My moms reaction.

I think reading the book "Your Pregnancy and Newborn Journey" is going to be helpful in a way. I have read the first chapter and a lot of the information is already helpful and making me think about a lot of things. I remember when I first found out I was pregnant. I was scared but at the same time I was happy. My boyfriend seemed to be upset and nervous at first. Telling my mom for me wasn't something I was scared to do and it wasn't hard at all. The main reason was because my mom kept saying I know your pregnant and made me go to the doctor to find out for sure and also because my mom and I are really close and I can talk about anything and tell her anything. When I was leaving the doctors office, I called my mom and I said I am pregnant and all she had to say was I knew it! She was upset about the whole situation at first because I'm only seventeen and she knows what it's like to be a teen mom. She was seventeen when she had my sister. She thought that I wouldn't follow in her or my families footsteps. Every woman in my family has had a kid when they were between the ages of fifteen and nineteen. My sister being one of them. She had her first kid when she was fifteen, she got pregnant with him when she was only fourteen. I see how they have struggled with jobs because they didn't finish school and that was something my mom was most upset about. That is why I am going to New Start, so I can have an education, even if I'm not graduating on time. Now my boyfriend was so scared to tell his parents, mostly his dad. The funny thing was his dad wasn't mad at all. All the had to say was things happen for a reason and now it's time for you to get a real job and be responsible so you can take care of your kid and your girlfriend. He said he is happy he is going to be a grandpa. Reading the first chapter and the part where other young moms tell about their parents reactions, some of them were horrible to me. Some parents didn't want to talk to them, some wanted them to get abortions. I don't know how any parent could tell their kid they need to get an abortion that is just horrible!! I don't know what I would do if my mom wasn't supportive. I know that right now everything would be a lot harder to deal with if she wasn't. She knows that being hateful and not supporting me would be the wrong thing to do. I respect and appreciate her for being there for me like she is because I know some teens don't have that with their parents. Now I'm just waiting for my baby girl to be here and I can't wait til I have her in my arms.