'As the wave of pain began to build, I doubled over, trying desperately to keep breathing. "Women go through this every day," I told myself, collapsing on the bed.
'But I knew my labour was different. I was alone in my bedroom, surrounded by stuffed toys and schoolwork, timing my contractions with my Garfield digital clock. I was only 14 and about to become a mum.
As a child, I never had much stability. My parents divorced when I was five and my younger brother and I would move between mum and dad every few years.
Wherever I was living, one thing was the same - I saw a career in my future, not babies. But I also wanted love, and when Ben*, an older boy at school asked me out at 13, I was thrilled. I was so naive and besotted that I never thought about contraception when we started having sex.
A year later, when my friend Anna* tearfully told me she'd missed her period and asked if I would come to the family planning clinic, I instantly said yes. She asked me to also take a test so she wouldn't feel so alone.
"This is crazy," I thought, as the nurse tested my urine. "I've just had my period." Then came the words that changed my life forever: "Your test is positive. You're pregnant." In head-spinning shock, with a GP referral letter in hand, I stepped out to be met by Anna's relieved smile. She wasn't pregnant.
"But I am," I replied. Her mouth fell open. Leaving the clinic, I walked to Ben's house.
When he became angry, my hand flew straight to my stomach. My world had been turned upside down, but I knew I was keeping this baby, no matter what.
The next day was a blur. I woke up in a panic, pretended I was too ill to go to school, then sat on the sofa to break the news to my stepmum and dad. They were surprisingly calm, but when Dad phoned Mum I could hear her furious screams.
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