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My girlfriend is pregnant, how is this possible?

First of all, my girlfriend and I are both 16. My girlfriend had a misscarriage on 4/16/08. After this we vowed we would not have intercourse again. During the month of July we fooled around a little bit. I fingered her and she gave me a HJ here and there but I was extremely cautious. I know that I did not touch my penis and get pre *** or anything on my hands and then finger her and I know that she did not get anything on her fingers and touch herself. So here we are now, she missd her July period (she is really petite and misses periods here and there though). She has taken two preg. tests and both are positive. She is 100% fathful so I know that is out of the question. She is having backaches and her stomach is messed up.

We are going to go to the doctor. My 100% intention is to be here and to be here for the baby. It's just all really confusing as to how this happened. What could've possibly happened? please help me, could this have anything to do with the miscarriage and her HCg levels still there or coming back? Please help me get things straighened out a little bit.

If you play wih fire you get burned. Too little too late though I have every intention of redeeming myself and her god name and making this situatin a positive although I know the reversal of something like this will take a long long time. I want to be a firefighter and my girlfriend wants to be a doctor, this is really a set back but I will not abort, and I have to own up to my mistakes. The hardest part about all this is disappointing my family and friends. I know deep down nside of me I can handle this. My brother went through the same thing actually and he is very successful. I didn't want the same thing to happen to me but I made a mistake and hopefully in thefuture this mistake will turn into a blessing.
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586424 tn?1232176659
Sorry to tell you but the fact that you all fooled around without protection means you did ejaculate and somehow she did put her hand near/in/on herself and knocked herself up.  The fact that she isn't being upfront about 'how' she got pregnant is another thing.  She may not have cheated.  You might be right.  It could be for attention, it could be because she's mad she miscarried (IF that actually did ever happen).  I'm sorry but girls at this age are all about drama and she could be stringing you along.  

IF she is not pregnant and it's all a hoax you need to RUN away from her and NEVER look back.  That's just asking for more trouble if you stay.  

BTW--there are ways to find out paternity while she is pregnant if that is the case.  It's bloodwork for the mama and a cheek swab for the potential dada!  Just so you know it can be done through the mail.  Small fee included.  Better to know then not to.  
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334776 tn?1249968581
no, we probably did scare him some.....this boy was thinking somehow he got her pregnant, and he doesnt want to believe she could have cheated.....but, we really couldn't answer the question of "how is this possible" WITHOUT saying she cheated....because if chris is being honest in not sleeping with this girl since her last pregnancy, well, only God and Mary have been able to pull that one off so far.....and i don't think these 2 are "duplicates"   ;)
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Liberty, sure it *****.. But everyone was being extremely compassionate and sympathetic toward him. He deserves the truth and I doubt we scared him.
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Well yea there was loads of helpful hint's but no one would ever want to hear there girlfriend or boyfriend cheated that just sucksso i really hope the guy comes back with an update he seems like a mega sweet guy
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419964 tn?1333301906
you could be right jesslee but i think he wanted to get his question answered with out ppl knowing the history of this post and telling him the truth. he doesnt want to belive the truth i too feel for this guy i hope he does come back and post an update :)
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He could be on vacation...this is on a earlier post of this thread:....or it could all be fake

Well my girlfriend is going the doctors and I am going to give her a set of questions to ask the doctor since unfortunately I don't think I'll be able to go because My pre-planned vacation interferes(what a fun vacation when this is bearing on my mind right? lol).
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480448 tn?1426948538
There was a wealth of knowledge given to Chris in this thread...and everyone was VERY VERY compassionate.  I'm sure something like that would be hard to hear...but he really needs the truth...this is the rest of his life and the life of a baby we're talking about.

Hopefully he wasn't frightened away....hopefully he comes back and at leaat posts an update.  

