Although I was not able to see the old friend of mine who had just recently given birth in person, I did manage to get in touch with them over the computer. However, this case of a teenage girl giving birth did not turn out to be the stereotypical teenage mom story I had expected. Typically, you would expect the father of the child to realize the mistake he has made once he realizes the 17 year old girl he impregnated is going to have a baby and leave both the child and the mother to fend for themselves. However, this boy chose to stay with his girlfriend through the whole process, and from the looks of it he will be there for the child as well. "I wasn't ready to have Matthew, and if it weren't for Victor I don't know if I would have been able to make it. My family was supportive of course, but most guys wouldn't stick with a girl in my situation, but he was always there for me."
Another person I know who has recently had a baby spoke more about the physical pain of the process. She is a sister of a friend of mine, and she was 21 years old when she had the baby. She told me that she was dealing with contractions for an extremely long time and didn't get any sleep for days because the pain was so bad. Unfortunately, her boyfriend left her when he found out about the baby. Finally, I talked to one of my friends who is a guy about the issue. He told me about how he had impregnated a girl by accident and had tried to convince her to get an abortion because he knew that he was not ready to be a father, but she ended up having a miscarriage anyway. However, he did tell me that even if the girl did decide to have the baby, he would not have left them alone.
Although I haven't spoken to that many people, it seems like one of the patterns in this generation as far as birth is concerned is that more fathers have a desire to stay with the mothers and the children. I would assume that the reason for this is because so many of the children of this generation are raised by single mothers. and therefore many people do not want their kids to have to deal with the same situation that they did when they were younger. All of the people I have spoken to are pro-choice, and support the option of abortion mainly because of the possiblity of birth as a result of rape or young teens being careless. Also, the people I have spoken to almost all agree that birth is a beautiful thing, but not necessarily physically. The concept of new life being created and released into the world is what makes these people say that.
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