Mother At Sixteen (Editing, Slow Updates) {DO NOT READ}

chapter 8

Mother at sixteen 8

Things happen for a reason. Was I truly supposed to get pregnant? Was I supposed to lose everything I love for this child? Today is the day I go to the doctor; I still have morning sickness just not as bad. The doctor will also tell me how far along I am.

John has been there for me. If I didn't have him, I don't know where I would be. Max and I haven't talked to each other since our fight. That was about two months ago. Things have really changed. In some ways good but other's not so much.

After today, I have to tell my parents. I'm not looking forward to it because I know they will never try for me. Even if they are drunken jerks I still care about them. John says I shouldn't forgive them. But what can I do?

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I walk into the waiting room and fill out the paper work I was given. I have to put all of my information down even though I'm not an adult I have a lot of free will. All around me there are mothers that are just by themselves and others that have a mom, dad, kids and being pregnant again. Looking at all of these people I don't feel like I belong.

A girl about maybe twenty looks over at me. "It's weird right looking at all of these families and feeling like you don't belong." I nod my head yes. When I was finished with the paperwork I got up and went to the girl behind the computer.

"Um excuse me but I'm finished with the paperwork." she nods her head and says. "Well I'll put you in the computer but just wait for a nurse to call you in." walking over to the girl again I hold out my hand "hey I'm ever and I know exactly how you feel"

She shakes my hand and says "well nice to meet you I'm Abby. You look young to be here. I mean you can't be that much younger than me but still." I laugh "well I'm sixteen and today am my check-up. But I'm here alone." She nods her head. "Why are you alone? Sorry I don't mean to pry in your life."

"Oh no its okay. The child's father wants nothing to do with us." She gasps "Why would he not want to be in your child's life?" I shrug it off "we're both in high school he wants a life and I won't take that from him. Even if this wasn't my entire fault like he says it is."

"Ever Wright? Ever Wright? It's your time to come in." I get up from my seat and write down my phone number. "In case you ever want to talk. Because this pregnancy is difficult to do it alone." she takes the paper and smiles.

After getting up and walking into the hallway. "Can you please stand on this scale so I see how much you weigh?" I stand on top of the scale and wait until she gets all the measurements. After I step off she leads me into another room.

I get on the bed and she says " doctor phoebe will be in here in a little bit so just sit on that bed." after five minutes passes the door opens to a women at least in her forties with slight graying hair but bright hazel eyes.

"Hello Ever it is nice to meet you today we will find out how far along you is. Also, we will look at your baby for the first time and I will tell you about it. Any questions? I shake my head no and lay down on the bed like she asked me.

There is a monitor next to me and I hear her say "This will feel a bit cold."

She rubs the cold gel all over my stomach and I start seeing a body"

During the third month of your pregnancy, your baby's bones begin to ossify or harden.

Your baby is already moving spontaneously, but you usually can't feel these movements for awhile yet. Your baby's eyes are large and open. Eyelids will form later. External ears have formed.

External genitalia begin to differentiate, though it's still very difficult to tell whether your baby is a girl or a boy without genetic screening. Your baby moves from being an embryo to the fetal period, now called a fetus. S/he also loses their tail!

Your baby's head is the biggest part of their body. It is about 1/2 the size of the rest of the body. While the head is large, the brain's structure is similar to what it will be at birth. S/he weighs about 14 grams and is approximately 3.54 inches in total length.

By the end of this month you should be able to hear your baby's heart beat with a Doppler." "Wow!" I breathe out a sigh and look at my baby boy or girl amazed. She prints out a picture and hands it to me. "Are you looking towards adoption or are you keeping the baby?"

I look down at my hands. "I don't know what I plan to do yet. But if I do keep my child he or she will be the most important thing in my life." while doctor phoebe was cleaning off my belly I look down at my baby. I promise to myself that this child will be raised well and be safe at all costs.