I pray that everything works out...he sounds like a wonderful young man...I just dont want someone to take advantage of his kindness.
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OMG I actually think you guys scared chris away he didn't wan't to hear the truth and you guy's gave it to him and harshly too you made his gf sound like a giant *** poor guy and you don't even know them i mean neither do i and yea she mite be but he didn't need to be told that so harshly i mean for real think about it wouldn't that suck to hear?
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334776 tn?1249968581
i was wondering what had happened with it all...he posted there using the above name, did he maybe forget his pw and make a new acct?

i really feel for this guy, hopefully he comes back....
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419964 tn?1333301906
i saw another post buy him in the pregnacy 21-34 forum where he said that she had gone to the doctors but he was unable to go. he also used a differant name too lol i have no idea why but i knew it was him
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447077 tn?1222790570
has she gone to the dr yet????? I feel really sorry for you. I hate to think that way but looks like she cheated.........if she is pg that is....
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218870 tn?1240255655
I stopped reading everything about 20 posts ago so I dont know if anyone mentioned this.  If you ejaculated anywhere near her where the two fluids could meet she could have gotten pregnant.  Think long and hard about any mis steps you guys could have taken.  I hope you have planned a u/s because that will give you most of your answers.  If it is a new pregnancy and not parts of an old one, or the miscarriage never happened, this baby needs a dna test.  If you got the u/s when she would have been about 4 weeks pregnant or so, nothing may have shown up anyway.  I bled for 10 weeks when I was pregnant so that period of her may not have been a period.  On the maternal forum, someone posted today that a friend of hers just gave birth and never knew she was pregnant because she bled the whole 9 months.  I really hope for you that either it is a false positive or that it is from the original pregnancy, because as others have said, it doesnt sound like it is yours otherwise.  Good Luck and please let us all know what happens.
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334776 tn?1249968581
nursegirl said it all.....
believe it or not, the scenario where a man steps up to raise a child not his, then another man swoops in and wants to adopt, happens very often....and it would leave you with absolutely NO rights, as a DNA could show you are not the father, and therefore the "new man" would have the chance to adopt this child right out from under you.....where would you be then? you'd have spent all this time and $ on a woman who pretty much lied to you, to have "your" child ripped from you.....

it really isn't worth it.....
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480448 tn?1426948538
**For the sake of this discussion act like she didn't cheat.  That is what he asked for. **

I understand that this poor young man wants SO desperately to believe this.  "Pretending" that it is possible that he impregnated her miraculously does NOT help this guy.

Few things after reading thru this thread...

Chris....this is going to be hard to hear.....but I have a few concerns.  Girls that age are all about "drama".  Bigtime "drama".  You did not actually GO to Planned Parenthood with her for the m/c, right?  You said she didn't KNOW she was pregnant, she just had the m/c, and it was confirmed at PP.  But YOU weren't there, correct?  Did you ever see a + preg test of any sort the FIRST time around?

Honestly...is there a chance that none of that was true?  I'm 36...but at 15-ish...GOD!  I remember the tall tales I used to tell my BF...especially if we were fighting.  Oh my.  ANYthing for attention.  Just something to think about.  She could have made up the miscarriage if an unplanned pregnancy was putting a huge strain on your relationship (altho you said you didnt know??).  She could have made up the ENTIRE story for attention.  

First of all...you had a scare.  You did the grown up and responsible thing by deciding to be safe after that, which you WERE.  Not ONE activity that you explained would lead to a pregnancy, I'm sorry.  There is NO possible way you got her pregnant.  NONE.

I'm sincerely hoping that perhaps she told you about the m/c, when really, all along she was pregnant.  Any which way...at your age...a paternity test is a MUST.  I would tell you to wait to tell your parents...but I honestly am VERY concerned about you...and think maybe they could help you through this.  You need someone guiding you...they need to know the circumstances...what has happened, when she is "officially" Dxed as being pregnant....and what she is telling you...that "it doesn't matter how."  Oh boy...it absolutely positively matters HOW!!!!!  I feel like you are getting bamboozled...and your parents would be furious about that (speaking AS a parent).

What does she think?  That you are just going to "accept" that she somehow miraculously got pregnant?  Come on!  NONE of that is fair to you, Chris.  The chance that the test was a false POS is so rare...you have a better chance of a stork delivering the baby to you in a basket!

Lastly....PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE read this part carefully.  IF in fact this is NOT your child....you need to think LONG and hard about how you proceed.  While it is very admirable that you would want to help and support your GF and the baby...it simply is not your responsibility...and once you make the decision...it will be wrong to un-do.  You cannot form a bond with a baby....and then when you are 20, 3 GF's later....you meet your future wife...and you realize just how bad that decision was.  It can't be undone.  Not without REAL psychological harm to that child.  It is NOT fair.  Also...what happens when your GF meets HER future husband...HE adopts what is basically "your child"..and you have no rights?  No power to stop it?  YOU, at 16 yrs of age deciding to take on a lifetime committment of stepping in on another man's behalf is going to yield NOTHING but heartache and tragic consequences.  NO good will come of it.

