studyingmama

Let's talk contraception!  But first, in no way am I an expert and if you want to know more you should see your doctor or do some independent research. Let's be honest though, I have been somewhat unsuccessful in using birth control 🙈 (two babies later) but I have trialed a few different options (six to be exact) and finally found one that suits me.  When I fell pregnant at fifteen I was not using any birth control, partly because I was uneducated but partly because I thought I was invincible. My catholic high school preached abstinence and whilst that is technically a birth control that some people use, for me and for a lot of other people it just isn't practical.   An obvious option for birth control is condoms and when used and stored correctly they have a   98%   success rate, but they generally are 85% successful due to incorrect methods and storage. My first pregnancy was due to incorrect and inconsistent use of condoms so to be safe there are other way

Father's Day always brings up a lot of emotions for me, some good and some not so good. I truly believe that being a father is not because you created a baby but what comes after that. As a daughter of a stepfather I know this is the truth. My father left my mother, my sister and me when we were just a few months old because he was being unfaithful and had addictions. After this we lost all of the stabilisation in our lives (at least for a few years). My sister and I were abused by my mothers boyfriend and I ended up in hospital with a broken leg. My mother was scared that he was going to seriously hurt her or us if she left him as he kept a gun in the house. Thankfully I do not have much recollection as I was only two years old and I know that the trauma would have been worse if I did have memories. It still isn't easy to talk about but I promised myself I'd be honest once I started blogging. I do suffer from anxiety and have done so since the birth of my first ch

It isn't a secret that most people know I fell pregnant at just fifteen years old but I wanted to tell my story without editing or highlighting negative perspectives as many media posts have done recently. I want to be a positive influence for other teenage parents or maybe just inspire one person, one young mother to finish their education or dreams they held before falling pregnant. So here goes... I had been dating my boyfriend for roughly three months before I realised that something was up. We weren't exactly being safe and I had been under the impression that he couldn't have children. I was a fifteen year old girl thinking that I was invincible and I was a little uneducated on the topic too. I was attending a catholic school and abstinence was talked about more than how to prevent a pregnancy but I wasn't completely naive, I did have some knowledge and knew there were risks when you have sex. Sex wasn't a topic that was discussed in my household openly