Hello, my name is Mercedes 🙂 I am 20 years old. I had my first baby at only 17. He was born in the middle of my senior year of high school. I was unable to graduate with my class & was depressed for way too long. My biggest goal was to graduate & make my family proud. Shortly after my son was born i'd gotten my first job at a mcdonalds. It wasnt the best but it took care of me & my baby. My boyfriend & I had been together for 2 & 1/2 years at that point & decided to start planning our future. We wanted to get married & we'd decided we wanted 3-4 kids all close together. We tried for baby #2 & ended up having a miscarriage. It was heartbreaking but we still set our eyes on what we had planned for our future. We tried again & were successful. 9 months pregnant with baby #2 my boyfriend & I decided it was time to get married & thats just what we did. I now have a super smart & sweet 2 year old & a cuddly emotional 1 year old. We decided to try for our 3rd hoping it would be a little girl but once again, suffered a miscarriage. At that point I feelt like giving up. Giving up on trying for more kids, school, & life in general. I was very depressed. I feelt like I wasnt happy in my relationship & I wanted better for myself. My husband had only been married a few months short of a year when we decided to split up. It was only for a few weeks but time apart is what we needed. Sometimes you need to fall apart to realize what you have. We soon decided to reunite as a family. When we got back together it was like we were falling in love all over. He wanted another baby right away (still focusing on our original goal-having our children all close together) but I was hesitant. I was losing alot of my baby weight j just getting comfortable with my body. However, its what he really wanted so I gave in. I am now 6 months pregnant with baby BOY #3. Yes, its another boy 💙 finding out I was expecting ANOTHER boy was devastating at first. But im just happy hes healthy & growing 💘 yesterday, I graduated highschool FINALLY! 🎓 I DID IT. I had given up on myself, had no confidence I could be more than a mother, had little to no motivation. But one day.. I looked at my babies, & realised the potential I do have. I wanted to be the one to show my babys it is possible. Anything is possible! I used to want to graduate just to prove to my family I could do it. But I did this to show my BABIES that I could do it. They were my strongest motivation. After baby boy #3 is born I plan to start college for nursing 💉 & I am so excited!!