Lindsay Holder
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Being a Single Mom with No Job
The day I found out I was pregnant was the day my life would change forever, as most would expect me to say. How my life changed, is a whole different story. I was single at the time, and still am. I was currently working at a local restaurant as a waitress, and the hours varied from week to week, most being late at night. I took my 3 positive tests in the end of May, and summer was just getting started. The restaurant was getting busier and busier while my stomach was getting sicker and sicker. It didn’t help that parts of the restaurant didn’t have working air conditioning, like the kitchen where it was needed most. My blood pressure dropped and tended to stay low due to the pregnancy, and I got light-headed very easily. This plus the extra heat of the summer at work didn’t make for a good combination. I cut back on hours to help get rested for the days I did have to go in, but even that wasn’t enough to get through my shifts. I ended up quitting but didn’t have anything lined up which rendered me unemployed as of mid-July. Even though I had some money saved, the worry started to set in real fast.
By Lindsay Holder5 years ago in Families