One sentence. 11 words.
With growing boobs and a growing belly there comes growing excitement.
Growing mind making. Growing wondering. Growing anything.
With being 34 weeks pregnant now I realize that certain things come up to my mind that haven't really come up before. [and no - not all of them are boob and belly related].
Since this is my second pregnancy I wonder a lot how that second time of giving birth might be.
While I strictly avoided any [horror!] story that proud mummys all over the planet would tell you about their experiences while giving birth I decided that it would be best I would simply not listen. Not because I decided to be a rude badass from now on. More because I never really feared all that giving birth situations but certainly was afraid that I would fear something all over sudden once I heard those stories you clearly don't want to hear. I always told myself that there is no way out of there than getting through it anyway. And it certainly is so much easier for anybody involved if you try to not freak out so much in the first place.
So what now? With pregnancy number two? Now that I already have experienced all that before…
I am one lucky person that both [my first and second pregnancy] had been pretty easy on me and I was able to eat what I wanted to, to do sports, to travel and to just happen to have that baby belly as a nice accessorize with me [kind of]. So it was with giving birth. No horror stories. No drama. Just the way you would wish for it.
So what I really try to tell myself day in and day out is that it's just going to be like that. Again. It kind of has to. Too bad that all that influence power we are used to fades aways if it comes to getting pregnant and giving birth. It's natural. It comes as it comes. Women had been giving birth for so so many years so all I clearly believe is that you should believe in yourself. You are strong enough and enough of a woman to do this. What clearly helps a lot except for not listening to the bad stories is a strong man by your side. A strong man that is not starving. So no matter how many weeks you still have or even if you are not pregnant while reading this: Keep in mind that you just have to be strong in your mind and believe into yourself. And then that easy it is. Sometimes it also helps a lot if you just try not to over think all those things so much. I know - what's easier for all us women out there than not overdoing certain things?
So I raise my glass to all you baby belly carrying women out there, to all you supporting midwives but also to all you assisting husbands. It's the combination that makes it work. And the even tempered mind. #bumschakalaka