Michelle answers:

I’ve found it ok, im 16, il be 17 on the 6th of January. I was 10 days overdue so they took me in to induce me with a gel. When they were putting the first gel in they told me i wasn’t dilated at all so i’d probably need 3 or 4 gels.
So i started getting minor contractions and they came round at 6 in the morning to check me and i was just 2-3cm dilated so i needed a second gel so i didn’t get the water birth i wanted :(.

By 7a.m my contractions were worse and i was put on Gas and Air which was lethal, better than drink 😉 lol and i was ringing my mummy and boyfriend every 2 mins to hurry up because i was in so much pain. At about 10 they got me on to a rocking chair to help bring the baby’s head down and after 15 mins of rocking on that i was in so much pain and couldn’t stop sucking the gas and air so at half 10 they examined me and i was 5 cms dilated.
They told me i’d be going down to the delivery room in about an hour because there was no room for me at the moment. While they were examining me my mummy and boyfriend arrived, the midwives were running a bath for me to ease the pain and mummy was talking to someone and 5 mins after id been examined i started screaming at my mummy that i needed to push so the midwife came round and examined me again and said i was 8cms dilated and i was going down to the delivery room now.
They didn’t have time to wait on one of the carrier people to come get me because they were in that much of a rush so the midwives had to push me down.
When i got down i was in so much pain and really needed to push but they wouldn’t let me because my bladder was full and that would harm the baby’s head, but i pushed anyway, good thing i did, it emptied my bladder cause i peed myself 3 times then lol.
Then they got me onto my feet to help bring the baby’s head on down and i was leaning on my boyfriend cause i kept passing out, then i’d to lean on the bed with my boyfriend behind me so i wouldn’t fall, i duno how but i managed to take my extensions out in the middle of a contraction :L
while i was on my feet i was pushing and the midwife told me they could see the head and i needed to get onto the bed but i argued with them that i wasn’t getting in the bed i was pushing the baby out on the floor, but they told me the baby would die then because it would hit its head of the floor so i got up on to the bed on my knees so i was pushing the baby out behind me and with 2 pushes and just Gas and Air the whole way through my beautiful daughter was born at 1:30 p.m on the 3rd of December 2009.
I needed stitches duno how many tho, i didn’t wanna know, but it was because she came out with her hand up by her head and slit me then that stretched. While i was waiting to get stitched a red light started flashing and we thought it was just for midwives to come for and emergency c-section, but when my mummy was going out firemen were coming pushing past, workmen had thought they burst a water pipe but it was a bath being run for me :L
then 5 days after i was at the toilet and went to look at my stitches and there was something hanging out of me so id to go to the hospital, it was a bit of membrane, there was still a good bit in my uterus, they put me on antibiotics to see if itl pass instead of giving me an operation so i’ve to see at my 6 week checkup what the doc says.
Shes actually been a really good baby, sleeping through the night and not crying that much unless shes looking attention Lil but the last week shes been really unsettled, still sleeping at night though so we think shes got a bit of colic.

Michelle answers:

It takes longer than 3 months to lose the weight.

Michelle answers:

Hey, im 35 weeks pregnant and just turned 20. I know you asked for teenage mums but i thought id try and help out a little anyways (since i only just missed the cut off and i guess 20 is still considered young)
Good luck with your assignment, here goes…

I went to the doctors because i had a lighter period which wasn’t normal and had experienced a bloody discharge. I had googled a couple of my symptoms and suspected i was pregnant.

I was in shock when i found out, excited but stunned! Even though i had suspected it i was taken aback to hear the doctor confirm my suspicions.

I told my partner straight away and told my parents- i didn’t tell other people until 12 weeks.

Nope, i went in by myself to have the blood test done, although my boyfriend knew i was going.

I had already left school 🙂

I do get strange, judge mental looks- it doesn’t help that i look younger than i am (if im wearing no makeup). People do pass judgment and tell me how young i am to have a baby, they are also not as willing to help me. (Eg i dropped some money at the supermarket and the lady just stood there looking at me knowing it wasn’t easy for me to bend down, people dont give up their seat on the train for me ect)

Im planning on going and studying externally or at night to further my education maybe next year or next semester.

I never considered abortion, im not against it but im in a stable relationship and have been with my boyfriend for two years. While it wasnt planned we both wanted it in the future. We are financially secure- own our cars, have a steady income )we are renting now but he had owned two houses previously) and i have support from my family. There was no reason for us to terminate the pregnancy.

I had two threatened miscarriages with the pregnancy and developed something which forced me on bed rest for a few weeks- scary but the baby is fine now.

Im booked into a birthing centre where the only drugs available to be administered are gas and pethidine- so no epidural. In for feting this i get an amazing room and they are much more personal.

I had morning sickness for about 5 weeks.

I havent had cravings but have gone off of a few things- chinese food, meat doesnt really appeal to me and i seem to want to eat all the things your not supposed to have when your pregnant (soft serve, deli meats, seafood ect)

Im not highly religious so that didnt concern me.

I have alot of support, ive lost a lot of friends mainly because i cant go out drinking ect which is disappointing but it makes you realise who your true friends are. My dad isnt around though.

The dad is very excited for the arrival of the baby and cant wait!

I was 19 and he was 27 when we found out.

I had depression before i got pregnant but have necver felt better, im so excited. Its daunting at the same time though. I take care of my body and have a new found respect for it.

My mum is thrilled to be a nana, she had me when she was 21 so she will be a young nana which i think is great.

We dont have any other kids, would like two more but we will be waiting until the first is atleast two before we start trying for the next. We have no immediate plans to get married- its a mutual decision. A baby is a huge commitment and we have other things we would rather do before spending thousands on a wedding. I dont want someone to marry me just because they feel its the right thing to do because im pregnant.

I dont think there is ever an ideal time to have kids- ypur always going to want something else (a better job, better car, to have travelled, more money in the bank ect) but you just have to make the most of it. Just because we are having a baby doesnt mean we have to stop doing everything we love, a baby is supposed to enrich your life not take away from it.

Michelle answers:

Well…I’m in 9th grade and my “friends” are like that too..there isn’t much you can do about it honestly! Maybe you’ll be lucky and within the next few years they’ll grow up, some people never grow up though. You have to just ignore them. If they really bug you then I can’t blame you at all for telling them to grow up. Sorry if this doesn’t help much. :$