A YOUNG mum recalled the judgement she received after falling pregnant twice while she was still in school.
She revealed that people advised her to have an abortion when she was first expecting at 16.
In her viral video, TikTok user Yasmyn Switzer (@yasmynswitzer) recounted her experience becoming a teen mum while she was still in school.
The mum-of-three revealed that she was 16 when she moved in with her aunt and started her penultimate year at a new school.
Her move was a result of her parent’s addiction issues and the teen had just ended a “toxic relationship with a summer fling.”
Yasmyn had just settled into her new life when she suspected something was going on.
She visited the school nurse in between classes and discovered she was pregnant.
Yasmyn recalled how she had to return to class “immediately” after the life-changing moment.
While her aunt was “very supportive,” strangers advised her “to get an abortion.”
Instead, she decided to leave school and begin homeschooling while she carried out her pregnancy.
The following year, after giving birth to her daughter Laela, Yasmyn made another decision that would shape her life.
“I went back to school as a single mum for my senior year and reconnected with another boy I’d met the year before,” she recalled.
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During their final year in school, Yasmyn and her partner Logan moved in together and the then 17-year-old “got pregnant again” with her daughter Ana.
Almost six years on, the now 23-year-old is engaged and has welcome her third daughter Millie-Isla.
She shared pictures of her experience as a teen mum in school, crediting her friends with accepting and supporting her.
Tasmyn and her partner even posed with her baby before heading to prom.
TikTok users shared their thoughts on the situation in the comments section.
“You know the relationship is going to last forever when the he falls in love with you AND your baby at such a young age,” wrote one viewer.
“My mama graduated with three kids, it is what it is,” said another follower.
“All I’m reading is that you finished school even with the kiddos, good job girl,” commented a third person.
“You’re so strong, your children are so luck to have you,” wrote another TikTok user.
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