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Personal Narrative: My Life As A Mom

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“Happy Birthday, ouch, is that a foot in my rib?” were my first thoughts when I woke on the morning of June 30th, 2014. My baby boy was turning five that day and I was three months away from giving birth to a second handful of joy. At this time in my life I loved being a Mom, but felt I had no idea what I was doing. I second guessed everything and called my Mother-in-law for every cough, scratch, rash, well you name it, I called her for a lot. On that hot June day the second guessing stopped. While I didn’t know it at the time, I was about to embark of the most trying yet life changing experience I would probably every endure in my lifetime. I was about to learn that I was capable of doing more and being more than I could have ever imagined if I just put my mind to it. …show more content…

I stood up very calmly and asked my husband to take me to the walk-in clinic so I could hear the baby’s heartbeat. The clinic suspected my water had broken but the baby’s heartbeat was loud and clear. I was confused. Is everything okay? Can I go home now? I wasn’t sure what to think. Then I was then told to go straight to the emergency room. The wave of terror that had come over me before had now engulfed my entire being and my every thought. Being only 28 weeks pregnant I knew it was too soon for my son to be born. I knew his chances of survival were low and I knew I had to stay strong for him; no second guessing, stress and worry would only cause him

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