Preparing to Receive Your First Child Into the Family, Outline Example

Introduction

• The thought of getting pregnant is always awesome for couples anxious to see what their marriage produces.

Attention-getter

• How wonderful it is to know that there would be an addition to the family of two?
• When my spouse was told about our first pregnancy a permanent glee came on his countenance and never went away until years after the birth of our child. This was when the pamper changing became horrifying.

Thesis statement

• Excitement always fills the air when a new life is brought into the world and in family for the first time

Preview three main points

• Expectations are high for the new born
• Couples keep imagining what the infant would look like
• Before knowing the sex it is all guessing what parents will do with either sex.

Mention my sources

• Bothwell, T. Iron requirements in pregnancy and strategies to meet them. The American journal of clinical nutrition 72 (1 Suppl) 2010: 257S–264S. Print
• Mullen Jim. Baby Girl: A father’s perspective. Accessed on April 8^th, 015 from http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/baby-girl-a-fathers-perspective
• Naiman, Jessica. Preparing to have the baby: What to do when expecting. Accessed on April 8^th from http://www.metroparent.com/daily/pregnancy-baby/getting-pregnant/preparing-baby-youre-expecting/

Main point 1

• The experience of preparing for a first child is awesome

Have a quote

• Who would have thought, to my surprise,
• The day I looked in my daughter’s eyes,
• That I would find my sunshine, my star, my pearl,
• All the thoughts in my head, of this little girl ( Mullen, 1).

Subpoints

• It is a joy becoming pregnant
• There are many childless couples in the world
• The family grows with a new born and every one welcomes him/her with gladness in the family.

Conclusion

This experience changes the relationship among many couples forever