"The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new." ~Rajneesh
There has to be a story behind such a momentous event, right? Abby's birth is no exception! I wrote about this about a month ago for Abby's first birthday, click here to see the original post. Here's the excerpt:
It seems like only yesterday that I went into labor, 10 days earlier than I was supposed to. She was definitely ready to be here but I wasn't ready for her. I was in denial from the night before... my husband kept telling me that I was having labor pains and I kept saying no. Even after my water broke the next morning I thought, "No way my water broke... I think I peed myself." It didn't take me very long to realize I was in labor and I had to get moving... but first I had to make some phone calls. This is the actual order of calls from that morning:
- My mother: I called her as I was on the toilet, afraid to get up and pee myself again, to see if she thought I was in labor. She told me to call the doctor and go to the hospital.
- The doctor: Told me to go to the hospital. Suddenly I realized that I had hairy wildebeest legs and knew I would spend the whole day completely embarrassed. So, I asked the doctor if he thought I'd be able to shower. Thankfully, he said yes but I should hurry.
- My mother: Called to tell her I was going to shower, shave, pack and go to the hospital. She thought I was crazy and tried to talk me out of the shower and shave but I am stubborn!
Bet your wondering where my husband is? Well, he was packing... but not for me! He was nervous and decided to pack a huge (probably 3 foot long) duffel bag with everything he owns. I have no idea what he was thinking. But while I am in pain, trying to shower, and trying to pack for myself and Abby he's running around the house packing a months worth of clothes. The funniest part? Once Abby was here and he went to get our bags he was embarrassed to bring his "luggage" to the room. Too funny!
hi, thanks for stopping by our team blog - dont know when the American Mothers day is (ours is in March !) but I think it is coming up so - Happy mothers day - so great that you are raising money for Komen we dont have that organisation in the UK but I know that they team up with Cancer Research UK which is who we did our Walking Marathon in aid of - Ill join you on your 1lb/p/week challenge - Im aiming for about 7lb ish per month but am not going to pressure myself this time - tell you what may be an idea - would youlike to do a guest post for our blog about your 3 day challenge? we do have a lot more readers than actually follow us !! so pleased you stopped by and I 'met' you x - keep on with the good work x x
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