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At 13, I was spiraling drugs, sneaking out, and rebellion. A hospital visit changed everything I found out I was pregnant.

At 13, I was spiraling drugs, sneaking out, and rebellion. A hospital visit changed everything  I found out I was pregnant.

When I was newer, I continually craved care. I grew up in a domestic full of influences, sad, verbal misuse, and drug use since I was the youngest of four children. I required affection and attention from males and my friends. My home was enjoyable at other times. Food was always on the table, my basic wants were met, and my parents remained together. I was on the integrity roll, applauded, swam, and joined church every week. On the outside, I looked like any other child.

Teen standing in front of house while her mother crouches down and hugs her at her waist

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Her mother is holding the teenager by the waist as she stands in front of the house.
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When I was thirteen, I went to a friend’s house, altered, and then left again. My garments were all over the living room floor when I repaid. My mother asked me to stock my possessions in the new cupboard she had bought for me. I took a drawer out of the dresser, threw it down the hall, and smashed it because I was so upset that I couldn’t go outdoor. My knuckles exploited as I banged my room’s door and hit the glass behind it, devastating it. Even so, that was fifteen years ago. Being kind energies a long way.

Newborn laying in NICU who has teen mother

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After several months, I motionless couldn’t bring I to have an abortion. I was thankful by my parents that I was creation the right choice. After all of the poor decisions I had made throughout my life, it was comforting to learn that I was taking a positive action. My family decided to support me with my child so I could finish my education, and I decided to keep her. My mother let me stay at home and took me to all of my doctor’s appointments. I stopped burning, drinking soda, and doing all the other bad things I used to do. I had a wonderful pregnancy and was excited to welcome my baby girl.

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When I was 32 weeks expectant, I began to experience spasms. I exposed later that they were reductions. Immediately after I protested, my mother took me to the infirmary and remained with me the entire time. It was time to thrust the baby out before the doctor had even entered the distribution room. At the age of 14, I gave birth to my child. In instruction to keep me from feeling whatever, I was going to get an epidural. I didn’t have time for the epidural because she was ready to give birth right away. I thought I was going to die from the agonizing pain.

Teen mother holds baby daughter tight to her chest on beach
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She was born too initial that day. Before she was occupied to the neonatal critical care unit, where she would need a ventilator and other gear, the doctor allowed me to give her a rapid kiss. Before she was well sufficient to return home, she spent four weeks in the hospital.

Woman smiling as she looks down at granddaughter in her arms

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Woman sits kneeling on beach blanket with granddaughter on her lap

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This woman. She stood me being a naughty child. Even after I snuck away, stole her car, skipped school, swallowed and used drugs, and got expectant when I was thirteen, she never gave up on me. She counseled me to have my daughter rather than have an abortion, even if it meant placing her for adoption, somewhat I was unable to do.

Woman who was teen mother sits beside her mother at restaurant smiling

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After my daughter was born two months early, she took me to the sickbay every day for four weeks so I could be with her in the neonatal critical care unit. Until I was old enough to drive, she took us to all of her doctor’s actions and weekly physical, language, and work related treatment sessions. She smiled as she did it. Through the smiles, the waterworks, and the looks from others, she is by my side. She will continuously love me. I adore my mother.

Young mother smiles in pink pool floaty with daughter

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At a restaurant, a teenage mom smiles while sitting next to her mother.

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I think that my daughter was a gift from God to defend me. We still face many tests because she has a incapacity and I am a single mother. Nonentity is taken for granted by us. She is now a 14-year-old girl who is gratified, healthy, and outgoing, leading a life very different from mine when I was 14. My mother’s unwavering love for me is a major factor.