A lot of the girls I grew up with were pregnant by the time they were 16. I just was lucky.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My mother got pregnant with me at the age of fifteen. This was '64, and unheard of at that time.
The reality is sobering: in the United States one in three girls will become pregnant before age 20, totaling more than 750,000 girls per year.
The first time I got pregnant, I was a young girl - I was 17 years old. Although I knew right away that I wanted to keep my child, being a pregnant teen was an extremely scary experience for me. Luckily, my family and friends were very supportive and were there for me every step of the way.
From 16 years old, I wanted to have a baby, that's all I wanted.
I got pregnant at 40 by surprise. It's funny, because when we found out we were pregnant, I said, 'Okay, let's experience that.' You just have to just go with it because it's rare.
I think I'm lucky that I had kids as spread out as much as I did, 'cause my son, my oldest, was born when I was 21. And my youngest is 15 now. He was born when I was 40, you know?
I feel like I was 30 when I was 17, and I decided to get married and have a baby.
I don't think a lot of women know how much their chances of having a child diminish as they age.
I think I've been lucky enough to have had an extended adolescence. I'm a lot like I was when I was 15.
At 16, every boyfriend I had I was going to marry.