I became pregnant at 20, luckily my family supported me with my decision to keep my baby. The first 3 months were perfect. I had no morning sickness or any symptoms for that matter. As the pregnancy went on, I started to have high blood pressure, diabetes, and A LOT of water retention. I went on like this for 3 months and my symptoms were getting worse.

One day on a routine appointment, my blood pressure was extremely high. They would not allow me to go home. I later found out I had pre-eclampsia. I had spent 3 days in the hospital with every medical equipment you can think of attached to me. On the third day, they had told me they were going to perform an emergency C-section. If they didn’t, my daughter and I would have died within a couple of days.

I gave birth to her at 31 weeks, 4 days. She was 2p 2oz and later dropped to 1p 7oz. She was in the hospital for the first 2 months of her life. Thankfully today, she is 5 months old at 10p , still pretty small but she is very healthy, and I thank God every day that she made it.