How Pregnancy Can Be a Good Thing for Teenage Girls
On my 15th birthday, July 3, 1998, I was at the Glenwood Lake Park rehearsing for my mothers’ wedding. It was exactly 10 a.m. when I announced to my family. “It’s Time!” I knew immediately that the contractions I was having were not the Braxton Hicks contractions I had been having for months. These contractions were very real and very intense. My sister had me sit down and she began to time how far apart my contractions were. My family continued to rehearse as I sat on the concrete ledge, too afraid to move. My contractions were consistently ten minutes apart for the first hour. That is when my mother looked at me with fear in her eyes and said, “Everything will be okay sweetie.”
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Research shows that most teen pregnancies happen because of bad decisions. It also shows some teenage girls have better decision making skills after becoming pregnant. These girls chose another path in life, becoming more productive and veering away from drugs and delinquency (BenefitOf.Net). I consider myself to be one of these girls and now a successful woman. Prior to becoming pregnant I became involved in risky experimental behavior as many teens to. Becoming pregnant with my son gave me reason and purpose enough to change the choices I was making. I currently own and operate a non-profit organization helping those in need with items such as food, clothing, and furniture. Through my organization I am partnered with my local Public Health Department, Mills County Coalition, and the Mills County Ministerial Association. I spend my day every Thursday volunteering at our food pantry and I run a small pantry from my home. My Thursday evenings are spent serving a community dinner and assisting in rotating support groups, including M.O.M.S. group for moms off meth. I am a very active member of my church and I am the youth leader for at-risk teens in my community. Through my church I am also the event and fundraiser coordinator as well as the lead in a free education program we are working on launching in the next few months. I serve on the PTA and I am the room mother for two of my children’s classrooms. I am a member of our Homecoming and travel soccer parents committees. More important than what I do, my children have everything they need and my home is filled with more love than some will ever encounter. Becoming a teen mother did not make it so I could do nothing with my life, but rather motivated me to become involved and active in many of the things that I
On my 15th birthday, July 3, 1998, I was at the Glenwood Lake Park rehearsing for my mothers’ wedding. It was exactly 10 a.m. when I announced to my family. “It’s Time!” I knew immediately that the contractions I was having were not the Braxton Hicks contractions I had been having for months. These contractions were very real and very intense. My sister had me sit down and she began to time how far apart my contractions were. My family continued to rehearse as I sat on the concrete ledge, too afraid to move. My contractions were consistently ten minutes apart for the first hour. That is when my mother looked at me with fear in her eyes and said, “Everything will be okay sweetie.”
In the months …show more content…
Research shows that most teen pregnancies happen because of bad decisions. It also shows some teenage girls have better decision making skills after becoming pregnant. These girls chose another path in life, becoming more productive and veering away from drugs and delinquency (BenefitOf.Net). I consider myself to be one of these girls and now a successful woman. Prior to becoming pregnant I became involved in risky experimental behavior as many teens to. Becoming pregnant with my son gave me reason and purpose enough to change the choices I was making. I currently own and operate a non-profit organization helping those in need with items such as food, clothing, and furniture. Through my organization I am partnered with my local Public Health Department, Mills County Coalition, and the Mills County Ministerial Association. I spend my day every Thursday volunteering at our food pantry and I run a small pantry from my home. My Thursday evenings are spent serving a community dinner and assisting in rotating support groups, including M.O.M.S. group for moms off meth. I am a very active member of my church and I am the youth leader for at-risk teens in my community. Through my church I am also the event and fundraiser coordinator as well as the lead in a free education program we are working on launching in the next few months. I serve on the PTA and I am the room mother for two of my children’s classrooms. I am a member of our Homecoming and travel soccer parents committees. More important than what I do, my children have everything they need and my home is filled with more love than some will ever encounter. Becoming a teen mother did not make it so I could do nothing with my life, but rather motivated me to become involved and active in many of the things that I