Times of High Anticipation
Posted by BananaFrog on May 5, 2009
My life is full of anticipation right now. It doesn’t matter where I am, someone sees that I am anticipating the inevitable. As some may know, I am pregnant. I am now at 34 weeks as of Wednesday 5/6/09. It is amazing to see the reactions of people when I talk with them about my upcoming event. Some show pure excitement, some show curiosity, some show a form of anxiety or even pity. There are so many different feeling people have when they do not know what will happen.
This is so in so many aspects of life. With bringing a child into the world, there are so many different feelings when looking forward to it. It is one of the most joyous, exciting, stressful, and worrisome time of your life. The joyful feeling is part of the amazement that you are being blessed to become the caregiver of the brand new life. You are so excited to see your new baby, to meet her for the first time, and start off her life in yours. The stress comes on many different levels depending on where you are in life. Stress could be from needing to finish a project for the baby, getting registered, missing work, missing fun things because there isn’t an extra ounce of energy left. The worrisome feelings also come on many different levels mainly about the birth and the baby’s health and upcoming life. We all have many questions in the worry avenue; “Can I do this?”, “Am I going to be a good parent?”, “Is the baby going to be healthy?”, etc.
In my experiences, my pregnancies have taught me how to handle many different forms of anticipation. Some forms are fun and you should run with for as long as you can. In pregnancy, that would of course be the joyous and exciting feelings. Then, I have learned to control my anxiety from the anticipation of the uncomfortable thoughts. I learned that stressing and worrying about a situation does very little except for help ruin the enjoyment. Even though it is normal to have those feelings, they can completely take over and consume your every thought. In the times of high anticipation, there should be effort in thinking of what is good. I have found doing this to be comforting and can help me to not think about the things that are out of my control.
Through my pregnancies, I have learned to handle so much. In motherhood, I have learned and will learn much more. Each stepping stone will be greatly anticipated with my children, but as I worry about their futures, I will try to take my own advice and put into action what I have learned.
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