TheDoctorsWife11

Like most people in similar situations I would not be where I am today with no fault of my own. I am a young mother and was in a situation where I did not have the proper tools to take care of my children when they were born and I admit to making mistakes, however after the state was involved I did not receive the support and services I so desperately needed. So this is a bit of my story, how I got involved and where I am today as a result.

I was 17 years old when I became pregnant with my son and before I found out about my pregnancy I was in a bad place, and still trying to deal with traumatic life experiences. In high school my freshman year of school I was sexually assaulted and as a result of that was an emotional disaster, no one would understand how I felt about it, all I wanted was to be left alone. Everyone around me was trying to "help" me, like they knew what I needed to get better in reality all they did was make things worse. I cried so much and missed so much class that I was asked to leave my school saying that perhaps it would be better for me to get a G.E.D instead, and so that's what I did. I dropped out of school and enrolled in general education prep classes and within eight weeks passed the test and enrolled in college classes. Even though it felt good to be out of high school and moving forward with my life I still felt so much pain and now I felt alone. None of my friends from high school would talk to me anymore because I was not in their everyday lives. As a result I grew more and more depressed and eventually could not handle things anymore and I attempted suicide. I really don't remember much about that night just waking up in the hospital and even that was a bit fuzzy.

I had a boyfriend at the time and had been with him since about halfway through my freshman year, and he tried his best to do what he could for me and in between my spells of depression and trips in and out of the mental hospital there were some moments of normal life and happiness. It was some time the following year that I found out that I was pregnant despite being on birth control and later discovered that antibiotics and birth control don't make very good friends. At first I was terrified but overjoyed at the same time and that was the moment my life changed for the better. I cleaned up my act and got myself stable and continued to take culinary classes at my local Art Institute and things were good. Before I found out that I was pregna