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I got pregnant when I was 17 and got much of the same response. My sister even attempted to abort my child by hitting me in the stomach with a baseball bat. I had to lock myself in my room and wait for her to calm down. I was also, I suppose you could say, mutually disowned by my father who repeatedly called me a whore. He was a teen parent himself. When I told him he picked me up, putting a lot of pressure on my stomach, tossed me out of his trailer and then slapped my mom, blaming her for "allowing" me to get pregnant. When I walked down the street, people would scream at me. Sometimes people would approach me when I'm at the store and comment on my decisions. Even now, I'm 18 and my daughter is 8 1/2 months old, people still feel the need to comment and judge. I think that's true for every teen parent. The best you can do is be confident in your decisions and your parenting. Ignore what everyone else says and hold your head up. Be proud that you were strong enough to make the decision to have your children instead of having an abortion. It's an amazing thing that you are doing. Be proud of yourself. *hugs*

I'm 17, 18 in a month, and a junior in university. I'll have my Masters one month after I turn 21. I manage work and university with a 3.5 GPA. I manage living in two different countries and I'm engaged to my high school sweetheart. I don't drink, do drugs, go clubbing, and I've quit smoking. I have a good income. And the possibilty that I'm pregnant has people, most of whom I don't know, commenting on how I should get an abortion because at my age I couldn't possibly handle it. All I can say is show them better.

first of all congratulations on your twins! secondly im 19 in 3 weeks and my daughter is 2 weeks old tomorrow and i,ve never had this problem with people judging........do you live in britain? i do and i have to say a majority of fully grown adults live of of our goverment so i dont know why they put it down to teenagers living of benifits! keep your chin up and ignore the comments...........know one can tell you wether you will be good enough or not! people who tell you your not are just people who place themselves as a 19 year old pregnant with twins and think oh i couldnt handle that! that does not mean to say you cant! beleive in yourself! i had people tell me oh its going to be so hard you wont cope (mostly on this site lol) but i love it! with the help of my partner i dont find it difficult at all! i think the most difficult thing must be the fact that im b___stfeeding so it makes going out in public a little aukward for me as i have to go and find somewhere to sit and get my b___b out lol! but im used to it now, it doesn't bother me its natrual! but hey thats not to say its going to get hard, she,s only 2 weeks old but im still waiting for the hard part lol! i think i dont really find it difficult at the moment as i belive in myself! so just keep doing that! i know its a little different as you have twins but trust me it will come natrually! ( sorry i,ve rambled on) GOOD LUCK!

haha i am actualy 19 in 2 weeks............sorry im in one of those weird moods today lol!

Don't sweat it baby girl. Pregnancy is just one of those things that attracts a lot of unnecessary comments whether you are a teen or in your mid twenties or in your thirties. I was 21 when I was showing and before my son I always looked about 15-I got soooo many comments from people and rude stares because they thought I was some tragic young pregnant girl. I would correct them and say, "hey I'm 21" and they'd feel like a dumba__s and leave me alone. At 19 you aren't THAT young to be pregnant. You are a full fledged adult so people may just be judging you because you look young-I dunno, but 19 is not some kind of shocking age. Carry that knowledge around in your head and walk around with confidence because they don't know-all they can do is a__sume and you and I both know a__suming makes an ASS out of them-not you! And trust me, if it wasn't this, it would be something else. I've heard of older women breaking down and crying because people a__sumed they were having twins when they weren't, and they were told how impossible it would be and how they should have aborted one. Pregnant women get comments about how they are adding to the problem of overpopulation or they get perverted guys hitting on them in the boldest ways because theirs a fetish out there of having s_x with pregnant women because of the affects pregnancy has on the feeling of your v____a. Trust me, it's endless.

For some reason V you just reminded me of the first time someone congratulated me. I was at Carter's buying some clothes, I was like 8 months along so I was showing. I was with Harold and he bought her a onesie that said "Daddy's Little Princess" We brought it over to the counter to pay for it, and the woman there took one look at me and her face lit up. She practically screamed "AWW congratulations!!!" And I just burst into tears and gave her a hug. She was kind of confused but I told her she was the first person to ever immediately say something positive to me.

Sorry I didn't mean to push enter.... Everyone else I had to *convince* that it was going to be a wonderful thing.

Oh wow. Thats awesome. It was always my dream to have twins. And you shouldn't care what other people think. As long as you KNOW you can support the babys then thats all that matter. And congratulations on the twins. :)

Aww Amanda, it just goes to show that sometimes strangers can have an impact by just being positive. You'll probably never forget that girl now but she doesn't have a clue that she did anything at all.

I know huh? That's why I make sure to congratulate every pregnant woman I see. Even if she's well supported, it still brings a smile to her face, so there's no downside to it. Hopefully I have impacted someone somewhere along the line even if I don't know it :)