In the year 2015, my world was flipped upside down. As if my life was put in a snow globe and shaken wildly by a young child to watch it turn to chaos. It was to be an easy senior year, finish the classes I needed, to attend prom and apply to Augustana, and to begin pinning down my dreams of becoming a marine biologist. I had taken at least 5 tours of Augustana University during my four years of high school and it was set it stone for me. But as time went on my dream seemed to become more distant. On October 31st, 2015, I took a pregnancy test that came back positive.
I was thinking about my future would be altered by my choices, guessing how my future now would look. Would my dreams still be in there? Would I be making $11 an hour for the …show more content…
When I was about 23 weeks along I began having horrible pains, and went into an ultrasound, only to find out I could have my baby anytime, and I was already beginning to go into labor, so while I was in tears trying to hold back the thought of losing my baby, I was rushed into an Avera room on the labor and delivery floor immediately. This continued throughout my pregnancy, going back into the hospital and eventually having to have surgery to keep my baby in the womb for his and my own safety. The thought of everything I had been through previously, but now the horror and reality that I could lose my baby. The doctors told me at this rate he had 5% chance of survival. I refused to give up hope and settle with that information. For 3 weeks I was sent home on bedrest, and could not even sit in a 90 degree angle. I would do anything to protect my child, and at 18 years old, to me personally, that is a big rush of emotion and maturity that was brought upon me. Here in my belly, this perfect baby is kicking and it brought me to tears daily. Graduation was just around the corner and I was praying I’d be able to walk with my class. At seven and a half months pregnant I walked down that long carpet, shook my principal’s hand, and got my diploma. It was the most proud I had ever been of myself for making it this
I was thinking about my future would be altered by my choices, guessing how my future now would look. Would my dreams still be in there? Would I be making $11 an hour for the …show more content…
When I was about 23 weeks along I began having horrible pains, and went into an ultrasound, only to find out I could have my baby anytime, and I was already beginning to go into labor, so while I was in tears trying to hold back the thought of losing my baby, I was rushed into an Avera room on the labor and delivery floor immediately. This continued throughout my pregnancy, going back into the hospital and eventually having to have surgery to keep my baby in the womb for his and my own safety. The thought of everything I had been through previously, but now the horror and reality that I could lose my baby. The doctors told me at this rate he had 5% chance of survival. I refused to give up hope and settle with that information. For 3 weeks I was sent home on bedrest, and could not even sit in a 90 degree angle. I would do anything to protect my child, and at 18 years old, to me personally, that is a big rush of emotion and maturity that was brought upon me. Here in my belly, this perfect baby is kicking and it brought me to tears daily. Graduation was just around the corner and I was praying I’d be able to walk with my class. At seven and a half months pregnant I walked down that long carpet, shook my principal’s hand, and got my diploma. It was the most proud I had ever been of myself for making it this