The Pregnancy Secret
Here’s things that no one tells you. *Not everyone loves being pregnant. *Not everyone bonds with their baby in-utero. *Sometimes pregnant women can feel like an alien has invaded their body. Sometimes, not knowing this can really make an expectant mother feel inadequate. It causes worry that they won’t be able to love enough. I have three children. With the first one I worried all the way through my pregnancy that I wasn’t going to have it in me to be a good mother. I worried that I wouldn’t be able to love him enough. I worried that I would never bond. I wondered what was wrong with me. As soon as he was born, I fell totally in love. He was the center of our world. I couldn’t have loved him more. The second time around was the same. I loved the older one so much, maybe I wouldn’t be able to make room for another baby. Maybe I wouldn’t be able to love her. I had the same worries the second time around. But, w...