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So I came upon this post and had just a quick question: PreciousBaby19 - you say you have a son who turned 4 just recently and you are now 19 would make you 15 when you had him and had miscarriges since then....while I'm sorry for the miscarrages, wouldn't it be awsome if you gave yourself that little speech you just typed out when you were in the process of having s_x at 15? I mean isn't that a cla__sic case of a pot calling kettle black?? I don't know just a thought - you've got quite a mouth on you and seem to spend a whole to of time on this forum preaching to others, when really when one looks you over, you're just like the other 15 year olds getting pregnant, having babies much too young. and having a husband, looking for a house, getting a kitten (sometimes you ought to read things over before you post and think about home immature some of the things that you spew sound) do not make you mature. You are no better than the other teenage moms and want-to-be-moms and moms to be, so please stop trying to act like you are. Now I will run for cover before you open up that big old mouth with obsenities and go do that one thing, that's imprtant in life, you may or may not have heard about it - it's called a JOB.

SAMMIE-I am 19 years old, I got pregnant with my daughter when I was 18, she is almost 10 months old. She was a colic baby and she cried most of the time. I was married before she was conceived. DH and I live on our own, I am a SAHM and my DH makes more then enough for me to stay home, I am also 27weeks pregnant with my second daughter. Its hard...money wise you aren't ready. A babies expenses are high. I will just tell you what we spend because we don't use a__sistance and we will never use a__sistance. But on average we spend $50 a week on formula, I wanted to b___stfeed but she made my nipples bleed so I couldn't. Diapers is about $200 a month, wipes is about $50 a month. Clothes we spend probably $100-150 a month. So we spend $400-450 a month. Thats not including what we spend on her for her toys. But on top of formula since she isn't just formula fed we add on an additonal $50 a month for baby food and snacks. You say DUH to finishing school. Let me tell you something, you can go t o school pregnant, but morning sickness is hard. Then having to walk and do everything with this huge belly gets exhausting easily. But you also need to work if you wanna support this child. You need to realize that right now yes you want a baby, shoot when I was 15 I wanted a baby too. Of course I wasn't s_xually active and I preferred doing stuff with my life. Then I met DH and when he and I became active, moved in got married we got a surprise, that surprise ended in a miscarriage...then my daughter came along. This time DH made a mistake and here we are again. I am happy, but I am 19 pregnant with my second baby. I love my kids to death. But man does it get hard. My daughter wakes up every 2 hours, teething is HORRIBLE. She cries non stop at night. Some nights I don't even get any sleep. I am lucky though because I am a stay at home mom and don't have to get up and go to work or go to school. So I can relax a bit. But seriously, you may want a baby but just hold off til you are officially ready. Know for sure the guy is the one, know for sure you are financially ready. Know that you have the time for a baby, and school isn't an issue. I really hope you make the right decision. At 15 you have so much more life to live. I cut my life off completely to be with my daughter. And although it works for me, it works because DH and I are FULLY independent. We don't use government a__sitance or rely on our parents. It is harder when you have a baby to get a place. Because you have more expenses then just food rent and bills. If you start out in your own place and then prepare for a baby it makes it easy. But its not easy, in fact having and caring for a child is really hard at any age. Very time consuming and you don't want to be away trying to do school, working and never be with your baby in the end.

I think your a little to young to even be thinking about having a baby. When you can type a sentence with proper grammer, than how about thinking then. You'll want one know but how about when your older? You'll be thinking "i was soo stupid!".

Nerdy, you should check out yard and rummage sales. I get a lot of my dd's clothes and some toys from them. I figure with how fast she goes through clothes and how quickly she gets them dirty i don't want to be spending too much on them. I actually have found some really nice things, last week i bought 5 pairs of jeans and 5 tops for 18 months for only $5. Everything is in pretty good shape and i think they will fit her perfectly when the weather gets cold. Just a thought since pretty soon you will be having to buy even more diapers, wipes and stuff like that.

KRISSY-I have looked and there hasn't been anything around here. If there is the clothes are stained lol But I am on another forum and there is a swap shop and they sell for cheap so I started buying there too. I just got a big box of clothes for the new baby for only $10. I think at the end of the month Junior and I are going to start buying online and at swap shops me because we get more for less. And some are selling them for cheap, even stuff with original tags

Nerdy - You should also check out craigslist. They usually sell some great stuff. Also Babies R 'Us have great sales sometimes like 50 - 75% off cause wow you spend a LOT of money on that baby.. lol.

Nerdy, for us it's hit or miss, but since i go out every saturday morning i am able to come across some nice stuff. it's sort of become our (me and dd) thing to go out around the neighborhood and look for them. You have to start early to get the good stuff or else all that is left is the stained stuff like you said. But that swap shop sounds like a good deal and so does craigs list, i'm sure there are lots of moms willing to sell everything for a low price.

Girl, your body isn't even finished developing yet. Sure, physically, you may be ready to have a baby - but what about everything else? A baby is a lifelong commitment. Food, diapers, clothes - very, very expensive. If you have a child to look after, you wont be able to work to support it. Also, think of the effect it has on your body - stretch marks all over the place; and having something that large come out of your v____a will affect it for the rest of your life. Instead of going out and having fun with the rest of your friends, you'll have to stay home and watch the baby. Trust me, don't do it. Do everything you can to PREVENT the pregnancy.

LOL yeah we do, I'm moreso one of them people who just goes to the store grabs a box of wipes diapers...or an outfit without looking at prices. I used to be big on coupons and sales but I gave it up. Got tired of going from store to store lol instead we just get it at whatever store we go too, which is usually Safeway since it is closer...What is craigslist? Is that an online thing. I will have to look into it.

craigslist is like a thing for your area where people post things that they want to get rid of. For example in my area you click chicago then click to where you live near "northwest suburbs" for me and in the babies and kids they have ALLL sorts of things. Some people sell lots and LOTs of clothes. It's pretty great. just craigslist.com

Oh ok! I will have to look into that and see if there is anything...sounds like some good deals

I love craigslist!! there's so many great deals on there. sorry, just had to say that....

I DO love craigslist, I am currently selling my like $900 watch on craigslist... ebay lists it at 550 I'm selling it for 400 xD I just don't want it anymore. It's a great site.

OH NO you are 15 years old! You may want a baby and your boyfriend may want a baby but it is tough work! Do you honestly think that a baby is going to help you in the long run??? Mommy and daddy aren't going to be too happy when they find that their baby is having her own! Go to College, go get a job that will support your family when you are in your 20's!!! Please finish high school before getting pregnant! A baby isnt going to complete you!!! Think before you act!