Pregnant & Confused!!!

[laur_454]

Hello! I found out two days ago that I'm pregnant. I'm 23 and unmarried. My boyfriend is 29 and we do not live together. We've been together almost 6 months. We both have full time day jobs which are decent paying. I think our families would help and definitely be supportive. I was not expecting to get pregnant and my initial reaction was fear and shock and automatically assuming that there was no way I would keep the baby. As the day progressed though, my boyfriend was extremely supportive and said he'd be with me no matter what. I started to feel more emotional and more accepting of the situation and even worried about the baby. I researched pregnancy and fetal development and now I'm feeling like I can't imagine give it up. I read Erin's blog entry about the karmic repercussions of abortion and it really resonated with me. However, I'm finding it very frightening that I'm going to have to give up my freedom and devote my life to someone else. I don't want to be selfish, and I take full responsibility. I'm a liberal person and I'm pro-choice, but I'm not sure how I feel about having an abortion myself. Has anyone experienced this before? Thanks.