My Unexpected Experience
Posted by Lynley Brooke on 08-04-2009
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A Birth Mother’s Own Story Nine months of carrying a baby that I did not know I was having until 18 weeks into my pregnancy, I ended up blessing a couple who could not have children with a beautiful baby girl, or as most people would refer to it, as putting her up for adoption. My first reaction when the doctor informed me of my pregnancy was why this had to happen to me. "How will my mother react?," was another question that came across my mind. After accepting the fact that I was pregnant and realizing that there was no way out and I just had to deal with it, I had to develop a plan on how I was going to handle the situation. An abortion was not an option that I considered because it was against what I believed in. In my mind I knew that I was not ready for a baby emotionally, mentally, nor financially. Not being financially stable meant that I had to choose government assistance, also known as welfare, and I did not want to be a statistic of African American women depending on the … (Read More) |
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