i was 20 years old when i found out i was pregnant. i had gotten a copper iud inserted just 4 months before when i began dating my then-boyfriend who wanted to have sex without condoms.

i was 25. i had no idea i was pregnant for the first 12 weeks. i took a trip home to pennsylvania from new mexico where i was living and found my body rejecting alcohol, smoking, and chocolate milk.

i was 21 at the time, i had been dating ian for over a year and a half, when i became pregnant. i found out i was pregnant mothers day weekend of 2011.

i first had sex shortly before i turned 17, but knew well beforehand that if i were to ever get pregnant before i was ready to raise a baby, i would have an abortion.

my mouth began to open wide like a scream and i couldn't shut it at all.