Personal Narrative Research Paper

This usually comes when the couple believes they have their ducks in a row and the creation of an infant would only bring more satisfaction and joy. When women get pregnant the first thing that they usually do is run to the book store and they’ll pick up “What to Expect When You’re Expecting” by Heidi Murkoff. Naturally, expecting a child causes a mommy-to-be to read into what to is to come in the months awaiting the arrival of the child. Not because that mother had an essay to write on it the next day but because that mother could feel the flutters in her tummy- which could have either been the baby kicking or gas. This is inconclusive. When the newborn arrives the couple experienced exactly what they sought which was the pleasure of bringing a human being into the world. Raising a child isn’t completely filled with ease but this form of secondary education taught them a lot about themselves as the baby developed. The new parents learned to be unselfish by not spending frivolously in order to save up for their child’s college fund. Having a child also encouraged this couple to improve their health. “Fatherhood comes with a lot of great health perks” says Marcus Goldman, M.D., author of The Joy of Fatherhood: The First Twelve Months. “Not only does it inspire men to take better care of themselves physically, but it also

I have three children two boys and one girl, but when I got pregnant of my third baby I did not planed to have another baby. I was using calendar method because the pills method had side effect in my body; so I decided to use the calendar method, but just worked for three years the calendar method because I got pregnant. I was in shock because I did not want to have another baby. I remember when I went to the doctor and he told me that I was pregnant I started cry and my husband was with me and he told me that everything will be okay not to worry.

In October of 2012 my son was born. I put my plans on hold and focused on providing for him. I wanted him to have everything I had as a child. My mother worked day and night when I was younger. I can still remember holidays where she'd wake up at the crack of dawn just to prepare a full feast and go to work that afternoon. I knew the importance of sacrifice and hardwork. I also wanted my son to experience the chance to have his father around. I wanted it so bad that I endured two long years of mental and

Growing up I was what most parents would have called a perfect child; I had amazing grades early in school and a sparkling personality. I reached my teenage years, and my perspective, due to traumatic events, changed, and my morals took a drastic turn for the worse. I was then what parents would say was a troubled child. Soon I learned, being a junior in high school is hard, but being a pregnant seventeen-year-old in high school was even harder. Sadly, I didn’t learn that from a relative or a friend; I learned it the hard, eye-opening way. As an immature teenager I had to learn to deal with mental self-acceptance, physical changes, and life changing events that came with teen pregnancy.

Ever since I was a young girl I could not wait to become a mom! I always volunteered to make bottles, change diapers, play peek-a-boo, and rock my little cousins to sleep. So why was everyone upset when I became pregnant? Oh yes, I was only 14 year old girl! I could not even boil eggs yet here I was getting ready to have a baby. My mom was not happy; even though she drank half the time, she tried numerous times to make me stop seeing Santiago, aka Taco. She even threatened to put him in jail. "Because a 21 year old man has no business with a 14 year old girl!" was something she would always say. I never listened; always skipping school and running away to be with him. Every day was a party that consisted of sex, alcohol, and drugs, mainly

I can slightly remember that earlier part of the morning when my parents were leaving for work, my mom first around 7:30 A.M, and then my step-dad around 9 A.M. It was a completely normal morning, except for the fact that I hadn’t been attending school for almost the past 2 months for mental health reasons. I said goodbye to my step-dad as he left for work and then immediately grabbed the home phone and called my friend Dakota. I turned on some music pretty loud—insensitive to the fact that I was living in an apartment— and talked to him for a little while until the conversation became a uncomfortable. Dakota began to tell me about how amazing alcohol was and how surprised

Many of my friends did not have children and wanted to continue to party and do as they pleased. I had to stop for the well-being of my unborn baby. I ended up losing some friends over that. Protection my baby is worth losing all the friends in the world. I had to stop doing many things I enjoyed. I couldn’t swim every day like I use to and it was hard to do tasks that needed me to stand for long periods of time. I wasn’t able to mow my grass or do any cosmetics to my house. My independence slowly slipped away during my pregnancy.

