Priority Seats

I got pregnant when I was busy job hunting. When I found it out, I had to think lots of things because I wasn’t ready for a baby yet as I was still young. It’s really early to have a baby and I was worried if I could be a good mother. You have to take responsibilities, and you can’t abandon even if you get tired of child care. When I was 8 weeks pregnant, I found out that I was having twins. It surprised me and actually I am shocked, but finally I’ve decided to get marry and keep the twins.

Pregnancy life had begun since then. I had to go to school 4 days a week until July to get the rest of my credits to graduate. I chose afternoon classes so that I didn’t have to get on rush hour trains. Luckily I didn’t have heavy morning sickness but throughout the pregnancy term, I always felt tired and lazy, and my stomach got bigger fast as twins grow, so I began to use priority seats on trains.

I hardly used priority seats until I get pregnant, but I noticed some things. What I’ve found there, was I couldn’t sit on priority seats when I wanted to use it. Many non-disabled people were using priority seats as if these were not priority seats, and even if they noticed that I was pregnant, they just ignored. People just sleep or pretend not to notice that I’m pregnant. Of course many people gave me seats, but when I looked around, I found that many old people couldn’t sit on the seats either. It was sad that the priority seats were actually not existing to whom really want to use.

I didn’t know how it is tough to keep a baby in your stomach. Pregnant women look healthy but it is our misunderstood. I shall be kind to them, and when you find a pregnant woman, I hope you will give your seat for her.