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Before I started my blog about the craziness that is Parenthood, I was young(er), rounder around my belly, had swollen ankles and I was hormonal. Also known as being pregnant! But I was also on cloud nine, blissful and excited to meet my bundle of joy; my first child. I was recently taken back to this time period.\"Pregnancy<\/a><\/div>\n
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A few weeks ago, on a chilly Sunday afternoon, the boys and I sat in a local arena watching my husband play hockey. My newborn was sound asleep in the stroller. My oldest two boys were on the bench watching the game, or off the bench running around and being playful. We hung out with some of the other wives and kids. One of the wives was pregnant with her first child. She told me that she and her husband have been trying to conceive for a year and a half before she got pregnant. She had a glow in her eye as she asked me question after question about newborns and what to expect. She spent most of the game sitting at the edge of the bench joyfully watching my newborn sleep away. I envied her glow and her excitement. I forgot what it felt like to expect your first and\u00a0going through that euphoria. The feeling of daydreaming about a “perfect” life when your precious bundle of joy arrives. My husband and I stayed awake each night talking about our unborn son, what he would be like, what our new family would look like, what we would all do together and more. We read “What to Expect<\/em>” religiously, we read our son stories in utero, and rubbed my belly constantly. All of our conversations revolved around our unborn first child or inevitably lead to that.<\/div>\n
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When I was expecting with my second and third, I didn’t have the same feelings. \u00a0Not because I wasn’t as excited (and I was!), I just didn’t have the luxury to daydream because I was running around looking after my kids. \u00a0I was also extremely aware of the reality of life with a newborn. \u00a0The longer I could keep them in, the longer I can delay the sleepless night, crying and physical pains that come with labour and breastfeeding.<\/div>\n
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That’s why I decided to not tell this excited mother-to-be too much. I wasn’t lying or deceiving but I also wasn’t forthcoming. I wanted her to enjoy these moments of happy anticipation because reality will soon set in. Besides, I knew she would (or likely already has) receive lots of advice from family, friends and even strangers. She’s probably read all of the books that offer conflicting advice. I didn’t want to be another person to rain on her parade. It was more enjoyable to watch her with the constant grin and sparkle in her eye whenever she looked at my newborn son.<\/div>\n
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She’ll have plenty of time to recount all of the stories other experienced mom’s have told her when she’s up and awake throughout the night feeding her newborn or having difficulties breastfeeding or rocking her baby back to sleep for the fourth time in an hour. For now, I’ll just let her enjoy the wonder that is expecting for the first time.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Before I started my blog about the craziness that is Parenthood, I was young(er), rounder around my belly, had swollen ankles and I was hormonal. Also known as being pregnant! But I was also on cloud nine, blissful and excited to meet my bundle of joy; my first child. 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