8/5/2017
The smell of a labor and delivery room can either do you some good or simply make you wish God would speed your due date up. Since this is my first baby my nervous system does not allow me to take any chances on things or feelings that are normal. At 36 weeks I’m making sure that Priscilla and I are at our comfort level of a significant 5 instead of a dangerous -1. So yes, I am that mom who goes to the hospital when the slightest case of bleeding, stretching, burning, or unusual tings happen do I feel bad about it? ABSOLUTELY NOT!
I don’t pretend to know it all and I especially don’t want to sit on something that can seem like a normal, but then later turn into something drastic and helpless. My husband thinks I’m overwhelmed or just simply stretching my emotions, but what he can’t grasp is that this baby is in my body, using my bodily linen of bloods, and oxygens in order to survive for 9 months. Plus, she can’t talk within the womb so I have to take every single thing that may not look normal as a serious gesture.
Just imagine how many women made it into their third trimester with plenty of unscheduled trips to the ER because of something they wanted to make sure wasn’t serious? Or exactly how many women listened to someone else and decided not to be bothered with the situation and their pregnancy took a turn for the worst. Since the first doctors visit I have heard the saying “every woman carries their pregnancy different.” Don’t believe that your pregnancy is the same as your mother, or grandmothers.
For a first timer I am proud to say that I have made plenty of ER visits just because I didn’t want to sleep on the thought of something that seem minor, but could have serious effects later on. I don’t expect people to understand if they are not in my shoes if anything just respect the fact that it’s my first time, and I’m just a woman who will be a mommy once it’s over.
Raymona
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