(Updated on April 28, 2010)
The following was broadcast on KUNM FM, Albuquerque as part of a series Youth Speak Out, a collaboration between Youth Radio, Youth Media Project in Santa Fe, KUNM’s Youth Radio in Albuquerque, and New Mexico's Youth Alliance, made possible by a grant from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation. For more information about Youth Speak Out go to www.youthradio.org/new-mexico.
by Bethany Trujillo
The first time I had sex, I got pregnant. I was fifteen years old and I didn’t have any feelings for the guy. We weren’t in a relationship and there were no emotional connections. I had sex with him because two weeks prior my best friend lost her virginity and I wanted to have the experience, too. It took me two weeks to finally get a hold of the guy, and when he found out he didn’t take it very well. He said that he didn’t want to be stuck with me for the rest of his life.
You can't imagine how hard it was to tell my mom that I was pregnant at the young age of fifteen. It shocked my mom because we had never discussed sex before. But, it went better than I expected. She was mad, but understood. She told me that she would support me regardless of my decision. She was afraid that I wouldn’t graduate high school or be as successful as I could be if I was raising a child.
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