Hello everyone!
For my Early
Childhood Growth and Development class I will have to do various
journals about myself regarding to my own "Early Childhood Growth and
Development". To be able to gather this information I will be
sending an email whenever I have another Journal to do to various family
members. Below is my second Journal, really like a first, as it begins
at birth.
My Birth story:
Well while I was still inside my mom, a lot happened that may of
may not of affected me. Neither of my parents recall any medicine,
drugs, or such things like that, that my mom had during her pregnancy with
me. However there were a few other things. To start it off, I
am the 3rd of 4 children that my mom had. Not only that,
but I’m the third of 3 children that were born very close to each other. Within
3 years, my mom gave birth to 3 children. And to add to it all, all 3 of
them were boys. My mom during most of her pregnancy with me
was very stressed and overwhelmed. My dad was gone during the days
at work, and my two older brothers, both under 3, were very hyper, energetic
and rowdy boys. As the pregnancy advanced, it became more and more of a chore
for my mom to keep up with my brothers.
My mom did have a number of health issues during my pregnancy as
well. At one point my mom and dad thought she had cancer, but the
doctor’s wouldn’t do any x-rays or MRI or anything because she was
pregnant. Due to all of these things going on, my family moved
during this time so they could be closer to family to get help.
The stress of life for my mom didn’t get any easier. When my
mom was 4 months pregnant with me, she was in a car accident. Had
my mom been sitting where my grandma was sitting at the time of the accident in
the car, she likely would of lost the pregnancy. Even though my mom
wasn’t hurt in this accident, she was taken to the hospital. The doctors
didn’t find anything wrong though, thankfully.
To make mattes worse, the day of my due date was a heavy snow
storm and my parents lived 30 minutes away from the hospital. For
fear of being stuck in the storm, at home or on the road, during labor, my mom
asked the doctor to induce her. About 5 hours later I was born.
There were no complications with the pregnancy or birth and I came
out a healthy baby.
That was a hard time for your mom (and dad). I was thrilled they moved back to IL though because then I got to hang out and babysit you and your brothers!!
ReplyDeleteAunt Jill
I'm so glad God allowed for you to survive the car accident!!! Enjoyed the story. I remember your mom often saying during those days with little kids and babies, "This is just a season. It won't always be this way." I thought she had a good attitude but I'm sure it was stressful.
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