You can certainly remain friendly with your GF and support her...but not as a partner or as a father...but rather as a "friend".

Even with the VERY best of intentions...you are not in the position at your age to decide that you want to make a lifetime committment to this girl and HER child.  PLEASE DO NOT DO IT.

This is why you need your parents.  You need a trusted adult to help you work through this.  You are thinking very idealistically......you are NOT considering the very REAL impact this decision will have on the rest of YOUR life, your GF's life, the baby's life.  You ARE very mature for your age, and well spoken, and smart.  Do NOT let your blind love for this girl cause you to ring a bell that you can never UN-ring without hurting an innocent person.

The MOMENT you have confirmation that she is pregnant.....you need to talk to your parents.  I know it will be hard.  Of course they are not going to be happy.  But, they deserve to know that perhaps you are being stuck with something that was not your responsibility in the first place.  If she has been pregnant all along (the only way this could be your child)...then your parents are going to have to know to support you.  

Which (the pregnancy confirmation) brings me to my next point----

YOU need to go with her to her appointments also.  You have every right to be there and to ask tough questions.  ASK the doc if it is possible for her to be pregnant from the sexual acts you partook in?  Ask him right in front of her.  You do not have to be in the room during any exam...but you absolutely without a doubt...need to be a participant and be there to talk with the doc.

You need to be there first hand....and not hear everything second hand.  Demand to go along with them...and find a way to be there.  Make it work.  Again...this is why I feel telling your parents sooner rather than later is best.  They will have YOUR best interests at heart so that you don't get the shaft.  

I mean all of this out of respect and DEEP concern for you.  I know you are scared, confused and hurt.  I commend you for acting very "grown up" about the whole situation...but please start being honest with yourself.  UNLESS she was pregnant all along (from when you were having unprotected sex)...I think you are smart enough to know you could not have physically fathered this child.  It is impossible.

After you work through this situation.....please do NOT put yourself in this situation again.  One moment of pleasure and a whole lifetime of consequences.  I wish the best for you and sincerely hope things work out well.  

Take Care Chris....
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581359 tn?1454006442
They would not have to have intercourse to get pregnent.  If it were just on the outside they could still get pregnent.  Also, the reason I posted what I did before is because he keeps saying... For the sake of this discussion act like she didn't cheat.  That is what he asked for.  One thing I have not seen anyone metion and I really hope it is not true.  But you said your girlfriend comes from a rough family where she doesn't always get the food she need and so forth.  Could something have happend to her, could someone have forced themselves on her and she's to afraid to tell you?  Again I hope that's not the case, hopefuly she's not preggers and that her heatlh is ok.  Let us know.
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530662 tn?1277494670
GONNA BE GRAPHIC HERE PEOPLE
Say you or her DID get *** on either of your fingers, it would have to be deeply penitrated inside her !!!!! WOULDNT IT????? Like if you had some on your hand and started playing with her clit, YOU CANT GET PREG FROM THAT!!!!!! It would have to be up inside her. If it were just on the outer part of her vagina, sperm would be dead before it got all the way to the egg!! As much as I hate to admit it, the girls are telling you FACTS!! She would HAVE to have intercourse in order for this to happen.

Chris, for the sake of both of you, lets PRAY its a false pos!!! If its something medical, she can get it taken care of. THEN GO ON BIRTH CONTROL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Im sure planned parenthood gives out FREE CONDOMS or a depo shot or something!!!!! PLEASE dont let this happen again until youre both ready.

