Name:	Cindy
Online Name:	Duddles
Country:	USA
State:	Arizona
Age:	19 yrs old
Your Birthday:	August 7, 1980
Special Talents:	I don't think I have any or at least none that I know of
Hobbies:	Surfing the web for freebies and talking to friends
Where do you work?	Pizza Hut as a dough person but only on Sundays
Were you working when you became pregnant? If yes, doing what?	No, not legal yet
Are you in school?	Yes, I'm going to DeVry intstitute of technology
If you've graduated, what is your degree?	I graduated from High School but not from DeVry yet
How old were you when you had your first child?	16 going to 17
Did you keep? abort? give up for adoption?:	I kept my darling
Was it the first time you had sex?	Yep
Were you and the father a couple?	Yes were at the time
Are you still together?	Nope, thank goodness
If you're not together, is the father involved? How is he involved?	He tries but he makes it difficult on me
Were you using protection against pregnancy? If yes, what kind?	NO, I wanted to get pregnant so we tried and I did
If not, was it because you were trying to get pregnant? Please explain:	Yes
Did you know how you would support the baby? Support yourself?	Silly me I thought my parents would help me
Were you using protection against STDs?	No, I trusted him completely
How many children do you have?	I have 2 little boys
What are their names, ages, birthdays?	My oldest is Louis, he's 2 yrs old and his birthday is February 5,1997 and my youngest is C.J. and he's 9 months old and his birthday is February 7, 1999
Was the pregnancy emotionally difficult?	My first one was because of the father
Was the pregnancy physically difficult? i.e. were there any medical problems?	Not really although he was 4 wks premature, my first one
What was/is the most difficult experience as a young mother?	Seeing your friends go because they treat you like an outcast or something
Was your family helpful/supportive?	Most defitnatly
Did you stay at home with your parents?	No, I moved in with the father
Did your family help support you? The baby? Emotionally, financially, or both?	They gave me lunch money for school because the father wouldn't
Do they support you now? Emotionally, financially, or both?	They love my kids but I'm financilly stable now. They do babysit sometimes and that helps
Did/do you need public assistance? How did/does that make you feel?	yeah, medical assistance
Was the father's family involved with the pregnancy? Emotionally, financially, or both?	Somewhat
Did the father's family help support you? Emotionally, financially, or both?	Not my first one, they only helped him cheat on me but my second my husband's family did a lot for us
Does the child have a relationship with the paternal Grandparents?	Not my first one Louis, but both of them do have my husbands parents
Do you feel accepted by people your age?	Sometimes, like as soon as they know my status some back off others don't really care
Do you feel like you have it harder than people your own age without children?	Sometimes but I'm pretty sure they have a hard time with something I'll never get to do
Are you happy with the decisions you have made? (Be honest. . .it's ok to feel bad, we all do sometimes)	I am so far because I have a beautiful loving family and I'm grateful for that/TD>
What are your personal goals? (goals for yourself as an individual not as a mother)	To see everything in this world before I die and have a little fun
Have your goals changed since you became a parent?	Only the dates *S*
Do you feel that reaching your goals will be more difficult now that your a teen parent?	No but it will be longer
What would you tell a (school age) 12-18 year old girl that wanted to get pregnant?	Actually, I would ask them "Have you done everything you wished for in your life?" that usually gets them thinking
How do you think being a Young Mother has changed you?	I feel that I became a stronger more independent person
How do you think society looks upon teen pregnancy?	I think they see it as stupidity from what I've gotten
Why do you think there are so many teen parents?	I think it starts at home basically
List 5 Pro's to being a teen Mother?	You'll still be young when they grow up, You'll live to see your grandchildren and maybe you're great grandchildren, They'll leave home quicker(hopefully) that's all I could think of
List 5 Con's to being a teen Mother?:	You lose your teenage years, you lose your freedom, you lose respect, That's all to me
What do you expect to get out of being a member of Young Mothers?:	To meet people in my same position and to be accepted
Today's Date:	December 2, 1999