I hope you find this helpful. I am trying to consider everyone in the picture.

Get on birth control. Since you were shocked the first time your boyfriend impregnated you, it could happen again. Many people who have a baby think they are somehow not going to get pregnant again--but you can.

Make the necessary legal arrangements for your baby's father to support his child to the best of his ability. The child's well-being is important and having dad supporting the baby is best.

Take the steps necessary to get your life on track so you can make a happy home for yourself and the baby--with or without daddy. Education, work and home are the three things you need to focus on to make a good home for baby.

It's not all right that this man abandoned you. I'm not going to give him a pass on that. However, he is more likely to come back around if he thinks he will not have to be your entire and singular lifeline. Stop calling him other than to set up a time for him to see the baby once a week or whatever is practical.

If you can find low or no cost therapy, it will help you see your own intrinsic worth, help you overcome the effects of your parents' divorce and to be the best parent you can be, with or without a man.

Congratulation on the birth of your baby! All the struggle is worth it to have a child and I wish you the very best.