When I was 17 I went out with the specific intention of getting pregnant as I felt that was what was missing i my life. I was lucky. I fell pregnant on my first attempt.

I had no intention of staying with the father, and to this day he doesn't know he has a child. I have never had any further contact with him.

Most people condemn my actions,and I'm sure that many of you will, too. For me, it was the best thing I have ever done. Fo 6 years before I got pregnant I had suffered from depression. I flitted from one thing to the next,never stuck at anything. Suddenly i had this awesome responsibility, but there was a light in my life. I started to think about the future for the first time. I woke up one day and realised I was happy. I have never looked back. My son gave me a reason to live.

Two and a half years later I gave birth to my second child, a daughter. Her conception was much the same as her brother's. I fell pregnant quickly and easily and then severed contact with her father.

I now have 2 beautiful, happy, healthy children and I love being a mother. Parenting isn't easy at the best of times, and when you're on your own you have added problems. Society looks upon you as being the scum of the earth, and financially it can be a struggle. But my children make evrything worthwhile. I am happy with the way I have done things, and never regretted my choices for a moment.

I plan to have more children. They will have love, support and security, just as these two do. There is no right or wrong way to do things. I know many will not agree with what I have done, but I thought I would give them a chance to understand.

Judge me if you will, but I am happy, and my children are happy, and that is what matters.