"his little hands stole my heart. And his little feet ran away with it." What is a young mom?
Now-a-days I feel like people consider young having a baby before you're 25? But why is it such a bad thing? People look down on women for having babies at "such a young age." To that I simply say... you truly don't know what you're missing. At the age of 19 I lived in Kentucky in an apartment with my husband(boyfriend at the time) and my younger brother. I was a month away from moving to Arizona with a new life ahead of me. In April of 2013 I found out I was pregnant. A short week later I was sitting in an ER room. Heartbroken. Devastated. At just 6 weeks pregnant I had a miscarriage. I was ashamed and felt stupid for being upset over something that seemed like an "idea" or something that was "not real." But it was very much real. I was pregnant and I had lost a part of myself that day. Later that year I was proposed to by my wonderful husband. We then got married in March of 2014. And sure enough about a year after having a miscarriage I was then pregnant again(not trying I might add lol) in April of 2014. At first I was terrified. I would keep myself up at nights with the "what-if's" and "I hope it doesn't happen again." This time around I had a healthy pregnancy and carried my baby for 39 weeks. When I had Matthew I remember he didn't cry when he was delivered(obviously people always tell you that the baby is suppose to cry when he/she comes out). I couldn't see him yet and I asked my mom "Is he okay?!" and I'll never forget her response "Oh yeah he's just checking everything out!" January 10th, 2015. It's a day I'll never forget the rest of my life. People turn their noses up and whisper to each other when they see young moms but I applaud them. It doesn't matter if you're a single mom, a married mom, a mom with a boyfriend, or whatever the case may be. Young moms are the best moms. We may not have "planned" to have this baby. But did we have to plan to have a baby to love him/her more? I can guarantee you if you were to ask any mom out there no matter their age they will tell you: "planned or not my little one is the biggest blessing I could've ever hoped for." One of my now favorite quotes is: "Being a young mom means we met a little early. But I get to love you longer. Some people say my life ended when I had a baby but my life had just begun. You didn't take away my future... you gave me a new one." How lucky am I to get to love Matthew for as long as I do?(: "I love you forever, I'll like you for always, As long as I'm living my baby you'll be."
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AuthorJessica Hatcher, 24, Anthem, AZ. Archives
May 2017
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