/teen-pregnancy/ |
INSPIRATION
GRACIE on Birth Stories on Demand: natural birth in the hospital, she refused pain medication when offered: http://www.birthstoriesondemand.com/teen- pregnancyteen-mom/tag/teen-natural-birth
BABY GAGA: Here is a thread started and contributed to by many teen mom's, many of who had natural birth. This thread was one of my inspirations for making this site! http://forum.baby-gaga.com/about1357878.html TEEN BIRTH VIDEO! This page has four natural birth videos, but only two are still watchable as of December 2012. The last one at the bottom, however, is an 18 year old mother. Watching birth videos can be strange at first, but the more you watch them, the more you can understand the various ways birth can take place...lying down, standing up, in water, in a hospital, with friends and a midwife, etc. http://www.naturalbirthandbabycare.com/birth-videos.html VARIETY OF TEEN BIRTH STORIES: This Australian site has a variety of birth stories, from natural birth to cesarean sections, told by teen moms themselves: http://www.pregnancy.com.au/resources/birth-stories/teenage_stories/index.shtml |