...On the night of 19th when my breasts became hard and sore to touch, the nurses brought me hot water bottles rather than my baby. I should have known. ...Birdman was apparently away to Very Big City with our baby. Every SMS update sent to me about her after 16th Jan was fake. I was a donkey eating at his trough. I should have known. ...Visitors who came to see me in the hospital did not look me straight in the eye. I should have known. ...My mother sounded reluctant every time I asked her on a timeline on when my stitches would be cut and I could travel to Very Big City. I should have known. ...I grieved at how many pricks and tubes were affixed to my little baby while she lay cold and unfeeling at the bottom of an earth pit fatigued from all the effort she put into staying alive. I should have known. ...Family dropped clues on how oxygen deprivation could affect the brain. I spelt it out for them. I told them that Lola was my daughter even if she came out r-e-t-a-r-d-e-d from the o...
:D Congrats!
ReplyDeleteYay!! So awesome!! In regards to your previous post, I have trouble wrapping my head around my own pregnancy in a similar way. It doesn't negate my infertility because it did take IVF to conceive the twins...even though this one was conceived in the "natural" way. Both pregnancies are miracles for different reasons. But there are times when I still can't believe that I really did get pregnant "naturally"...who would've thunk it?
ReplyDeleteI am so excited for you! It is an amazing feeling! :-)
ReplyDeleteOMG indeed!! This is the time when you really start believing in magic. I am so happy for you.
ReplyDeleteYAYYYYYYYYYYYYY!
ReplyDeleteYes!!!! Just wait, they get EVEN better :)
ReplyDeleteSqueeeeee!! I am jumping up and down for you. What an amazing feeling!!
ReplyDeleteAaaahhhhhh!! Wooopie! So incredibly exciting!!!
ReplyDeleteYay! Soooo cool!
ReplyDeleteWoooohooooooo...I am so happy for you!
ReplyDeleteLovely!
ReplyDeleteWoo hoo!!!Congrats!!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations!
ReplyDeleteYay!!! Congratulations on feeling such a miracle sensation in your belly. Feeling the baby kick is the thing I miss most about pregancy.
ReplyDeleteYAY!!!!!
ReplyDeleteSo awesome
ReplyDeleteWoohoo!!
ReplyDeleteAwesome!! Congrats!
ReplyDelete@Curls O Fred: Your profile is hidden...can't trace it back to your blog....Anyways, thanks!
ReplyDeleteP.S. anybody who can direct me to the blog is welcome to do so!
WOOT! Yay! So exciting!
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