I DO COMMEND YOU FOR BEING A MAN ABOUT THIS!!! MANY MEN 2 OR 3 TIMES YOUR AGE DO NOT ACT THIS MATURE AND CARING!!!!!!!! GOD BLESS YOU!!
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494669 tn?1275362475
i understand that you don't want to believe that your girlfriend cheated. it's not something that you really want to think about, but really think about it, if she is pregnant and you two did not have sex and you did not come on her fingers or your own and touch her there, then it more likely it is with another guy, or like some of the other ladies said it could be that she didn't miscarry at all. the doctor really is the best option for you, and when he gives an ultrasound he will be able to tell the date she conceived and you will be able to go from that.
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244969 tn?1215060307
Chris, please say this time if things turn out "ok" for you and she's not preg or a test proves it's not yours (which it would), that you have learned your lesson and will not take anymore chances that would alter your life F-O-R-E-V-E-R. It was dare I say it dumb for you to be messing around after your first scare if you don't want CHILDREN right now, but if you do this a 3rd time, then you are ASKING for it. I won't say good luck to you because this has NOTHING to do with LUCK. In the words of Sister Ellen, one of my teachers in my youth, "If there is a bridge, but you CHOOSE to swim and drown, it IS NOT FATE, IT IS CHOICE." Learn it, live it, love it.
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546319 tn?1261636005
well first off i agree with everyone else...i think she cheated...cuz if you guys didnt have sex and she is pregnant its someone elses......but you know what if she is stick around be there to help out...just dont give her money unless you wanna....but wait and see when the baby comes out (if she is pregnant) and get a dna test and see if it your baby.....
and on the parents and family i would wait till it is confirmed and tell them there is a possibility it MIGHT be your baby.....but i wish you the best of luck...and i hope everything goes good.....


god bless and keep us posted
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419964 tn?1333301906
chris-
I wouldnt tell your parents intill you know for sure that she is pregnant and the dates match with the times you two had sex. unless ofcourse your close and honest with your parents you could go to them now.In the end tho the decision is up to you. For your sake i pray she isnt pregnant and someday you will be a wonderful father. i really dont think your girlfriend is carrying your child she sounds fishy to me.
lets say she is pregnant with another guys child. and maybe she knows that you will step up and do the right thing so the other guy may be a deadbeat soo shes picking you to take care of the other guys baby because she knows he will not. and does not want to do it alone.Shes taking advantage of your kindness etc which is wrong i do NOT agree with cheating and thats what it sounds like. she has done. so like the other woman said get a paternity test plz it would be in your best interest :) i wish you lots of luck.
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384896 tn?1335294331
Wow you guys are so young...
I feel sorry for y'all.
Atleast for you because even though you say she's 100% faithful... you aren't with her with every breath she takes- so you wouldn't know what she did the nights you weren't around.

If she had a miscarriage- and it was confirmed, the hgc levels DO NOT start rising all of a sudden unless she's pregnant again.
And if there was no way possible that your sperm had any contact with her vagina- then that says it right there.

Malnutrition does not cause hpt's to come out positive.
If she took 2 and both were positive- then there's the answer to your question.

She needs to get to a doctor and get checked out.
And you n her need to sit down and talk because at her age-
I was 16 almost 3 years ago... I know *I* wasn't very faithful- I went through partners like I went through my underwear.
[[that's very over-exaggerated, but I think you get the idea]]
And I know that even when I was with someone, I'd still end up flirting.
It's just how MOST, not ALL, but MOST, girls that age work.
They dunno what they want, so they have to get a taste of everything.
Unfortunately she's probably sleeping around instead of just flirting like I did.

I know it's probably hard to hear, but the facts stand tall, and you gatta put 2 n 2 together and confront her about it.
I'd just keep it down to a dull roar until the pregnancy is finalized by the doctor.
Because if for some strange reason she's NOT pregnant, and the tests gave a false ++
Which is very RARE, but CAN happen.

But anyways, if she's not, I wouldn't want y'all end up fighting.
Just get the pregnancy confirmed by a doctor- then if it IS what it IS- confront her about what's going on.

I wish you luck and I pray that she's NOT PREGNANT.
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290867 tn?1333569278
I hope all is well and please keep us posted.... God Bless
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13167 tn?1327194124
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Chris,  I have two teenage sons,  and your post is my worst nightmare.  

If what you are describing is true,  you didn't get her pregnant.  Hopefully she isn't actually pregnant,  but if she is, if what you are saying is true,  you aren't the dad.  

Prayers she isn't pregnant.  
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151668 tn?1239921105
Oh...wait a minute. I just realized what you're asking about how the ultrasound will help determine if you're the father.

They can measure the baby and figure out the approximate date of conception (within 3 to 4 days). If you look at when the two of you had sex last, then you will be able to tell it could possibly be yours. If the baby's measurements point out that it was concieved in June or early July, and you haven't had sex with her since before her miscarriage in May, then there is NO way you are the father. NO WAY.

That's why the ultrasound will help you out on that part.
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