Comments on: How do you feel about putting a baby up for adoption?

By: Angel

Angel — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:35:40 +0000

I’m sorry that I am not a “Teen” but I am a fairly young mom in my late 20s (single and unplanned).

I would say that if you have found yourself in an unplanned pregnancy and you don’t think it would be wise to raise the child on your own (for their benefit AND yours) then adoption is the only option.

I WAS Pro-Choice until I faced the very real situation of what to do about my pregnancy…

Ultimately, I just could NOT get an abortion and knew that I (personally) could NOT give the baby up for adoption… After weighing my options I decided that although my goals would be postponed that I could still reach them and I was going to keep my baby and raise her myself.

That was the best decision I (personally) could have made. Today, I am Pro-Life!

SO, if you think that the child would have a better life being raised by a more established family, and that you would be better able to take of yourself… Then give the child LIFE and a GOOD LIFE with an established family… Even consider an ‘Open Adoption’ so you can keep track and eventually re-establish that relationship as their Loving Biological Mother.

Remember that despite this opinion and ANY opinion of someone else… This decison is YOURS and YOURS ALONE!!!

Don’t let anyone sway you one way or another… Not the father, friends, family, parents, clergy, Yahoo Answers submitters… No One but you makes this decison because YOU have to live with it and No One else…

Best of Luck and Lots of “Good Thoughts” are being sent your way!

By: poprocks_and_coke

poprocks_and_coke — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 20:24:05 +0000

I have nothing but respect for a teen who is willing to give her baby up for adoption. Sacrificing her body for 9 months to give a family who can’t have children on their own a chance to be parents is the most noble thing a teenage girl can do.

By: smiley

smiley — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 18:36:09 +0000

sincerly that might not be the best desision..
but if you feall like you wont be able to provide wat the child needs thean you have all the rights to make that decision!..just make sure you won’t regret it!

By: ColieCole

ColieCole — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:35:21 +0000

I am not a teen, but I am a child of a mother who had me as a teen. So, I just wanted to give you an answer from my point of view, being I am the child what you might expect in the end. My mother kept me but my father signed adoption papers, I love my mother to death and have alot of respect for her taking full responsibility of me at such a young age.Yes you would need help if you want to be able to finish school,etc. But, if you feel your not ready then by all means give the baby to somebody who is ready.I have respect for my biological father as well since he made my life better by letting my mothers husband(when I was 5) adopt me so I was raised in a 2 parent home. But, at the same time that child may want to meet you in the future and coming from a semi adopted child, all I wanted was answers I didn’t want a relationship with him, even more so because he had another daughter when I was 2 that he did take on the father role to. So, in the end you have to decide which is better for you and baby.

By: jessica c

jessica c — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:37:52 +0000

I am not a pregnant teen. But I am going to answer anyways. I think putting a baby up for adoption if you can’t care for it is the best option. There are so many great people out there that can not have children and adoption is our only option. I am one of those people. My whole life all I wanted to be was a mom and finding out that I can not have children was the worst feeling I have ever felt. But then I stopped being selfish and thought maybe god wants me to adopt. Everything happens for a reason. And only you will know what is best for you. Don’t let anyone make that decision for you, make it for yourself.

By: Marisabel

Marisabel — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:01:01 +0000

For a pregnant teen=

Its a hard decision to make, but sometimes thats the best solution- if u know the baby will have a better life with an adoptive family, then adoption is the way to go– its always better than abortion–

By: soon to be a mommy of 2

soon to be a mommy of 2 — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 05:41:22 +0000

well if you cant or don’t want to keep your baby then i would say give the baby to some one who cant have a baby personally it wasn’t for me when i got pregnant at 15 and kept my son now 16 and pregnant with a girl and keeping her too

By: noneof y

noneof y — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:03:33 +0000

It depends on the situation. If you do not have support financially or emotionally I would say it is for the best.

By: joshinda

joshinda — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:02:26 +0000

Think of it this way. If you don’t put it up, the baby won’t get the home or family it deserves. It needs a mature mother AND father to raise it successfully and happily. If you compromise education now, then you’re screwed for later life.
Good luck!
By the way, use a condom next time!

By: Beccaa =D

Beccaa =D — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:15:11 +0000

well it is your own decision of course, but i would wait and see until the baby is born and see how you feel then. but if you totally DONT want it then the best option might be adoption. but please don’t make any decisions that you will regret in the future.