This may be a long read but I am 20 years old and a first time Mom. My fiancé and I have been together for 5 years. I found out July 2019 that I was pregnant. While it wasn’t planned we both know instantly that our child was so loved and wanted, and we would do anything and everything to provide for him and love him. There were a few judgmental people saying we were too young (fiancé is 22), we couldn’t handle it, we were ruining our lives.. so on and so forth. We knew differently.

I had a chemical pregnancy in June of 2019 (the cycle prior) and somehow fell pregnant again the next month, even though we had never had any “slip ups” before this time.. I was so heartbroken when I lost my first baby so I truly believe it was meant to be. I have been a nanny for years and my passion has always been children. I couldn’t wait to have my own (although I was definitely planning on waiting longer than this)!

I have had a very hard pregnancy with HG and being hospitalized multiple times. I have not been working since 15 weeks, and my VERY hardworking fiancé has been doing everything he can to provide for us. It has been so hard , seeing him stress so much about money and not being able to do anything to help, it has definitely taken a huge toll on me as well. I couldn’t be more thankful for him. Throughout all this hardship we were able to move to a larger (and obviously more expensive) apartment in our complex to give our son a nursery. I have been babysitting when I can, selling clothes and things online, basically anything I can as “side work” to save. We were blessed enough to have a shower thrown for us by my sister in law.

I am now 34 weeks, and this is the room we have for our son. It may not be in a house, it may not be as fancy or as “cute” as so many others.. but I am SO proud of us. Beyond thankful to everyone who has helped us big and small and for simply all the love that has been shown to us and our little one. 6 more weeks and we can bring him home. 💙

Here is my sweet bump, my blessing, little Oaklan. 💙