reflective essay
16 And Pregnant
Being pregnant at 16 really made a big change in my life because of all the challenges and responsibilities it came with. Throughout my teenage year’s I’ve always been the quiet, shy “good girl”. I had lots of friends and plenty of support from my family. When I turned 16 I found out something that would change my life forever, I was pregnant. It was one of most daunting days of my life so far.
When the doctor walked in to tell me I was 4 ½ months along all I could do was put my head down and remain quiet. In that moment I was speechless. She could tell by my solemn expression that I wasn’t happy, so she told me that if I had no plans on keeping the baby I had only 2 weeks left to decide if I wanted to keep the life growing inside me or terminate the pregnancy. As I sat there so many questions were going through my mind, “what will my mom say?”, “Do I want to keep this baby?”, “What will people think of me?”, “Should I give this baby up for adoption?” etc. It seems that most girls in this generation getting pregnant at an early age are joyous but I wasn’t. It was the most heartbreaking news I could ever hope to hear at the time. Just the thought of being a mom at 16 hit me like a fallen boulder from that day on, leaving me considerably depressed and emotional. Archibald2
On August 1st of 2009 at 2am two weeks overdue I started having pains in my back that compared to cramps but 100 times worst. So I called a friend to give me a ride and went into the hospital alone. The nurse asked “Are you ready to become a mother? Because you will be having your baby today” I was terrified, anxious and ready. I called my mom and child’s father and within 5 minutes they arrived. About 6 hours into labor my water finally broke and the contractions really started to get intense. Shortly after the doctor checked me she told me I was 10cm dilated and it was time to start pushing. “Keep your legs up to your chest, breath in, count to ten and breath
Being pregnant at 16 really made a big change in my life because of all the challenges and responsibilities it came with. Throughout my teenage year’s I’ve always been the quiet, shy “good girl”. I had lots of friends and plenty of support from my family. When I turned 16 I found out something that would change my life forever, I was pregnant. It was one of most daunting days of my life so far.
When the doctor walked in to tell me I was 4 ½ months along all I could do was put my head down and remain quiet. In that moment I was speechless. She could tell by my solemn expression that I wasn’t happy, so she told me that if I had no plans on keeping the baby I had only 2 weeks left to decide if I wanted to keep the life growing inside me or terminate the pregnancy. As I sat there so many questions were going through my mind, “what will my mom say?”, “Do I want to keep this baby?”, “What will people think of me?”, “Should I give this baby up for adoption?” etc. It seems that most girls in this generation getting pregnant at an early age are joyous but I wasn’t. It was the most heartbreaking news I could ever hope to hear at the time. Just the thought of being a mom at 16 hit me like a fallen boulder from that day on, leaving me considerably depressed and emotional. Archibald2
On August 1st of 2009 at 2am two weeks overdue I started having pains in my back that compared to cramps but 100 times worst. So I called a friend to give me a ride and went into the hospital alone. The nurse asked “Are you ready to become a mother? Because you will be having your baby today” I was terrified, anxious and ready. I called my mom and child’s father and within 5 minutes they arrived. About 6 hours into labor my water finally broke and the contractions really started to get intense. Shortly after the doctor checked me she told me I was 10cm dilated and it was time to start pushing. “Keep your legs up to your chest, breath in, count to ten and breath