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Baby girl, condoms are cheaper than diapers, antibiotics and stress

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I had my first baby a year after completing high school, at 19, and that's just how I spent my early 20s being a clueless mother. A student mother, perhaps? Because I had to leave my then one-year-old at home as I joined college. Much as I don't regret it, being a teen mum who entirely depends on her parents is nothing to write home about! There's nothing cute and sexy about having a baby you can't take care of, literally. I simply wasn't ready to be a mother. Psychologically, mentally, emotionally, physically and, most importantly, financially.

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