Brendansmum! Don't even worry about other people's opinions when it comes to being a good mother etc when your "young". As they say age is a state of mind. Im 21 with my first, and i've had a few people tell me that im too young to be a mum and they also put their two cents worth in in regards of how to raise a baby etc but at the end of the day it's my child, my family, my body etc and I will make the decisions. No one should make you feel like your 'inferior' or 'unwise' just because of your age. People stopped carrying on like that with me because when they got to know me properly they saw how mature i was for my age. Don't let them take the excitement of childbirth and pregnancy away from you!!!