after eight months of long-distance relationship i saw my partner, whom i had been on and off for the previous three years.

i am 53, and the proud mother of 3 children, who were planned and born when i was ready to become a parent. at 17 in my senior year of high school, and after i found out i was accepted to a college, i became pregnant.

i always thought i would have trouble getting pregnant. both my mother and my grandmother had to see specialists and start fertility treatments in order to get pregnant. when i was 15, i started the pill to treat ovarian cysts and acne.