Lucy - A Teenage Pregnancy (1970)

[Music] [Music] [Applause] w [Music] my name is Lucy I'm pregnant I'm only 16 years old and I'm going to have a [Music] baby it all started when I met Joe [Music] we dug each other right away [Music] a [Music] Joe was out of sight after I met him I didn't even look at another [Music] boy he was my guy [Music] y cut School most of the time after a while I did too so I could be with him I didn't know it then but that was our first mistake [Music] [Music] n [Music] [Music] then one day I found out I was pregnant when I told Joe he didn't want to believe it and neither did I but I guess we shouldn't have been surprised my God that was stupid I blamed him and he blamed me we both so scared we started yelling and screaming at each other as if that would help help me shut up I was so uptight I got mad if anyone even looked at me I hated everybody and I thought everybody hated [Applause] me it got so I couldn't stand to stay in the house or see anyone not even Joe I wanted to go hide somewhere how does this m I almost went out of my mind I'm in trouble a girl I knew even told me how to arrange for an abortion [Applause] [Applause] but I couldn't do it maybe someone else could but I just couldn't I threw the address away what are you crying for you should be very H you better be finally Mom figured things out at first she yelled at me then she started crying that made me feel even worse why didn't you tell me you didn't have to hide it what's going on she when my father found out he called me a no good if mom hadn't stopped him he would have beat me up good after a while he calmed down I guess he figured we were all stuck with it I was in trouble and I needed help an old friend of Mom's told us about a social service agency that helps girls like me we decided to go see them your name is Lucy was well Lucy my name is Miss Wiggins uh first of all I'd like you to be at the agency they talk to me about what I would do next like they wanted to know if Joe and I had thought about getting married Poor Joe I knew he loved me but how could he take care of a family he didn't have a job and he hadn't even finished school then the lady sent me to the prenatal clinic for medical tests mom went with me the test showed that I really was pregnant I went back to the agency and they asked if Joe would come in with me me I told Joe I'd gone to the agency he got pretty nervous when I said they wanted him to come with me next time but at last he said he would I'm mostly glad you decided to come in and see me Joe I want you to know that you Joe told the lady he was looking for a job now and he promised to finish school he didn't try to cop out or anything I was so proud of him that I wonder if you had then she asked us if we had thought about what we would do with the baby I could keep him myself to raise put him up for adoption or put him in a Forester home until I made up my mind but I had to [Music] decide wow up till then I'd only been worried about myself I never even thought about what would happen happened to the kid it hit me hard my baby was a person too Joe told me he would try to help all he could but we both knew that wouldn't be [Music] much things would never really be the same for either of us now I started taking typing lessons I knew I would have to earn a living no matter what I decided to do about the baby at the clinic I learned things about my own body that I didn't know before I wish I had known maybe all this wouldn't be happening to me now to the next half hour on an informal talk about what will be happening to you over the next 6 weeks now let me Begin by giving a very quick out they told us all about the pill rubbers the diaphragm and other ways to prevent pregnancy until you're ready for it and these were facts not stories or dirty jokes like I'd heard from my friends to bring up any problems that you would like a personal answer to I've done a lot of thinking like how different my life would have been if this hadn't happened if only Joe and I hadn't been so dumb [Music] [Music] and I think about what life will be like for my kid I can already feel its life beginning Inside Me Maybe I'll keep my baby but I know it won't be easy I sure hope my kid sister will learn something from this and not the hard way like I had [Music] to it's not the end of the world I guess but it sure is different from the way I wanted things to be e [Music] [Music]