Options

Having Someone Else Raise Your Child

Pregnant teens often find themselves not wanting an abortion but not wanting to raise the child on their own. The option that’s left is adoption.

Once you’ve chosen to put your baby up for adoption, you should talk with your parents. You are still making the choice to carry the baby to term and are going to need their support during that time. Not only will you want your parents to go with you to doctor appointments, but you’re going to want their support when you meet with attorneys and those families who want to adopt (you’ll also want them to be there when you just need to talk).
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Making the Choice to Keep Your Baby

When you first find out that you are pregnant, one of the first choices you need to make will be whether you will keep the baby, place the child up for adoption or have an abortion. If you decide to keep the baby, there are a number of things that you’re going to want to do.
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Thinking About Terminating Your Pregnancy

When you first find out that you are pregnant, there are three options that are available to you:

  1. You can choose to keep the baby and raise your child yourself.
  2. You can choose to carry the baby to term and then to give the child up for adoption.
  3. You can choose to terminate the pregnancy by having an abortion.


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