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Not gonna lie.. its hard, financially & mentally & physically.
You'll never be fully prepared for it.

Quoting ma ♥:“ Not gonna lie.. its hard, financially & mentally & physically. You'll never be fully prepared for it.”

Word.

disposable diapers will run you about 1K a year..
plus formula or breast feeding supplies...
PLUS wipes
PLUS clothing


its exausting but it IS worth it

Quoting ma ♥:“ Not gonna lie.. its hard, financially & mentally & physically. You'll never be fully prepared for it.”

Yup! And I have 3 of them... lol. Being a Mom is the most thankless and rewarding job all at the same time.

They are expensive.
And messy.
And exhausting..


....but worth it all.

Quoting Morning Wood [ebfb]:“ They are expensive. And messy. And exhausting.. ....but worth it all.”

You forgot petri dishes of germs too...

you can never be fully prepared to have a baby but you should make sure you are ready to have one. my baby wasnt planned and came at a time that wasnt the best. its super hard preparing yourself mentally, emotionally, and physically and when the time does come you still could never be prepared for how much work a baby is. you gotta think its for the rest of your life. i never knew how much work a baby would be from, paperwork, insurance, doctors, clothes, diapers, formula, ect. everything you could possibly think of.

hi!
i got pregnant when i was 19 (not planned). i'd also been with my boy about 2 yrs. financially it was hard, because we hadent planned for it but we moved in with his dad & he got a full time job and i got some part time work so that was okay.. mentally it wasnt hard (only when i was thinking about money lol)
it was definately worth it though, i love my lil girl. but i do wish i'd had a few more years of childless freedom sometimes. i was a DJ, id go out and have fun, now i'm just a SAHDJ for my daughter.   ive lost most of my friends and im lonely. I'd happily trade it all again for my daughter but there will always be regrets, things i wanted to do with my life which seem too hard now.if i can offer you some advice, id say wait a few years, JMO.make the most of your life without kids first, becausestudying, travel, career, it'sall harder when you havekids. good luck whatever decisions you make  

Quoting ma ♥:“ Not gonna lie.. its hard, financially & mentally & physically. You'll never be fully prepared for it.”

I agree!

I got pregnant just a couple months before my 18th birthday. I wish I had waited so bad. Although as everyone else has said I wouldn't change it for the world now that my daughter is here. Its horrible financially. As someone else has said diapers are ridiculously expensive. If you don't breastfeed a small can of formula is almost twenty dollars and once they get bigger will only last you about 3 days sometimes even less. Then you have to add on wipes, clothes, a bed, bedding, bath supplies, you have to keep your house immaculately clean and will never be able to turn around without worrying they will fall, eat something, scrape something, or just anything. Emotionally you will be a living zombie for awhile. Your relationship will most likely be pushed to its limits and then some. You risk post partum depression. Although your body changing is completely worth it you will probably NEVER look exactly the same again even at the same size before pregnancy. But you did get the greatest thing in the world and personally I believe it is all worth it. I believe you will NEVER be FULLY prepared but I would still wait a little bit longer. Think about everything you could do in another 5 years. Think about with and without a baby and see if you are able and willing to do it all with a baby by yourside.

ETA: And are you willing to potentially do that all by yourself. Just cause you have been together for two years does not mean it is forever. Two years is a relatively small amount of time in the grand scheme of things.