Comments on: quickening

By: Antigone

Antigone — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:49:42 +0000

And that is why, if I get one, I will name her Persephone.

By: christine

christine — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:27:55 +0000

oh bon, i’m so, so glad.

By: Kyla

Kyla — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 15:43:54 +0000

Hi there, little alien baby. We’re all rooting for you out here.

By: Emily R

Emily R — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:52:47 +0000

Your girl and my girl must have been on the same train. I miss her sometimes.

I, too, am waiting to feel the movements. Any day now, I know.

By: Mad Hatter

Mad Hatter — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 01:17:01 +0000

Squirm away, little alien. Do back flips and front flips and bounce off the walls. It’s a wonderful home you’ve been offered to play in.

By: Christy

Christy — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:54:06 +0000

It is amazing isn’t it? I remember rejoicing in those little flutters with each pregnancy. They did wonders for my sanity.

By: tash

tash — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 00:41:49 +0000

The weather y’all put up with for free health care . . . . I’d crack a joke about hell freezing, but, well.

Clearly this is a force to be reckoned with, already dabbling with Murphy’s Law. Kick wee one, kick.

By: pnuts mama

pnuts mama — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:39:43 +0000

i’ll admit to getting a little weepy for you!! yippee!! those first few definite blips and bloops are magic…

so very very happy for you…

By: Anta

Anta — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:26:13 +0000

What you’ve become, Bon, is a natural corollary of your passed experiences. That’s nothing to hate or be ashamed of. It’s instictive. It’s only normal if you’ve been slapped in the face by pain and loss, that you raise your hands in defence the next time you feel you may get slapped again. I think fear is an inherent human sentiment just as are joy, laughter and sadness, and as such, if it can be appeased using tools that you have at your disposal, then why not? What makes that so bad? You’re not committing any kind of crime. Tools that can help –> use of tools –> feel better. No flaw in that equation.
Normalcy is relative, I think, when it comes to pregnancy, so you do whatever it takes to help you get through this and lessen the burden. This is about you and creating the most favourable conditions – both physical and “psychological” – to help you bring your little one into the world the best way possible. Those aspects have equal importance and if you can attend to them, why shouldn’t you? …um, yeah, so I’m sure you get my point here.
As I have told you, I have never had kids before, but your writing is so vivid that I can almost “feel” what your feeling as you recount it. Your flare for description just blows me away. This post made me further realise that I think kids/teens never truly know, or can even imagine, the full extent of the vulnerability their mothers willingly subject themselves to, just to bring them into the world. Your grace through all this is a tribute to all mothers.

You can do this…you “are” doing this! Slowly but steadily. Keep the faith, and trust the flutter.

Love to you.

By: wannabe mom

wannabe mom — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:22:47 +0000

as if to say, “i’m here mama, don’t worry”

tears of joy for you, bon. now if we could just get rid of those headaches.