Personal Narrative: How Having A Baby Changed My Life

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The birth of my daughter changed my life in so many positive ways. Although, finding out I was pregnant at 20 made me nervous, I knew that as long as I thought about all the good things that would come out of having a baby I would be fine. First, I thought about all the joy my baby would bring me when she comes into this world. Then, I thought about all the new things I would learn as first time mom. The part that made me most nervous was telling her father, because I knew even though he wanted a baby so bad it all happened so soon. All in all, like me he obviously thought about all the positive things that would come out of having a baby. For the most part we both counted having a baby as a blessing. The first month of my pregnancy …show more content…

After I got through that tough time the rest of my pregnancy went great and I loved the feeling of being pregnant. I had the most amazing midwife and support from my boyfriend who helped me every step of the way. The first couple months I couldn’t come to terms that I was pregnant because I wasn’t showing nor was I feeling any pregnancy symptoms. I started to accept my pregnancy at about three months in that’s when I found out the gender of my baby, I was having a girl! As a result of finding out I was having a girl, I knew it was about time I took steps in a new direction in my life. It was important for me to realize, that having a daughter meant I had to grow up and change to be a great role model for her. Even though I loved being pregnant there were some things I didn’t like at all. Such as, getting really bad heartburns and always being hungry which resulted in me gaining more weight than I should have and that meant I had to constantly shop for maternity clothes. Also, I started craving candy and

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