“Teen pregnancy” opinions on my new blog post
Before I jump right into what I’m wanting to talk about I thought I would go ahead and throw this out there, in no way am I trying to glamorize teen pregnancy, if anything I encourage my fellow teenagers to wait before they decide to have a baby, and to always protect yourself! Now I’ll begin. pregnancy was one of the scariest things I have ever been through. At the age of fifteen I found out that I was pregnant. I’m not going to pretend that I was happy about it and it was all flowers and rainbows. That is not how I felt. As soon as I seen the two lines I instantly started crying, I was terrified. I didn’t want or need a baby. I was only a freshman in high school, in a relationship that was already rocky. Terrified of how my parents would react especially considering I come from a family full of women who were teen moms I wanted to show my mom and everybody else that I would be different, I would wait. I didn’t. I took seven tests and didn’t want to believe this was real, there was no way it could be real. I went to a women’s resource center where they confirmed that I was in fact pregnant. That moment, was the moment it became real. The woman that worked there and helped me prayed with me (I’m not sure if you believe in God or prayer but I do) and told me that everything would be okay and it’s all in His hands. Luckily I had a very easy, smooth pregnancy and same goes for delivery. You’d think I would’ve been happy. But I wasn’t. I stressed my whole pregnancy. Terrified that I wouldn’t be able to give my son the life he deserved, that I wouldn’t be good enough. Plus a few other things were going on but that is a story for another time. I can tell you the day I had him and laid eyes on him for the first time I knew that I would do everything I could to make sure he has the best life and make sure he knows he’s loved by everybody around him. I would put him before anything and anybody. This was two years ago, right now I am laying in bed with my two year old little boy watching Spongebob at three am and my heart has never been so full. Everything I went through helped me become stronger, having him has taught me so much and I still learn so many new things all the time. I didn’t plan on being a “teen mom” but it happened and I’m making the best out of it. I will continue to do my best raising him to be a decent human being and giving him a wonderful life. Also to other teen moms, I know it can be difficult sometimes but keep that head held high.
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