I am a teenager girl with a baby..i need help.

Okay. I am 16. I have a baby by a boy who is 15. I have been living with him and his family for almost a year. Rencently someone called cps. They said that my babies father's mother needs to get custody of me or I have to leave. I feel like that is not an option. We are a family and we all need each other. I don't know how we go about getting her custody. My mom already said that she would do it. We just have no idea how to. Please help me.

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beautifulgrl

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Since you are under 18...whoever you live with legaly must have custody over you.

check out custody.com
you can find out all your rights there and get lots of information.

Once you become a parent it makes you an adult in so many ways. The responsibility sets you apart and ages your mind in ways that just merely having sex does not do with other teens. Suddenly your world is very, very serious. Having a baby can make it hard to feel young or connect with other teens whose main concern is what to wear to prom night, or geting busted for skipping class.

The stress is compounded by the sense of isolation you feel. It's important to try and keep friends you may have had before your pregnancy, but be prepared to have them drift away. You still share the same things with other teens, and your interests won't change from having a baby. All the things you liked before are usually the same, same taste in music, same movies, same clothes, but having a baby puts you in a seperate place than teens who don't have kids.

Life throws you a curveball. Do you catch it and embrace it? Or do you duck and ignore it? Life has thrown me several curveballs; some I have embraced and some I have ignored.

When you have a baby you are faced with many changes and challenges in your life. So, how do you embrace them? You have to evaluate what is going on in your life now. Are you still in high school? Maybe you are going to college. Can you have a child and do both? Well, of course you can.

If you are going to college, financial aid is available for single moms and most colleges have day care centers.A lot of us need support. There are tons support groups available for teenage mothers.

I believe it is important to embrace what life throws at us. We cannot question it, analyze it, or figure it out. The only thing we can do is face it and move forward. If we stop and analyze it, if we stop and question it, we are just putting our lives on hold.

So, take the first step and embrace your change and be thankful for having the strength to go on.

good luck, and remember....your in my prayers, doll :-)

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