After seeing some of the post from today I wanted to share this. I went through a very rough depression after my sister was killed. Then at 16 I got pregnant had her and went through an even worse depression. I never regretted my decision to keep my daughter as she was and is my blessing however when that depression came about my parents raised my daughter as I was in and out. I partied and worked to hide the pain of what was real. When my daughter came to me one day when i was fit sober enough to come home she cried to me and said she missed means my parents threatened to take her from me if I didn't get help. I was still suffering from my sisters death on top of other things as well. After that I went far away with her to a family members house. All that was three years ago. My sister died in 06 and I still to this suffer from her death. If it wasn't for her coming to me that day idk where my life would have taken me. I didn't have many people for support who understood, they just judged and they didn't realize it made it worse. I just want every one who feels like they are alone with this they aren't. I didn't have the help close to home and some of you my not. But some times the further the help and you can get away and clear your the better it could be. Every one is in my prayers who suffer from depression. It's a real matter and very serious!!
Wow! Thanks for sharing that. I found out I was pregnant late September or so. At the time I had just moved back home after having lived with my boy friend over the summer. There was so much going on in my life that I honestly didn't know what I was going to do after having found out I was pregnant. When I told my mom and dad they weren't all that thrilled but they told me they would support me and be there for me every step of the way. At that point in my life I was a strayed Christian practicing Wicca. That right there is a scary lifestyle. I was always stoned (weed), smoked close to a pack of cigs a day, and never wasted a moment being sober during the week or weekend. I'd fallen off the deep end. It wasn't until about a week before I'd taken a home pt that I'd stopped smoking weed and cigarettes, I'd stopped drinking too. Something was telling me to stop. When I told my boy friend at the time (now my ex) he insisted that I have an abortion. He claimed we weren't ready for such a decision. I mean we were only together for nearly a year, we'd just became exclusive in or relationship nearly three months before. I refused to let him talk about OUR baby as an it, like he or she wasn't already a life growing inside of me. I went through a deep depression living at home, having lost all of my friends, lost my boy friend, and my sister shortly afterwards to a deceptive relationship with a female. Needless to say I had hit rock bottom. Had it not been for the knowledge of my pregnancy I don't know where I'd be right now. I confessed all of my sins and worries to God, I'm a stronger believer than I ever was before, and I owe it all to my son. He is the reason I'm still alive, why I'm still fighting, why I've kicked my sons father to the curb and taken up the responsibility of both mama and papa. I've never been happier with my decision. I've done all of this not for my sake but for the betterment of my child's life and future. Today I lay here uncomfortable and worried about finances but I have the ability to say I'm 32 weeks +2 days pregnant, I have food and a roof over my head, I have a support system behind me, I'm a full time student, I've got a healthy and active little boy growing inside of me, and I'm sober and HAPPY that way. God is good.