Some interesting (to me, at least) perspective from a first-time mother engaging with the many contradictions and uncertainties of contemporary pregnancy.
Reflections on the strange experience of growing a human from scratch, without any conscious understanding of how you are doing it
Some interesting (to me, at least) perspective from a first-time mother engaging with the many contradictions and uncertainties of contemporary pregnancy.
This has so many wonderful ways of putting a crazy experience. Some of my favourites: The experience can make us more comfortable with existing in the liminal space where two contractions are true...
This has so many wonderful ways of putting a crazy experience. Some of my favourites:
Living with Schrödinger’s Baby. For the first few months of being pregnant, you have to assume you are both pregnant and not pregnant.
The experience can make us more comfortable with existing in the liminal space where two contractions are true at once.
Fittingly for stepping into parenthood, I had to start holding my notion of “the kind of person I am” very lightly. [...] But I promptly stopped being this kind of person.
It's a humbling experience. Many can no longer view themselves as an adult who doesn't throw up on people, a grown up who doesn't pee their pants randomly, or one who doesn't have hallucinations or uncontrollable sobs. We can no longer be defined by our intellect, personalities, hobbies, tastes, preferences, actions or thoughts : all subject to day to day health issues.
I think perhaps this is why my father has such a hard time with aging: many of the symptoms he is suffering from, that he considered to take away from his true personhood, are small potatoes compared to when my sister and I were pregnant.
That was an engaging read, and I enjoyed hearing her perspective the whole way through. I like the additional book recommendations at the end, too. Thanks for posting it here and sharing it with us.
That was an engaging read, and I enjoyed hearing her perspective the whole way through. I like the additional book recommendations at the end, too. Thanks for posting it here and sharing it with us.
Some interesting (to me, at least) perspective from a first-time mother engaging with the many contradictions and uncertainties of contemporary pregnancy.
This has so many wonderful ways of putting a crazy experience. Some of my favourites:
The experience can make us more comfortable with existing in the liminal space where two contractions are true at once.
It's a humbling experience. Many can no longer view themselves as an adult who doesn't throw up on people, a grown up who doesn't pee their pants randomly, or one who doesn't have hallucinations or uncontrollable sobs. We can no longer be defined by our intellect, personalities, hobbies, tastes, preferences, actions or thoughts : all subject to day to day health issues.
I think perhaps this is why my father has such a hard time with aging: many of the symptoms he is suffering from, that he considered to take away from his true personhood, are small potatoes compared to when my sister and I were pregnant.
Thank you for sharing this aspect of your experience.
That was an engaging read, and I enjoyed hearing her perspective the whole way through. I like the additional book recommendations at the end, too. Thanks for posting it here and sharing it with us.