If you were 18 and pregnant would you?

You don't need welfare while you 'cook it up'.

You can make arrangements (the welfare office will help you) so that 30 seconds after you deliver the child it is taken from you and you will never see it again. Adoption.

If you try to get welfare you will have to file paternity, the same day you file for welfare (TANF).

The first baby, well, like you say , things happen.

You can make your neighbors pay for your mistake (welfare), or give the child up for adoption and hope you don't make the same mistake again.

It is when someone who never worked, has no man, no family, has two kids, all of them on welfare, and now they are pregnant again, that someone is being dishonest.

When you cannot afford to have four children, and then have a fifth, IT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED STEALING.

I have dozens like that on my caseload.

Or someone who is disabled, never plans to work, has free birth control available, and gets pregnant, and expects their neighbors to pay for both of them - the rest of their lives.

Talked to her last week.

Abortion wouldn't be an option. If I really couldn't care for the baby, I would put him or her up for adoption and find the best couple I could, and I would do a closed adoption, because I want them to feel like a normal family, not one where me, who didn't even raise them, drops by all the time trying to fit in.

But I don't think I'd have to give them up. I'm 19 right now, and since I was 18, I've had my own apartment, money saved up for a few years, a good job (there's lots of open jobs around here), and even with school, I still have a good bit of time on my hands, it would be hard at first but I think raising a baby would be doable, a lot of people had babies young in my family and are doing good.

The father, by law, would still have to pay child support whether he was involved in our lives or not.

If I were in that situation, I'd consider abortion or adoption. It would be too difficult to raise a child on a little salary and no family to help support you. Whatever choices you make, good luck to you.

Why do people mention welfare like the plague? Do they see it as stealing from the government or they just have too much pride?

If they consider it stealing, I'd still steal something rather than kill my baby.

And if it's a matter of pride, I still wouldn't kill my baby just to save face.

Whether I kept them or put them up for adoption. It would matter on the situation. If other than money I'd be a pretty good mom, I'd keep the kiddo. If I liked partying and couldn't care for myself let alone a kid, I'd do adoption.

I would do anything possible for my baby. It is very hard not get attached and fall in love with your baby when pregnant. I'm not against adoption but it's hard on some mothers

Hi :)

I was 16 and got knocked up, Lost my job. My partner left me,

My son is now 18 months old. We rent a beautiful house, My partner and I are back together ( he realised when I was 37weeks he wanted to have a family) and am 18 and pregant with our child, My partner works full time while I do house dutys :) Long ride but worth it :)

Abortion is killing your precious little baby.

No woman ever held her precious newborn and regretted not killing it.

Read some stories of women who have done this and regretted it for life.

http://www.abort73.com/testimony/1442/

http://abortionrisks.info/

Praying for you and your baby. God has a plan for the life of your baby and for your life. He has given you this baby for a reason. His plans always work out for us better than our own. He knows us better than we know ourselves.

got married and a job

I would keep it and try and work as much as possible.