I unfortunately live in a low income household of five with everday struggles of looking after my siblings, paying bills, and maintaing the household. Neither one of my parents work so therewere a lot of responsibilities that I had to uphold to. I am the first person between both my parents that has taken the oppurtunity to attend college.
Their were two events that occured this past semester that caused a magnitude of emotional stress which consequently effected my academic progress at Georgia State. The first event occured January 5th, 2013. I had a termination for my pregnancy. I was previously aware of my pregnancy Decemeber 2012 during the end of my Fall semester. Taking in consideration that I live in low income household having a child during that point of my life was not a wise choice to make if I wanted to continue attending school and working part time. After my operation I developed symptoms of post partum depression that substantially impaired my emotional well being. Before my actions of this event I did not not consider how much this would affect my life and emotional development. It was very hard for me to cope with the choice I made of having an abortion. It began to be very