Pregnant Narrative

I have a unique story to write about. When I was 15 I found I was pregnant. Initially, I just thought I had stomach cramps, but they got worse and eventually I went to the emergency room. My Mom went with me and stayed with me while the doctor ran some tests. The doctors thought I had the stomach flu, but they did a urine test and it showed I was pregnant. I felt nervous and afraid and my mom was upset. My mom was upset because she didn’t like the baby’s father.
My mom didn’t like my boyfriend because he spent too much time on the streets selling drugs, getting into fights and buying guns illegally. My boyfriend, Dray was happy about my pregnancy. I told him I was already 16 weeks pregnant. He was afraid to tell his mom. We talked
about giving the baby up for adoption to my Godmother. He started crying and saying he wanted to keep the baby, which lead me to think that we should keep the baby. I went home and told my mom we should prepare to keep the baby.
To prepare for the baby I started gathering baby diapers, wipes and bath items. My mom later had a baby shower for me. The shower was at my house and my mom invited my aunts, friends, cousins, grandparents and Godmother. The theme was Disney Characters. I love Mickey Mouse and people gave me gifts with Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck on them. We played Disney Trivia games and word games. We served chocolate cake with icing that spelled out “It’s a Boy” in baby blocks. The frosting was vanilla creme. My favorite gift was a crib with Mickey Mouse sheets. The pregnancy went very fast. I didn’t start showing until I was 6 months pregnant. I felt sick and nauseaos in the morning for my entire pregnancy. I felt better after I slept but the the pregnancy made me feel exhausted all the time. I rarely went out. When I was 7 months pregnant I got my first ultrasound. I was so excited to find out it was boy. I wanted my first child to be a boy because they are easier to raise than girls. Girls are hard to raise, they are too much dramatic and besides, if I had a daughter she might get pregnant too. Dray was overjoyed that I was having a boy. I had to drop out of school because i was thinking about how other people felt so i had my mom pull me out.
I lost several friends because I was pregnant. I had stopped communicating with people because I want to stay to myself. I felt self-conscious at school and that people were looking at me. I felt that my friends were looking down at me for being pregnant at such a young age. My mom and grandparents tried to dissuade from dropping out of high school, but I didn’t want to attend anymore. I dropped out in November and then had my baby in December.
One morning I woke up and I was having back-to-back contractions.
My grandma told me that if they worsened, she would take me to the hospital. Shortly thereafter about 5 minutes later, the contractions worsened and my cousin picked us up to go to the hospital. I was already dilated to 5 centimeters when I was admitted. The doctor gave me an epidural which really helped, but I was so afraid to birth naturally that the doctors gave me an emergency c-section. I was awake during the delivery and remember that when they cut me open it felt really weird and numb. When my baby was born he looked like his dad. Dray came to the hospital, he was so happy as was my family. Soon after, I kicked everyone out so I could get some rest. I named my son, Tyrinn.
When my son was born he didn’t cry. He was a very hungry baby, he wanted to nurse a lot. When I had to give him a bath he would start crying because he was still hungry. He would sleep for 4-5 hours at time, which is good for an infant. Tyrinn changed my life. I started working at Six Flag Great America so I could make money to support him. I also returned to high school so I could get my high school diploma. I want to go into the United State Air Force so I can make a better life for myself and my
child.