School And Being Pregnant? Posted: 08-10-07 14:45pm
Hi, my name is Alena, and i found out that
i was pregnant with twins about a month
ago, i am very happy, ive decided to keep
them, and my boyfriend has agreed to help
me in any way possible. Now, when i told
my mom this, she was mad at first, but
knew i could handle the responsibility,
but also knew i would have to eventually
drop out of school...i am entering my 3rd
year of highschool grade 9, and id like to
know if there are schools that are just
for pregnant teens, or teen mothers? any
more useful information is really
appreciated, thanks so much =]
-alena
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Ingi
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Posted: 08-10-07 15:02pm
You should call your school district.
How far along are you? How did you find
out if was twins?
well im a bit more than 5 months pregnant,
and i had an ultrasound at 3 months, and
thats how i know. it obviously shows, and
since its summer, no one at school knows
that im pregnant. i dont think ill be
going to school this year, since it
already shows and can be a distraction.
but yea, i think i should speak with the
school..
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Ingi
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Posted: 08-10-07 17:06pm
Alena92
wrote:
well im a bit more than 5
months pregnant, and i had an ultrasound
at 3 months, and thats how i know. it
obviously shows, and since its summer, no
one at school knows that im pregnant. i
dont think ill be going to school this
year, since it already shows and can be a
distraction. but yea, i think i should
speak with the
school..
Your babies will be a distraction later.
Might as well get as much done now as you
can. School pregnant is
much easier than school with babies.
Although I only had one, when I was 16 and
going to school it wasn't easy.
There are alternative schools that have
daycare in the school. You might want to
look into that.
thankss, ill definately look into it, wow,
i didnt even know that existed good to know, just
one question...im actually pretty nervous
about giving birth to my twins, i dont
have any health problems or anything, but
are there any risks during the birth that
may occur? or may i even lose one or both
before its even time? its just a concern,
ive kinda gotten very attached to my baby
girls, Hannah&Jazmine<3
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Ingi
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Posted: 08-10-07 17:50pm
Alena92
wrote:
thankss, ill definately look
into it, wow, i didnt even know that
existed good to know, just
one question...im actually pretty nervous
about giving birth to my twins, i dont
have any health problems or anything, but
are there any risks during the birth that
may occur? or may i even lose one or both
before its even time? its just a concern,
ive kinda gotten very attached to my baby
girls,
Hannah&Jazmine<3
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/div>
Your doctor would be a better person to
talk to about the risk of twin delivery.
Unless there is something else going on
with you healthwise, you should be fine.
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HEATH3R
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Posted: 08-11-07 11:14am
schools cannot ban you from going to them
if youre pregnant. i was 3 and a half
months pregnant when i graduated. most
people will be excited for you, and i
highly doubt youd be any sort of
distraction, and if you are its the fault
of the idiots who are "allowed" at the
school and not you. but to answer your
question i dont believe there are any
schools that are JUSt for pregnant teens,
but homeschooling is always an option. i
know that when my son is born i will want
to be with him whenever possible, granted
i work all day every day, but maternity
leave will enable me to do so for the
first 6-12 weeks. you could always do
schooling online, or find an area home
near you that takes students who wish to
be home schooled.
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prettygirlygirl
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Posted: 08-11-07 21:50pm
How do you know the genders if you had the
u/s at 12 weeks (3 months)?
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amethyst eyes
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Posted: 08-11-07 23:02pm
She had an ultrasound at 3 months that
determined it was multiples. It is very
likely she has had one since that told her
the sex of the babies. She IS 5 months
along now.
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prettygirlygirl
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Posted: 08-12-07 02:40am
iridescent_opal
wrote:
She had an ultrasound at 3
months that determined it was multiples.
It is very likely she has had one since
that told her the sex of the babies. She
IS 5 months along
now.
I get that, but in her last post she said
they were both girls named Hannah and
Jazmine.
When I was pregnant my doctor told me that
they could make a reasonable estimate at
gender at around 16 weeks, but wouldn't
make a real guess until 20 weeks. To me,
12 weeks seems entirely unreasonable.
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Idony
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Posted: 08-12-07 09:28am
shes a little more then 5 monthes, so she
is a little more then 20 weeks, whats so
hard to understand about that?
i found out i was pregnant about a month
into my senior year, and had my daughter 3
weeks before graduation, i stayed in
school (regular school, although we do
have a specific school for pregnant girls
here) and graduated on time, with no
special treatment other then having a few
extra excused absences, which many people
get for many things (how my school worked
was you get 7 absences in every class per
semester after that you fail, but you can
get an appeal if there are real reasons
for missing more days)
i missed about 6 or 7 days total in the 2
semesters and then left when i was 38
weeks because i was having contractions
and my counselor was worried about me
going into labor at school
its doable and the school cant refuse you
an education if its a public school, it
wont be much of a distraction, especially
after everyone gets use to it, once the
initial shock wears off no one will even
think twice
i know how it feels to be pregnant at
school.
I was in year 9 when i feel pregnant the
first time and i had a beautiful baby
boy.
I am now in year 11 and pregnant the
second time.I am jue on the 24th march
2008.Anyway congratulations and yes there
is certain schools that u can go to.
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jessamyn
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Posted: 10-03-07 13:14pm
There are plenty of options... how old are
you? 9th grade? like 14-15?
There are night schools, learning centers,
maternity schooling. You can contact your
school district and see if they provide
options. if not you may need to transfer
districts