Health And Social Care Observation Essay

On February 26th, 2005 I walked into Mrs. Johnson's residence for our discussion of what is one of the happiest days of her life. It was an inviting house. The room smelled like vanilla and everything was very tidy like most expected mothers houses usually are. Mrs. Johnson is a long time friend so I notice the excitement in here eyes to talk to me about her new addition. She said that nobody has ever wanted to write about her feeling of her pregnancy and with two other children excited to have an adult to talk too. We sat down on her couch and she turned toward me eager to know what I was going to ask.

Mrs. Johnson is 28 years old. She has had two other children a girl and a boy. This is here third pregnancy. She is in her ninth month and still looks active and happy. I wanted to know if this pregnancy was planned and she looks at me with a smile. She said "We tried for three months to get pregnant." Mrs. Johnson
Johnson has decided that she doesn't want anymore children. After this baby she is scheduled to have her tubes tied. She feels that all the worries she has had is difficult and she wants to have her wonderful bundle of joy and that is it. She already has two children so in today's society she believes that three is enough. She feels that she can financially support three for now but she said she sees the problems in the long run. College is going to be expensive and when they first drive that will be hard but she states she is ready for it. Mrs. Johnson doesn't want to go back to work right now. She says that it is hard having a husband in the air force. You never know when they are going to go. You never know when there schedules change. "It bothers me sometimes I feel like a single parent" I asked her about daycare when she goes back to work and she said "Only if you would start watching infants again" and we both laughed. A little humor seemed to change the mood because I notice the stress in her eyes thinking about three kids by