Have you met Channa before? She writes over at Life As A Coaches Wife and has stopped by today to share her advice and insight on becoming a first time Mom. I am so excited for her and her husband and their baby due this December! Hopefully, by the time you're reading this, my journey into motherhood has 'officially' begun and Gavin is in my arms.
Hi my name is Channa and I am the creator of the blog Life
as a Coaches Wife. I have been married to my husband, the coach, for almost 8
years. We are expecting our first child this December. After 5 years of
infertility and 1 round of IVF we got pregnant but never did I expect the internal
emotions that would come along with that.
Becoming a mom is something that I have dreamt of since I
was little. But I never thought it would take me 5 years and one round of IVF
to get there. I feel like having to go through IVF I had to mourn the process
of getting pregnant naturally. I had to mourn not being surprised because with
IVF you know what is going on at every step. Because of IVF it took me several
months to feel comfortable with being pregnant. I was always waiting for
something bad to happen, with every appointment I expected to be told that I
was no longer pregnant. Becoming a mother is something that has taken me almost
five months of my pregnancy to become ok with. Don’t get me wrong, I have
always wanted to be a mom but I never thought I wouldn’t be comfortable being
pregnant. Being ok talking about it with people, feeling comfortable buying items
and allowing others to be excited for me. Even though I have a very public blog
I am actually a very private person, so pregnancy has really taken me out of my
comfort zone. Every one you meet wants to know about the pregnancy and I do not
always feel comfortable talking about it and I think that is really hard for
people to understand. As hard as it is for me that people are excited for me, I
think it is just as hard for them to understand where I am coming from and how
I feel. Being pregnant is different for everyone and I have struggled with not
wanting to show off my pregnancy. Struggling with being pregnant is something
that with every month becomes a little easier but I still feel as though my
feelings are not normal.
I am super excited to have this baby!! I am very excited
about growing our family and raising our child. I am just not as excited about
the pregnancy!!
Life as a Coaches Wife www.lifeasacoacheswife.blogspot.com
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