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Senior journalism major Brittany Watson goes down a slide with
her daughter Haelo, 2, at a McDonald's playground in Sycamore on
Sunday.

Student mothers: Joys, Hardships, Misconceptions

By Chelsey Boutan | January 25, 2012

On April Fools' Day three-years ago, Brittany Watson got a phone call, but it wasn't from a prankster.A nurse was calling to give her news that would change her life."The results from your blood test came back," the nurse said. "You're pregnant."Watson...