Sixteen year old Jade, a pupil at Cyfle, a school for teen mums, talks about her experiences of motherhood and offers advice to others.
Since I had the experience of becoming a mother to my baby son, Keegan James, I have experienced a really big change in my life. My life has become really exciting; I play and bond with my son everyday. Bonding with my son feels really good, it is the best feeling anybody could ever experience. My life has changed so much it's like a fast ride on a rollercoaster and you can't stop it you have to grow up and take on so much all at once.
The hard work started immediately. I had a really hard pregnancy and if I could go back I would put the situation differently. I don't regret having him just wished I was more careful and had him a bit later on in life but still wouldn't swap him for the world.
Giving birth to my 7 pound 11 baby was really hard work. I got very ill during my pregnancy and was taken into hospital a number of times. The timing of his birth came at a really bad time as I was in the middle of my GCSE exams a couple of which I had to do in a private room at the hospital. I am still not fully recovered from the illness caused by the pregnancy and this has meant that I was not able to go to college as I wanted to. I still need lots of time to go back and to for hospital appointments and I have even had to stay in a couple of times which was hard because I couldn't take Keegan with me and I had to go onto the children's ward because the women's ward was full of old people who were dying and stuff so I couldn't stand that.
Everything I do I have to involve my baby as we come in a package. I love my son dearly but it has made a big gap in my life as I can't do everything I could before but I'm happy being a mummy to my little boy as he is the most important thing in my life.
Having a baby is very hard work and very tiring. Everybody says it's well easy but it's not, it's hard and you have to get used to those hard things as the days pass you by.
At the beginning I had all of my friends so I thought it was perfect but the novelty wore off and after time they didn't bother to come so you're all on your own again. My friends are great with me and my son but I took a huge step when I had Keegan and eventually it was just me, him and my mother.
Now I have left Cyfle I have to take on a lot by myself. I have got my mother and family but I can't always lean back on my teachers any more and other people around me, though they are all still here and love to help out it's still really hard work.
Having a baby means a drop on a lot of things. It also means your life has to be part of theirs. A baby is not a toy; it is a human being and that human being needs your full attention. When you don't give it to them you are causing an upset to yourself and to them. I have a lot of help at home, which I am very grateful for, because you really need it as it is very hard.
Over the past few months it has become even harder as Keegan is growing up, he needs a lot of things and being a teenage mum means you don't always have it. In my case Keegan won't stay with anybody else so I can't go out to work so I have to rely on my mother. I hope to go on some training courses soon but it'll be really difficult.
To be a mum you need to have a good head on so take my advice and please wait until you're older as it's very hard work.
Since I had the experience of becoming a mother to my baby son, Keegan James, I have experienced a really big change in my life. My life has become really exciting; I play and bond with my son everyday. Bonding with my son feels really good, it is the best feeling anybody could ever experience. My life has changed so much it's like a fast ride on a rollercoaster and you can't stop it you have to grow up and take on so much all at once.
The hard work started immediately. I had a really hard pregnancy and if I could go back I would put the situation differently. I don't regret having him just wished I was more careful and had him a bit later on in life but still wouldn't swap him for the world.
Giving birth to my 7 pound 11 baby was really hard work. I got very ill during my pregnancy and was taken into hospital a number of times. The timing of his birth came at a really bad time as I was in the middle of my GCSE exams a couple of which I had to do in a private room at the hospital. I am still not fully recovered from the illness caused by the pregnancy and this has meant that I was not able to go to college as I wanted to. I still need lots of time to go back and to for hospital appointments and I have even had to stay in a couple of times which was hard because I couldn't take Keegan with me and I had to go onto the children's ward because the women's ward was full of old people who were dying and stuff so I couldn't stand that.
Everything I do I have to involve my baby as we come in a package. I love my son dearly but it has made a big gap in my life as I can't do everything I could before but I'm happy being a mummy to my little boy as he is the most important thing in my life.
Having a baby is very hard work and very tiring. Everybody says it's well easy but it's not, it's hard and you have to get used to those hard things as the days pass you by.
At the beginning I had all of my friends so I thought it was perfect but the novelty wore off and after time they didn't bother to come so you're all on your own again. My friends are great with me and my son but I took a huge step when I had Keegan and eventually it was just me, him and my mother.
Now I have left Cyfle I have to take on a lot by myself. I have got my mother and family but I can't always lean back on my teachers any more and other people around me, though they are all still here and love to help out it's still really hard work.
Having a baby means a drop on a lot of things. It also means your life has to be part of theirs. A baby is not a toy; it is a human being and that human being needs your full attention. When you don't give it to them you are causing an upset to yourself and to them. I have a lot of help at home, which I am very grateful for, because you really need it as it is very hard.
Over the past few months it has become even harder as Keegan is growing up, he needs a lot of things and being a teenage mum means you don't always have it. In my case Keegan won't stay with anybody else so I can't go out to work so I have to rely on my mother. I hope to go on some training courses soon but it'll be really difficult.
To be a mum you need to have a good head on so take my advice and please wait until you're older as it's very hard work.
