As lik everyone im against abortion as my friend had one and she does now have complications and she now regrets it. With adoption you may regret it down the line and your child may want to meet you and you dont know how you will handle meeting him/her. With keeping the child it may be really hard at the start and if you cant handle it you have family and there are alot of groups around. Ultimately its your choice and there are pros and cons for everything. Also think how you would feel down the line about it. I hope you make the right decision for YOU as it will affect have the biggest affect on you. I dont know how you would feel about this but i can pray for you if you want.

Good luck.

Dont abort-
Would you rather have the baby feel bad because his mother didnt want to keep him or to be killed by his own mother before he is even born? Give him a chance at a life, there are so many people out there that would love to take care of your baby.

I think about this sometimes when I look at my son-my husband and I heard our baby's heartbeat at 5 1/2 weeks; he was the size of a grain of rice, and we heard his heartbeat. You are 4 weeks pregnant already when you find out you are pregnant. And a week and a half later, we were hearing our baby's heartbeat. And that is what women are ending everyday through abortion. So very sad. A baby is very much alive and a human being with a soul at the moment of conception.

no abortion do adoption if you dont want to keep it but you have to think u are that childs mother do you want someone else to be.

Jamie,

I want to tell you my story - so you, who are in this situation or something like it will know what it's like if you keep the baby.

I'm married. It's a hard relationship - we fight often, we're poor. Sometimes we can't even afford to have the gas on in our house. We've gone months without hot water. The church we went to has donated groceries to us. We were going to get divorced - and then I got pregnant. I was 6 weeks along by the time I'd realized it. I was faced with the situation of Abortion, Adoption or raising a child of a man I didn't want to be with. He and I were bitterly cruel to eachother. So I really had a big decision to make.

I knew if I kept the baby there was a strong possibility that I would be raising it by myself and I was going to be poor - really poor. Even worse than I already was.

I thought long and hard over it.

I was scared - I prayed for help. I didn't know what I should chose.

I decided that I didn't want my baby to die, even if the father was a jerk. Even if my marriage fell apart. Even if I had to fight with the jackass for the rest of my life. Even if I didn't have enough money to live on and I had to get on welfare and foodstamps. Even if I raised her alone - I was going to keep the baby... because I wouldn't be alone - I'd be with my baby. We would have eachother. And every night when I crawled into bed asking myself, "Where did I go wrong with my life?" I could at least hold a little child that could someday whisper to me, "Mommy, it's ok - I love you."

I've never told anyone this. But when I saw this blog - I knew I had to say something. I know that as young women we have to take responsibility for our bodies.

We're old enough to have sex - we're old enough then to be responsible for our situation. Abortion should never be necessary, there are too many ways to prevent it.

Please, if you're considering having an abortion for whatever reason - please give your baby a chance to live. I was so thankful that I chose to let my baby live. I hold her in my arms now, she's 8 weeks old. She looks back at me with my eyes and graps my finger with a tiny version of my own hand and I cannot express the love that fills my heart. And no matter how poor I am, or unloved by a man - I have her.

A sweet little angel that loves ME ... even with all my screw ups and all my imperfections. She loves ME.

Your baby will love you - remember that. Your baby will love you more than anyone else in this world. You should never hurt the one you love or the ones that love you. Give yourself a chance to really be loved, give your baby a chance to be loved by you.

Facts are, life is never perfect. And if everyone in all of history waited until the perfect time to have a baby - nearly NONE of us would be here.

Love yourself and your baby enough to give it a chance at life. Yeah - raising a child is difficult sometimes, but it's also wonderful. All the tough times are tiny compaired to the times of sheer joy.

I promise you, if you love your baby - motherhood will be the greatest joy you ever experience.

I know - I'm a mother now. And even though I sometimes use formula samples that come in the mail to make sure my daughter has enough to eat - I'm just so thankful to hold her in my arms and for her love.

Men come and go, jobs are gotten and lost - money is earned and spent but one thing you will always have is your child's love.

It's a gift that is so precious.

Don't cheat yourself out of it.

reading your story brought tears to my eyes. i agree with you that even if you have nothing that you will still have your childs love. and Jamie i hope that you chose to keep your baby.

Random Chick