Reflection About Pregnancy

Our views on theories around pregnancy have changed a lot of over the history of the human race. When I got pregnant, I was extremely underweight. I was told I needed to gain about fifty pounds. I was allowed to eat as much as I wanted. They couldn’t see me getting overweight and wanted to make sure the baby received enough nutrition. As long as you don’t become obese and eat a well-rounded diet I think you should be able to eat whatever you want. They warned me to only eat once a week and not to eat shark. I believe this was due to the mercury content. When I had my daughter, I had reached the weight of one hundred and thirty pounds. The doctors were still concerned, I hadn’t gained enough weight. My daughter was healthy when she was born

I wanted to see what how he felt about it. He was pretty surprised when I brought it up. He knew I wanted kids, but he didn’t expect me to bring it up so soon. I was still young and we weren’t even married yet. After weeks of talking it over we decided to do it. This was a big decision that would change our lives forever. I wanted us to be on the same page. There was no way I wanted to bring a child into the world with someone who didn’t want one. I actually knew a girl who lied about being on birth control just so she would get pregnant. She thought if she was pregnant the guy would stay around. This is no way to bring a child into the world. They need two loving parents who are ready for the responsibility.

As soon as we agreed to have a child, I changed my lifestyle. Before I even got pregnant I stopped smoking and started taking daily vitamins. I took a health and sex education course in high school so I had a limited knowledge of pregnancy. I knew that early part of pregnancy was very important. Lots of women are not so lucky. Most women are at least a month pregnant before they find out and start to change their

I have seen many children with disabilities such as Down syndrome and Autism. Some of them function well and lead normal lives. Some of them are nothing more than breathing dolls. Some of these children can’t do more than sit and stare blankly at the world around them. I feel that this isn’t much of a life. Those children will always need someone to do everything for them. I don’t believe this shoulder be allowed to live that way. It seems awful selfish to sit and watch them suffer because we couldn’t handle ending the pregnancy. It seems we do this more for us than