When I am grown (girl)
I am a little girl now. But one day I will be a woman.
Now, I am kind of straight up and down. But one day my body will be more
rounded.
Now, my voice is a child’s voice. But one day it will be a woman’s
voice.
I like little babies. One day, when I am a woman, I may get married and
have a baby of my own to love and care for.
I am not ready to be a mother now. My body is not ready to help make a
new life begin. But the parts of me that I will need to have a baby are
inside my body, growing up with me.
Two small organs, called ovaries, are inside me, near my hip bones. The
ovaries make tiny eggs. Below my stomach, there is another organ called
a uterus. When an egg leaves one of the ovaries, it moves down into the
uterus. Then it may join with a male sperm cell to start a new life. It
is here, in the uterus, that a baby grows and waits to be born.
One day, when all of me is grown up, I will be able to have a baby. I
will be able to take care of a baby.
I think I will like that.
