After being told we couldn't have children, my mind wasn't ready to accept that I could be pregnant just 2 short months later. I was though and we were ecstatic! What the human body goes through to bring about another life is what is incredible about pregnancy to me.
My first trimester was riddled with bouts of "all day" sickness, a trip to the emergency room because I couldn't keep anything down and was getting dehydrated after two days of it, threats of "Ya know this is going to be our only child, so you'd better hope it's a boy!", and various other things that I won't mention in mixed company. But then, after the start of my 2nd trimester, I felt my baby kick for the first time. All the sickness and threats and other things just flew out the window and all I wanted to do was to feel it again. I was amazed by the thought that that kick was from a tiny little foot, with tiny little toes growing inside of me.
I am now 20 weeks along and can feel the baby even more. I feel like I've constantly eaten too much and am full and bloated, but I love this feeling. Thinking about the tiny little life inside and it's tiny fingers, and nose, and toes, and fingerprints. A real human life, complete with a heartbeat and eyebrows that responds when I sing to it. My child...MY child. It's an amazing process, how the body makes room for the baby, no matter how squished you feel, and you still function. The growth rate of the baby and how it forms and grows.
I love this entire process. What I look forward to the most, however, is finally holding my child in my arms and kissing it's tiny little fingers, tiny little nose, and seeing the face I've been dreaming of. What a fascinating and amazing process this is....and it's only the beginning.
