EL PASO, TX—Recalling the issue she as soon as had standing up straight as she carried her textbooks and provides from class to class, native 11-year-old Mia Bridgemeyer advised reporters Friday that her pregnant stomach was actually serving to her stability the burden of her 20-pound backpack. “Earlier than, I used to be at all times hunched over from lugging this factor round, however now, with this big child bump, it’s truly tremendous straightforward,” stated the fifth-grader, including that the 18 kilos she had gained throughout her six months of being pregnant had been a “whole sport changer” when it got here to traversing her elementary faculty’s hallways along with her outsized JanSport bookbag. “Whereas it’s scary to consider how I’ll be a mother quickly, it’s good that I haven’t had as a lot hassle strolling to and from faculty with my Chromebook and all the pieces I must do my math and social research homework. Plus, now that I’m getting into my third trimester, my toes are swelling, which has actually helped anchor me to the bottom. Yesterday, a bully tried to shove me, and I didn’t even budge. It’s superb.” Trying to the long run, Bridgemeyer noticed that whereas a new child in a child provider wouldn’t be heavy sufficient to stability out her backpack, it was possible a moot level provided that she would quickly be pressured to drop out of faculty.
