My husband had just bought a new car, and while he was playing in a rec league hockey game, she and I were in the car so she could eat. She took a bite that was too big, and started to gag. In order to save the brand new upholstery of the car, I caught her half-eaten food/vomit in…
Back labor feels like someone is trying to rip your spine out of you. Epidural felt nice and cold. Pushing was just plain exhausting. Emergency c-section felt weird when they removed the baby, like the baby got sucked out. After that, nausea from the hormone crash.
When we found out we lost our surprise baby. Our first born was only 5 months old at the time, and we were actively trying to prevent getting pregnant. Didn’t work out, and lo and behold we were pregnant again. Once we found out we had miscarried, the desperate need for a second child…
Not a serial killer, but when Timothy McVeigh was asked if he knew that there were children inside the Murrah Building when he bombed it (a daycare was on the first floor), he said the deaths of the children were “collateral damage.” Still makes me sick thinking about it.
That even though we never got to meet our child, it still hurt as much as any other death that you could experience. And that there is nothing anyone can say that will make it better.
1) That it will be the weirdest feeling ever when they take the baby out of you.
2) That you will be afraid to shower, pee, and cough for approximately 24 hours.
3) That for a few days, you will not be an independent individual. Accept the help for simple tasks, like getting out…
Don't tell us "well just don't worry about it." No one tells a cancer patient "well just don't be sick" or a grieving widow "well just don't be sad." We don't choose to have anxiety, and if it were as easy as just "not doing it," then we wouldn't have an anxiety issue in the first…
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