my husband and i have a son together who is still an infant and we are still young and figuring our lives out.

the first time i got pregnant i felt like my life was over. i felt like my heart went down to my knees. but, i knew i was not ready to have a child.

i have been pregnant 7 times--had 2 abortions, then a child, then another abortion, then another child, then a 5-month-along miscarriage, then my last child, and i got my tubes tied at age 34. my first abortion was in 1973--abortion had just been made legal.

i got pregnant at 17 and knew for sure i wasn't keeping the baby. it was the summer and i just got done with my junior year of high school. i had a lot i still wanted to do with my life and school wise i wasn't even done with high school.