Cryptic pregnancy at 18 and now pro life for life

1. A cryptic pregnancy is finding out you’re pregnant 5 months into the pregnancy or later

2. I got pregnant at 18 once I found out I was pregnant with a pregnancy test and The father of my unborn child wanted me to abort my son, I felt pressured and like I was mentally unstable to raise a child. We went back and forth on it and I was pro choice at the time, thinking my life is priority. The father of my child made me pick between him or my baby without us realizing I couldn’t even abort my son even if I wanted to. I planned to marry this man and have kids with him in the future, we were together for 9 months and he never gave me a reason to doubt our relationship until I got pregnant and he left us both. Once I decided I was going to keep the baby he wanted nothing to do with him and I was going to be a single mom at 19.

I was scared and felt hopeless until I gave birth to the best thing that ever happened to me. It’s like waking up from a nightmare, everyone only tells you how awful birth is and what a nightmare to be pregnant and young. That’s fear mongering and man is it nothing like what the real deal is. I realized abortion is really lonely, you force a miscarriage on yourself, you go through postpartum alone, no one is there for you or care because you did it to yourself vs pregnancy you give birth and you’ll always have your kid. Your kid should be your best friend not your enemy and a lot of people fear mongering around this topic.

3. My statement on abortion is from my best friend who aborted her child before knowing I was pregnant, we would’ve been mothers together but she didn’t want to go through pregnancy alone and all along she wouldn’t have. She is now pro life too because her actions can never be reversed, she bled for weeks on end losing her child and it was the loneliest she’s ever felt in her life.

4. No women should feel like abortion is your last option, theirs pregnancy centers everywhere that can help single mothers as well! I implore all women check them out they’re awesome at helping single mothers or parents in general or if you need protection aka condoms, they usually have them for free. No matter what the age is, you all matter and so do your children.

I was 18 not mentally ready for a child, single and didn’t have a choice. It’s been 2 years since then and I am now the happiest I’ve ever been, getting married in December and so thankful I never had a choice to begin with.