Hi Kate,

I don't normally post in here but thought i would have a look as i was looking for something completely different.

Firstly might i say without sounding too patronising that at 18 I had very little clue, and at now 32 i hope if faced with the same situation i would be as level headed and mature as you are in your post.

If as you say you know that this bub is ok, and things will turn out to be fine, follow your instincts - i rely on mine all the time and have come to learn over the years that sometimes its all you have got. so if you believe in what you are feeling so strongly - stick with it i say.

Demand more information, this is your body, and your baby and any decision that needs to be made should be an informed one - with both benefits and risks included. Don't feel forced to make a decision and if things don't turn out the way you thought they might, make decisions as they need to be made with your partner.

Too often as pregnant women and women in general we are forced into making decisions based on "medical opinion" when that opinion turns out to be misinformed and often wrong.

So hang in there, you are going to be ok (fingers crossed) and so will that little bub.

cheers
Levi