“Okay.” You huffed and puffed as this belly of yours was troublesome. You couldn’t wait for this little monster inside of you to pop out. You had enough carrying this weight, receiving achiness all over your body. You declare to yourself that you weren’t going to carry anymore babies if this was terrible.
The moment she gave birth something sunk into her mind, that she could never fully comprehend until that moment. As she holds her child in her arms, taking extra precautions, so that her child doesn’t get hurt, she realizes that it is now her job to take care of her baby. That her biggest concern is no longer herself, but the child who was not in her arms yesterday. That yesterday’s problems are no longer of concern to her. That it is her job to provide and raise a human being.
“I wasn’t the one who went through difficult labor and brought our child into this universe.” “Doctor, we both know how much stress this caused you.” It wasn’t just the birth that had caused
On January 1,2011 the tornado sirens are blaring. Storm is going back and forth like a rollercoaster. The smell of wood flying through the air. Seeing my moms head almost getting taken of by a walmart roof, it was as scary as a horror movie that almost came to life. Getting home my mom comes down stairs after the storm passes and said “I’m pregnant” all of us where in shock because we thought she was joking.
I could not understand how a person so young would be able to cope raising a baby. At the age of 20 I found out I was expecting a child of my own. Now I was going to be a young mother and face societies stereotypes. I often found people staring at my bump, probably unintentionally but it made me want to hide away my bump because I felt they were staring at me and judging me on becoming a mother so young, wondering how I would ever manage. During my pregnancy I began
Coming of Age “Have a good time. remember to take food out of the bottom oven, bye” my mom said. Those were the last words she said before going off into the city with my dad that night. They had left Jack, Grace, and I with our grandparents for the night.
One of the scariest days of my life was the day I brought my first child, Noah home. I can remember getting home and feeling like I had no idea what I was doing. I was exhausted, sore, and scared out of my mind. I remember everyone telling me you just know what to do when you become a mother, but here I was with this little person, and I felt completely lost. I wasn’t able to get breast feeding down, I could’t stop the crying, and I felt the saddest
For most of my life, I felt like a stranger to everyone around me, including my family. It shouldn’t have been shocking; I was adopted. I cannot pinpoint the exact moment I knew that, because in a way I always knew. I am an Asian-American from South Korea, and I was brought into this country on August 4th, 1999. My adoptive parents refer to this day as my “Gotcha Day.”
Growing Together A lot of people end up in situations that they never thought they would find themselves facing. For example, I never thought that I would get pregnant at eighteen years old. Me being a college freshman at the time, having a baby wasn’t in my plans at all. After experiencing all the changes that happened in those nine months, I can say that dealing with pregnancy at such a young age is pretty life changing. Though I am thankful for everything that has happened to me in my life.
My dad was picking my brother and I up from school. We noticed how sad he looked; he was on the edge of tears. When we asked what was wrong he broke down. He told us our grandfather, his father, passed away. I’ll always remember that moment.
Giving birth to a child is one of the jubilant privilege gifted to a woman. The feeling of having a life grow within you, is beyond any comparison. The decision to become pregnant can be monotonous or planned. But, the emotional aspect of nurturing a life within you and then with you, is the actual feeling of motherhood.
after giving birth to my son in 2011 I have been struggling with being overweight and just all around unhealthy. I 've gained in between 65-70 pounds durin my pregnancy of course it was from overindulging and not eating healthy. unfortunately, lack of the right nutrition/exercise it all caught up with me when I had my son. He was diagnosed with a heart defect and numerous of other major/minor things. he had to have opened heart surgery at two days old and another followed shortly after, plus all of the other things that were wrong as well.
Then 9 months later on February 16, 1999, at 3:10 am my precious son came out of my womb and placed on my chest. It was the most amazing experience ever, but also extremely exhausting thing ever! I was in the hospital for about another week till the doctor told me to go home, funny thing is that I got discharged on my birthday February 21, 1999, which I turned 16. At first, it felt like being a mother was easy, but in reality, it wasn 't because I also had to go to school plus he would always wake me up in the middle of the night, and be in an extreme of exhaustion. I started missing school more and more till I finally dropped out.
I can still remember like it was yesterday the day my son was born. The feelings leading up to the day he was born were the most nerve racking days of my life. On August 27th 2015 me and my wife sat at home expecting the our son any moment. My mother was also with us and was there to help us after the baby was born. As the day went by the house filed with boredom and the feeling of nervousness, and outside being gray and rainy I knew that it wasn 't a beach day.
New born babies I might have said that I didn’t like kids, but that didn’t go for new born babies. I actually love them they are so small and precious and they are easy to handle. My liking for them is the reason why I want the career I choose when I grow up which is a neonatal nurse. I know being a neonatal nurse deal with more than just babies, but it close so that what I’m going for. Babies to me are really easy to watch, I really don’t care too much about waking up at midnight or any time of the night because I kind of do that now.
