February 27, 2008

HI EVERYONE!
My name is Kara, and I am an 18 year old stay at home mom (SAHM). I have a 6 month old daughter named Madilyn. Since this is an introductory post I'll start from the beginning. HANG IN THERE! ( =

I met my boyfriend in July '06. We met at a local pool hall we used to hang out at. He was sitting with my friends when I showed up and I introduced myself and we started talking. That's also one of our biggest debated, who came on to whom, lOl. We started seeing each other regularly and as corny as it sounds, fell in love.

In November '06, after 4 months of dating, I got pregnant. That caused ALOT of drama! My mom and family flipped out and tried to force me to have an abortion, they said I was too young to have a baby. Despite all the obstacles and people telling us no, we decided to keep the baby. When I turned 18 in April, I was 5 months along, I moved into his dad's house with him.

I went 3 days past my due date, and they had me induced. I ended up having the epidural after the 3rd hour because the nurses kept saying it would be a long labor. I was 5 cm when they did the epidural and right after it was administered I was 7 cm. I was in labor for 4 hours and pushed about 2 times before out came my little girl. AMAZING HUH?!

Madi was born in August '07. She was 9 lbs, 2oz and 20 1/2 inches long. A BIG BABY! So after we left the hospital we went back to my boyfriend's, dad's house and we lived there until Madi was 4 months old and then we got our own place.

I decided to start this blog mainly to help other expecting and new teen moms. I know that if I had found something like this while I was pregnant I definitly would have followed along. I want everyone to know that, I AM NOT CONDONING OR PROMOTING TEEN PREGNANCY, but I do know it happens, I'm living proof of that, and it helps to have someone who understands. It's not easy, trust me, being a mother, especially a teen mom, is probably THE most difficult thing in the world. There's money issues, patience, selflessness, and responsibility. For me, the hardest thing has been the fact that I can't just do what I want when I want it. Everything I do I have to consider my daughter. Even if it's just going upstairs to use the computer. I'm lucky though, I have a boyfriend that is around, responsible, and makes good money owning his own business. It's not an easy to make this work, but it's possible!