Is it normal if I am only 17 and I want to......?

You're a teenager, hoping to be pregnant from a chance encounter with someone with whom you aren't even in a committed relationship? No, that isn't normal.

Just because you still have feelings for the guy is no reason to want to bear his children. You are both very young, and you have your whole lives ahead of you--lives in which you can finish your education, get a stable job, get married (to each other or someone else), and have life experience and financial security before embarking on something as permanent and life-altering as parenthood.

Do you honestly think the guy in question would be happy to find out you were pregnant?

It may be normal, but it's not smart.

This is one of the many problems with having sex too young;

You don't even know WHY you have these thoughts, because you're not experienced enough with life and how humans think, to understand this.

All the reasons you're thinking of this, are wrong: You're thinking that he's going to be more likely to commit to you if you're pregnant, and/or you have some romanticized vision of motherhood with him being a dad, etc.

And nothing could be further from the truth. It's likely if you are, he's going to freak out and want to run away, or want you to have an abortion, and will likely NOT want to be your boyfriend or husband, or whatever, after this.

This is just your hormones speaking to you, combined with fantasy images you've picked up from years of TV shows and movies.

And let me guess... you've seen the movie Juno, right?

I thought so.

That's one problem I have with that film. It's going to give a bunch of young girls like you a romanticized image of pregnancy, when in reality, getting pregnant young, and not married, is a freakin' nightmare.

Yes it's normal that you feel that way- it is your hormones raging. It's also temporary. You won't feel that way a month from now, especially if you are pregnant. I got pregnant at 18- trust me, you are not ready. I love my children, but if I had to do it over again, I would have waited about five years. Trust me, it goes faster that you think. Hope this helps...

Its very much not normal IMO to want a baby period at the tender age of 17! You have no financial stability, you have no husband, no career, how do you intend on raising this baby, are you independently wealthy, or will my tax dollars be paying to help raise...its a baby not a doll.

You're 17 sweetie so no it is not normal for you to want a child that young. You and your ex need to sit down and seriously discuss this. Are you both ready for a child? Do you both want to go to college?? you need to sit down and figure these things out.

Okay, listen to me babe. U really don't want to have a baby, Especially when ur only 17. think about the academic and social torture u'll have to endure, its not worth it. At ur agae, u should be looking at boys, and worrying about ur grades.

Live your life before you get tied down with a family. You need an education first.

Do you want the baby in order to be a mother, or as a way to keep the father in your life?

ouch i think your probebly only feeling that because you want to be with him... its normal but pregnancy at 17 isn;t fun... trust me im 17 and 36 weeks(no i didn;t plan it the condom broke). i agree with the idea of getting a puppy or a kitten even.

why are you asking if you dont care if you got pregnant ...

i mean . u knew what you were doing it .. i hope because you want love for that baby not because you wanna prove to somebody you love um . cause thats stupid .. and your very selfish for doing it ..