First Word 34

It’s one thing to be heavy with child; it’s another to have the world’s demands sitting on your shoulder:

Such that the deadlines keep screaming at you in the office and your terrible-two remains just that. Wedding invitations and such, sail your way every so often when all the energy you have is for climbing onto the bed to drift off. Your hubby is so engrossed in building his posterity’s empire that he slumps onto the couch immediately he steps into the house and sleeps. Your house-help can’t stop asking you what to make for dinner …

And you want to say, ‘HEY! I am not a magician. If anything I am delicate; with nausea and a wonky gait. I am adorning an acne-infested face and working at calming tremors of anxiety as the EDD nears. I am busy shoving away the mood-swings every time they jump into my head so as not to disorient the status quo of the innocent ones around me … .’ In short, you are asking God to stop the world from spinning too fast so that everyone can stop and see that you are EXPECTANT.

Well, Pregnant agrees that the world is surely not about to stop. And that is why it is here to allow you to be real. To have you vent. Speak on a Pregnant Note by writing a little note to the editor. If your expressions go beyond a note, you may find yourself being listened to by the rest of the world via the Mja Mzito column. Should your shout be laden with emotion, the Facing Life column will convey your experience best.

Otherwise, the rest of the pages have the calming effect that you definitely are in need of. Take a deep breath as you re-acquaint yourself with the assurance that you are not alone, then turn the pages to find that Pregnant is one of the best places to be after all.

JoyC

END: PG 34 /2