My pregnancy is going pretty fast, but not as fast as I would like it to go. I have been reading alot of poems and different articles here and there on becoming a mommy. I found this one and I have to say it is a real tearjerker! I have been telling myself over and over again for the past 8 months that I will be changing. I am trying to prepare for how much I change. I know it will be a good thing. This is a quote of a book I had read and I love how she says that you will be reborn. That is the best way to describe what becoming a mommy is like. So I leave you with the quote that has had me in tears all day long! Tears of happiness that it!
“When it is time for your very first snuggle with your very own baby - savor the moment. It’s one of the most magical moments you’ll ever know and once it passes, it’s gone, never to be duplicated.
You may be weary and shaking or wired and floating as you gaze for the first time into the eyes of this tiny stranger whose heart has been beating in concert with your own for the past nine months.
Your baby knows you, your voice, your smell, and wants nothing more than to be cradled close in your arms, held snugly to your breast. Lying with your newborn, there is no pressure to perform, no words to be said, no expectations to be fulfilled. For this little while, this too-brief moment, you can finally rest and allow yourself to simply be.
The person you were, the woman who didn’t know her own strength and doubted her capacity for love is slipping away now, though it may be a while before you truly believe that she’s gone. Try to catch her eye as she leaves, and thank her for taking you this far. Everything you’d dreamed and all that you feared is behind you–and in front of you.
You’re a mommy for real now. You’re a warrior. And this is what it means to be reborn.”
-Sheri Lynch (Hello, My Name Is Mommy)"
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