Interesting to see how things have changed. I was 16 in 1963 when I married and still 16 in 1964 when I became a mother. Because my husband was in the Armed Forces I lived away from family and friends; therefore I had no support network. Abortion wasn't an option - other than illegal route; HomeStart didn't exist; Social Services were not on hand to give advise. It was a case of get on with it the best you could. By the time I was 21 I was a mother of 3; had been sterilised (for medical reasons); had lived in Libya during the Arab 6-day War; and was about to have a complete nervous breakdown which would put me in a psychiatric hospital for 6 months and see me needing electric shock treatment. My 3 children all turned out okay!
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Interesting to see how things have changed. I was 16 in 1963 when I married and still 16 in 1964 when I became a mother. Because my husband was in the Armed Forces I lived away from family and friends; therefore I had no support network. Abortion wasn't an option - other than illegal route; HomeStart didn't exist; Social Services were not on hand to give advise. It was a case of get on with it the best you could. By the time I was 21 I was a mother of 3; had been sterilised (for medical reasons); had lived in Libya during the Arab 6-day War; and was about to have a complete nervous breakdown which would put me in a psychiatric hospital for 6 months and see me needing electric shock treatment. My 3 children all turned out okay!