Hi, my name Léarna, I'm a 24 year old biomedical science student at a
university in London, currently living with my boyfriend of 5 years who
is also 24 and my 8 year old soon to be 9 y/o daughter. Yes if you do
the maths i was 15 when i had her and labeled almost instantly a teen
mum !
I know i considered writing this on my CV but thought it
would hinder me more then dropping it in at the interview. This is my
first blog so please excuse the imperfections, this is just a little
about the beginning of my life as a young mother, hope you enjoy.
A
teen mum , But i was nominated most likely to play for the England
female football team, or run in the Olympics or tennis, i was that
budding Air cadet soon to be promoted, with dreams of joining the forces
fighting for our country with the best ........ not a mum, i mean boys
were friends not an object of my interest, they were competition, a
challenge physically and were mostly my group of friends, this made the
more matured (not mentally, i mean .... ahem) girls jealous, not
because I'm so beautiful (am normal looking) -_-, but because i had all
the attentions of the boys for my sporting abilities. Definitely not a
teen mum then there's that one night were you forget your own
inhibitions, you actually start to wonder what is this ? This thing that
all your friends are talking about, guys are boasting, girls are
whispering. where had i been and what was i missing. Peer pressure is a
real thing, in school you don't see it coming or when it actually hits
you but boy when you notice it is surely to late.
I wish i shouted out to my mum " Mum you have a teenage
girl, yes i know i am a tom boy and i like sports, and seem to take no notice of boys (well in that way) but i have, and now i don't know what to do", well thinking about this in hind sight, if i had said something, who would i be today ?
It wasn't so easy having a child at such a young age, but 8
years later, here i am on my way toward a successful happy ending, read
my blog , find out how i turned my back on the typical teen mum
stereotype and found my way to just being a mum.
Thank you for
reading, i will write about that evening ..... and months of denial,
avoidance and the birth of my beautiful daughter who changed my life.