My life before I had a baby was considered my own. I was laid back and pretty much worry free. When I wanted to go somewhere, I would just get up and go. I could stay out as long as I wanted to. If I wanted to get crazy with my friends, I could. My friends where always around and we were going here and there constantly. I didn’t answer to anyone but me. All I had to worry about was what I wanted and needed. My life was mine and mine only. My time was mine and only mine. Everything revolved around my feelings and me. I know I sound selfish but I think everyone is at that age. Before Austin came, if I wanted to sleep late or just lay around the house in my pajamas I could. I have found that when a bay comes along, that your life is not yours

I knew at that moment that my life was about to take a drastic change and I would be pushed to the limit. I knew that this would be a very hard road. I was still in high school, I was on the basketball team and I was pregnant. That was a hard pill to swallow. This is when I began to look towards the future. I had goals and things that I wanted to accomplish in my life and just like that I could see it all disappear. But I found that with prayer, my goals could still be accomplished. I might be harder and might take me longer than I had anticipated, but I found myself determined to make it work. “Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate” (Psalm 127: 3-5). Even though the having pre-marital sex is not idyllic, that baby is still considered a child of

One year ago I found out I was pregnant with my first child. Being a teen mom in school I felt as if my life was over, no more parties or a normal teenage girls life. Dealing with strict parents and their traditions of no kids or sex till marriage wasn't helping my situation. I knew my mom was going to be really disappointed in me, but I had to tell her. And I knew the longer I stayed quite it would be worse it would be and I had to get checked out by the doctors

As I am now a Father and am raising a child of my own, I always look back at my own childhood and can remember those days where I would do something wrong and get punished for it. I did not know what it would be like to have a child of my own and have to take on a whole new responsibility until the day I met my daughter. The day came where I received the phone call while at work telling me to get to the hospital, she is coming. It was like my whole heart stopped and for a minute I was thinking “wow, I am fixing to become a Dad”. The whole pregnancy and the 9-month wait does not prepare you for the day your baby arrives.

When I became a mother for the first time I was given a lot of different advice. Some good, some bad, some I didn’t even understand. Among the list I didn’t understand was one piece of advice that took me a while to understand. Enjoy your child while they’re little because once they hit the teenage years everything changes. It took me awhile to understand what exactly people meant until I looked back sixteen years to when I was thirteen. Everything about me changed from my attitude to my style. I remember struggling trying to find my identity and who I was and who I wanted to become. One of my biggest struggles was my appearance and trying to fit in with my generation. During this time my mother would constantly saying “So what are you going

Being one month shy of obtaining one full year of sobriety, last week, I slipped due to their aggravation. Some of you may have noticed by the occurrence of three consecutive, childish Facebook posts. (Plain and simple: Me + two bottles of wine= A horrible idea) Nevertheless, I forgave myself, left it in the past, and moved forward with acceptance and preservation.

I had to learn how to enjoy myself, and cope with myself, and learn how to just accept that. Most teens take their family for granted. For me I loved my family, my family turned out to be my best friends. However being pregnant I had various different mood swings, I can admit It hard to get along with me at times. It was really overwhelming when most of the times I just wanted to give up and start over, I would question myself why would God give me a child? I’m only a child myself? What did I do to deserve this? Every other teen has sex and don’t get pregnant why me? Should I get an abortion? How do I not enjoy my senior year? Why can’t people just understand what I’m going though? Why people like to judge me and barely know me?

Having a child at the age of 16 was extremely tough for me. I had attended private school up until the end of my sophomore year as that is when I became pregnant. I had hoped to attend college out of state and had a steady grade point average of about 3.5. I lost contact with all my friends as I was either working or staying home with my son. I had to work two jobs in order to avoid being on welfare and yet still continue to go to high school as I was determined to finish. I can proudly say that my son is now graduating from high school and he has grown up to be a very respectful young man. I had seen my cousins’ struggle with their teen pregnancies as well but no one had actually ever sat me down to talk to me about it.