Im 17 and i really want to have a baby.?

Question

Im 17 and i really want to have a baby.?

Answer 1

You should watch "Baby Borrowers" it comes on WE. It's about teens who get a chance to borrow a baby and see what it's like to take care of an infant, then a toddler, pre-teen, and teen. Having a baby seems like fun...sometimes it is but most of the time it's very stressful and difficult. I had my son when I was 19. It's harder than you think.

Answer 2

What's with all the teens wanting babies?  Don't you have anything else you want to do with your life before you become a mom?

Answer 3

too early.

i love kids, cause i am one at 15, but its too early. you'll regret it

Answer 4

honey go to youtube and pull up a video of child birth watch it,.......... this should help change your mind a little.......... and go get a job baby sitting little ones, do it as much as you would a full time job, this also should help you change your mind.... oh and count on 200.00+ dollars a month- and that is on the cheap side... oh wait ya not to mention the 10months of preg and body torture and lifetime changes to your body.... omg wait what about this economy, how about college you gonna go? crud what about 20years of your life... hmmm maybe you should REALLY think about this!!!!!

Answer 5

a baby is a lifelong commitment, you have a lot of life to live, wait a while, get married then have a baby.  Children need 2 commited parents, commited to each other and then to the children Jamie lynn has millions of dollars, which is what it takes to raise a child, WAIT

Answer 6

i got pregnant at 17.. im now 18 and 36 weeks pregnant!.. its the best thing thats ever happened to me.. it deff was not a planned pregnancy.. but i would never take it back.. i cant wait to meet my little boy.. if you really want a baby id say go for it if you feel you can handle it and have a supportive family to help you.. my boyfriend left me when i was 6 months... but i know my family is still here for me.. soo since you are young.. i wouldnt count on the daddy to cooperate.. me and my boyfriend were soo in love.. and had a great relationship.. then when i got pregnant he totally changed!

Answer 7

Well, babies are about obligations.  Wanting one and being prepared for one are two very different things.

To have a baby you need the following:

A spouse to help you raise it, a stable marriage built on respect, love and committment, adequate, steady income, health insurance, nerves of steel, a place to live, the ability to withstand pain with a smile on your face and patience when you haven't slept for a couple of days and have to work tomorrow, the ability and willingness to raise it yourself, instead of plopping it in daycare, the willingness and ability to not have an adult conversation that does not revolve around a tiny person's bodily functions for several years, the willingness and ability to play endless games of candyland, mostly, the willingness and ability to put another person's desires before your own needs, and to know when to stop that and take care of yourself.

Parenthood is so much more than anyone who has never had a child can possibly imagine.  It is a great and wonderful and trying leap into the unknown and nobody will ever be perfectly prepared and have enough money to fit that nebulous ideal of 'ready' to be a parent.

But at 17, it is frankly impossible, and selfish, to have a baby and keep it, because you simply do not have what it takes, either financially or emotionally, to do a good job.  Then you will hate yourself for not giving your firstborn what it really, truly deserved in life.  A good start.

Kind of like love not being enough to really make a good marriage, so the desire for a baby is not really enough to make you a good parent.  So wait, not until you are perfect enough, but until you can give a child the things it really needs.  A father, a home, a mother, adequate nutrition and attention and discipline and shelter and clothing.  Having something to love is not the same as really loving a helpless infant and child.  

Love is a verb not a feeling.  It is doing what is right even when you don't feel like it.