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I started cosmetology school 6 months pregnant.
@leighaandbeyond
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The post uses a high-stakes, relatable narrative structure that builds tension through escalating personal crises, keeping the viewer engaged through the entire slideshow to see how the creator survives each obstacle.
Summary
The creator shares a personal story about the extreme challenges she faced while attending cosmetology school, including balancing pregnancy, a newborn, long-distance childcare, and an unexpected second pregnancy just before graduation. The video serves as a narrative hook for a potential multi-part series about her life and career journey.
Structure
- 1Introduction to the premise of attending school while pregnant
- 2Description of the initial routine and the first childcare crisis
- 3The extreme solution involving a long-distance commute to her father's house
- 4The shock of discovering a second pregnancy just before graduation
- 5Resolution of the school journey and a cliffhanger for future stories
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I started cosmetology school 6 months pregnant. And if you're wondering why I would do that to myself... by the end of this story, that won't even make your top 5 questions. At first, everything went exactly as planned. I went to school. Got my hours. Got increasingly more pregnant. Until eventually I had to take my leave. I took 6 weeks off... then went right back to school. So now I was learning how to do hair during the day... and fighting for my life in the newborn trenches at night. We had childcare figured out. Until we didn't. Our babysitting situation completely fell through. And I couldn't just stop going to school. I had made it this far. We needed another option. Immediately. There was only one person who could help us. My dad. Perfect! Except for one tiny problem... HE LIVED 2 HOURS AWAY. So twice a week... I'd drive 2 HOURS to my dad's... leave my newborn there for 3 DAYS... and drive 2 hours home. I missed him like CRAZY. But it was our only option. And somehow... I MADE IT. After pregnancy, birth, postpartum, a newborn AND the childcare nightmare... I was finally 2 WEEKS from graduation. Then... my period was late. No. Absolutely f*cking not. I JUST had a baby. So I took a test... POSITIVE. I WAS PREGNANT. AGAIN. Completely unplanned. 2 weeks before graduation. I started cosmetology school pregnant... and was about to graduate PREGNANT WITH A DIFFERENT BABY. I GRADUATED. New cosmetology license. New house. New car. Another baby coming. But we were okay. For like 5 minutes.. And the rest that followed literally scarred me for life
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And this is only how I got through cosmetology school. We haven’t even made it to my actual career yet bc the shit leading up to it is ridiculous 😭 PART 2? #CosmetologySchool #HairstylistStorytime #Cosmetology #HairTok #Storytime