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The Pregnancy Merry Go Round - Sixth Month and Counting!
by Brenda Hyde of SeedsofKnowledge.com
This month I discovered that my baby has bones, joints and muscles and is apparently having a grand time stretching, doing flips and the tango in my uterus.
This is actually comforting to me, since I can feel the baby and not have to wonder if his heart is still beating. Yes, even after 6 months I am still a little leery. This really hit home when a friend asked me about my plans for a nursery. I said something to my husband, and he admitted that he thought it was strange that I had not started getting things ready. I know I should, but when I think of setting up the crib and getting everything out of storage I can't seem to take the steps to actually do this. I am physically doing very well, to the point of things going better than they did with my sons. There is not one reason to think that my baby will not be healthy and beautiful. Why can't I take this step?
I think a part of me wants to stretch this pregnancy out as long as I can for several reasons. I am sure the first one is fear of things going wrong as my due date gets closer. But, I think there is another factor here. I am almost 40 and this is my last pregnancy, so in a sense it's an end to a major part of my life. In my head I know this is the way I wanted it to be, but it is still hard to let it go emotionally. I have always thought of childbirth as a gift, especially since I had to wait so long to start having children. The fact that my body could do so many amazing things to prepare itself for labor and delivery has always been miraculous to me. I think this is one reason my miscarriages were so hard for me to accept. It was as if my body had failed somehow. I know there was nothing I could have done to save my babies, and I also know it was not my fault. However, as it was happening, rational thoughts were not easy to come by.
After the holidays, my husband and I will assemble the new baby's crib, and I will look through all the baby treasures I saved. Perhaps I will even do this alone so I can quietly remember my sons' first moments and think ahead to the first time I see and feel the baby inside me now. Until then I think I will just let him dance the tango and stretch his new muscles, while I treasure my last pregnancy and enjoy the miracle of life.
| Brenda Hyde, is a Mom, a wife and a writer. You can see her articles and many other resources and features on family memories and traditions at The Village of Thyme, including her online magazine
Seeds of Knowledge. Brenda can also be found each week in the "Did You Ever Notice?" column on the WomanLinks Weekly Update |
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