Becoming a First Time Parent

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Becoming a First Time Parent Jennifer Berdine ENG121: English Composition 1 Regina Bradley 04/20/2015 BECOMING A FIRST TIME PARENT When you become a parent for the first time many emotions are running though your head: happiness, joy, nervous, scared. It can be overwhelming at first because there is a lot of unknown and all you want is a healthy baby. Even when it is a planned pregnancy nothing can prepare you for the first time you see a positive test result. Having a baby has change my life in many ways, it teaches you responsibilities and priorities, it motivates you to have the best possible life for your baby. Being a first time parent you put their needs in front of yours and would do absolutely anything to provide for them you also need to have a balance between work, school, and family. While all this can seem overwhelming you can successfully raise a family and have a career. Growing up I was a only child and did not get much interaction with pregnant women, therefore I know idea what to expect with pregnancy. I read as much as I could but I was scared for what my body was going to go though. I found out at 4 weeks I was pregnant and all that was going thought my mind was I want to make it to 12 weeks. That is when the risk for miscarriage goes down dramatically. Once I hit twelve weeks I could finally breathe a little easier knowing that I had a very good chance of carrying my little one to full term. Next the morning sickness hit, I knew it was coming but what I was not expecting was to not have a appetite for anything. I hear about the craving women get for example the pickles and ice cream. I however never got to experience any of it. At 14 weeks I found out I was having a girl and I was overwhelmed with joy. Honestly the first and second trimester was easier than I expected even most of the
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