i was 19 years old and it was my first pregnancy. i used birth control always except once. i wasn't in love and i wasn't ready to have a child.

i never thought i'd be in the position, i was. i never thought it would happen to me. i didn't know i was pregnant until i was just over 14 weeks.

in 1984 i had an abortion at 19. i was using a today sponge and it failed or i failed to correctly insert it.

so i am 18 and just about to finish my senior year. i had big plans to go to college and party and live it up. i was previously on birth control but stopped taking it randomly i also wasn’t really using protection so i am really to blame for getting pregnant. when i found out i was terrified but also a little excited i was going to have a baby.

the night of my 21st birthday was the most careless night of my life, but not like most careless 21 year olds. that was the night i got pregnant, with my 3rd child.

23. first college graduate of my family. loving and caring boyfriend. ready for the future ahead of me when birth control failed and i found myself pregnant.