Two years ago tonight I was sitting in a hospital room wondering about the little girl that was about to come out of my body and watching Las Mananitas being sung to La Virgen on Univision. Little did I know that it would be almost another full 24 hours until I met her!
I had already enjoyed 38 weeks of pregnancy. Yes, there was nausea and uncomfortableness, watching my body stretch to unimaginable proportions, enduring the monotony of a lentil diet as I struggled with gestational diabetes, pains in my legs and sleepless nights. But there was also the beauty of knowing that I was growing a person inside of me. For 9 months, she was all mine, safe and swimming in my womb. I walked around with the constant feeling of having a special secret in me, of carrying something precious. The bond we had during that time was irreplaceable- just her and me, me and her. I will never forget it.
This badge is for all you mamas who have felt this pleasure and pain. The description of this badge puts it nicely:
This badge is for creating, growing and protecting life inside your own body. For enduring strangers that rub on you, invasive doctor's visits, horribly personal questions from everyone you come in contact with, and being treated like helpless child, you are ready to wear this badge. If you have swelled, stretched, vomited, peed yourself or watched your body transform into something barely recognizable, you have earned this!
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I loved the feeling of growing a human being and the feeling that I was always glowing!
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I remember most my sausage toes. After a long day at work, I would come home, put my feet up and stare at my sad, puffed up, sausage toes.
ReplyDeleteI remember getting my rings cut off of my swollen fingers LOL
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I remember being really high strung about exercise and every other factor I could control in hopes of having a home birth (which I did)
ReplyDeleteI will never underestimate the ability to tie my shoes again! My little girl is one month old and everyday I feel so blessed to have been able to have her.
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