i had been married for 3 years and was beginning my final year of university. after removing my nuva ring i waited and waited for my period.

my boyfriend and me have a 4 year old daughter, and just recently had our 5 month old baby girl. we also have full custody of his child from a previous marriage.

i'm a freshman in college, 18 years old and had no idea what i'd gotten myself into. it was late fall and as football season winded down i met a nice guy.

i was 17 years old, and had been with my boyfriend for 5 years. we were young and dumb, and i never thought i would actually get pregnant. i was very wrong.

the condom broke. i felt it and i knew. the next week, i went to the clinic at college and did a stick pregnancy test. it came back positive. i was 20 and not ready to be pregnant, but the condom had broken.

i'd been on the pill for 20 years and wanted to stop just to see what my body and moods would feel without the steady stream of hormones. i considered getting my tubes tied, but that seemed like a lot of surgery for not that many years of fertility left.