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Actually, I did not intend to become a mother. More precisely, I had nothing against it, but "just not now." Well, you understand that a man in 20 years must: at 21, forgive me.

And suddenly - bam! More precisely, not so. And then - September, the beginning of the last academic year. And terrible anxiety for their own lives. I'm already a hypochondriac, to put it mildly, but if something really hurts me, then I'll turn around. And here, and here he draws, and here he aches a bit, and it's generally not good at all. And that's not it, and it's not that. Like any far-sighted girl, I immediately grabbed the test to determine pregnancy, but he answered me "no." Only after almost a month I learned the true cause of my ailments. Illumination occurred in the corridor on the second floor of the building. I do not remember what I did there, but just there I received a message stating that I had a pregnancy of three and a half months.

To say that I was surprised is to say nothing. Because something, and I did not expect a three-month pregnancy. Understand me, I'm still not an elephant :) True, it quickly turned out that this "happy father", who had not recovered from the shock, did not hear well enough that he was told at the clinic where I was taking the tests, and with fear attributed to me superfluous a couple of months. In fact, the future Goh at that time was three and a half weeks. Feels life went down in a terrible uncertainty, and every day I became more and more frightening. When spring came, I hated her. Until then, I always liked to watch the leaves appear on the trees, but this time I looked at them as the enemies of humanity. And the most soothing task for me was the contemplation of crowds of people in the metro during rush hour - I looked at them and thought that they too had been given birth by someone. Goh gradually began to let himself know about himself. At first, light tickling movements, later - elephant trekking on the ribs. When he was completely out of hand, I caught him for some protruded part, poked it with my finger and threatenedly asked: "Where are you running, my malyava?" More often than not, malia did not obey. At the time of the birth of Malyava was about to appear at the time of the delivery of the diploma, the protection of this and my birthday. So I do not even know what I was more waiting for at that moment.

All the beginning of May, I spent at the computer, stuffing a diploma (then I will be very ashamed of him, for good reason they say that in pregnant women all brains go to the placenta). And, when I finally gave it to him, then with a sense of accomplishment I went to the maternity hospital for a checkup - I had an unnaturally small stomach, and different differences were predicted to me. I was worried about malyava, that's why I spent a week in a medical institution for the first time in my life. It was awful - some women, with difficulty moving around, not watching themselves. I felt not at all like them, I wanted to run. Here all crawled. And outside the window the yellow field was blossoming with dandelions, but none of the chamber could remember what kind of flowers they were, so they were usually told about them: "Look how yellow the flowers are today".

The examination did not work, and I happily went home to stop feeling sick at last. Every day I went to the library and the university. Since I had a wide sundress that gave out somewhat unusual proportions, then the surrounding people (finally!) Began to notice the changes that had taken place. And, when I was asked, when we are waiting for replenishment, I answered "gloomily": "Somewhere this week." Everyone was very surprised, and I was very amused. On the day of defense of the diploma, I did not give birth. Fortunately, I did not give birth on my birthday either. That would be too much. On the morning of May 31, I climbed the Internet to read about the signs of childbirth. In parallel, I was sitting in a chat room, rather incoherently answering the questions of knowledgeable people about whether everything is right with me. One of my friends did not sleep that morning, and I am terribly grateful to him for patiently assuring me that May 31 is every year - for some reason at that moment, I was most concerned with this particular issue.

On the way to the hospital, I had a mandatory point - to visit the nearest pharmacy on duty and buy the largest and most comfortable (forgive) gaskets. There I appeared without something seven in the morning and asked "just a little more quickly." While the pharmacist slowly emerged from one department, locked it, went to the next rack, unlocked it, searched for the necessary package, popped it to me with the words: "Check for sure that this is exactly what, then they take whatever they get, then they come and return" , - I was already beginning to feel that I was already going to go to the hospital and not need to go home. Therefore, I constantly ached, shifting from foot to foot: "Well, quickly." As a result, when the pharmacist closed the department with a key, unlocked her, went to the checkout office, took my money from me, but did not give me gaskets to return them to me only in the place with the check - then I could not stand it anymore: "Do you want, so I gave birth right here? " Then in the hospital I was asked why I did not come earlier. I, was, I thought to answer that I was in a chat room, but decided that it was not time for jokes and said something about going far. And really it was necessary to go through the whole city. It's a funny day. I had to go to the first "installation" lecture before the state examination, but I went to the hospital. So, having given birth, I looked sadly at the clock over my head and thought that "they (classmates) are doing well there, but here I am :)". When the doctors finally left me alone, they gave me a phone. Delight from this event is still hanging in my soul. After talking with my husband, who became my father, and my mother, who became a grandmother, I called my friend. But, of course, she was not at home, since she was at the same lecture. The tube was picked up by her mother. Being aware of my life's events, she also asked where I am and what I am. To which I proudly told her that half an hour ago I became a mother. And I asked her friend to give me a copy of the lecture notes - what else could I care about at that moment?! ..

My group then greatly pleased me, sending me a pile of congratulations, wishes and simply pleasant words. And then I was brought a bunch of literature for the upcoming exam, so I spent the next few days after arriving home with the child in my arms, reading the summaries laid out before me. Of course, I passed this unfortunate exam. And I immediately got a lot of time. And then, having seen the child properly, I realized that all the doctors lie, convincing the expectant mothers that they did not expect that their child would be as ideal as the children on postcards. It is not true. I was born the child I was expecting, which I imagined. And we feel so good together.


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