I don’t know if it’s normal, I was too busy with school; however, I knew I always wanted to be a mother; however, I knew I needed to wait.
Ask yourself these questions:
1. Are you able to (without going on government assistance) support a child?
2. What about a dad? Is he ready? If not, then you will need to sue for child support – if he’s a minor, that support figure will be so low that it will hardly help you out.
3. When you are at school, what are you doing to do with the baby? What are you going to do with a crying baby, while you are trying to study?
4. You brought your mother up. If you are living with her, do you really want to introduce that baby to her world? I don’t think so. You want more for your child.
5. When you want to go out and do something…where’s the baby?
I’m not trying to be mean. Those are just the first 5 questions. I’m sure, if you really think about this, you will understand that it isn’t the time, yet.
I’m sorry you have been through so much and that your brother has too; however, this is not a reason to bring a child into the world. You are not ready. Please take your time to grow up, more and to graduate HS and go for higher learning. Vo-tech school, community college, College – hey – cosmetology school! Something, do more for yourself, now and plan for a child, later. It’s your time now!
I love my children, more than life, itself. Parenting is hard, though. Very hard. Right now, I have a long term illness, I’m not with my children and miss them, dearly. When I was home, between being in the hospital, it was hard. Cancer wears you out and it is falling all on my husband to raise them, right now. Sure, I do the conversations and things like that, but from a hospital, it’s hard to truly parent. What would happen if you got really sick? It doesn’t sound like you have anyone to help you out.
Allow yourself to grow up and then, down the road, start a family.