A new baby can be the greatest joy you will ever experience as a woman. But can you ever fully prepare yourself for the amazing journey your life will take, as you travel down the road to motherhood?

From the onset, when you start planning to have a baby, there is so much to take in. Getting pregnant isn’t always a straight forward procedure. For many of us who spend those teenage years trying not to get pregnant, moving the goalposts can leave you an emotional wreck!
You throw out your pills, your condoms, and anything else that prevents conception of a baby, and you get down to business.

Conceiving a baby will always be easier for some than it is for others. But with your first missed period, and the first time you pee on that little stick, your emotions will take a ride on the biggest roller-coaster you’ve ever been on in your life!

The confirmation of pregnancy and the expectancy of a new baby will leave all women feeling different. Some will laugh, others will cry. You may even find yourself in a state of shock. I had tried for three years to get pregnant, and when it finally happened I couldn’t believe how scared I was! I went through denial, ‘Not me, I couldn’t be pregnant!’… It doesn’t seem real, especially as there are no outward signs that anyone else can see. You may have sickness or feel very tired, but that could be a symptom of anything.

Once you start to tell people, you then start to plan for this wonderful occasion. You will start looking at baby clothes and prams. Cots and Teddy bears. You start to see things in a different light. You’re not an individual any more, there’s two of you. You are a ‘mum to be’

The weeks and months of carrying your baby will again try your emotions. Hormones racing through your body will make sure of that! Your first scan will be exhilarating, you ante natal checks will leave you breathing a sigh of relief as each one ends, and you hear that everything is going well.

So… here you are eight months down the line. The nursery is ready, your hospital bag is packed and ready to go. Everything is exactly how you want it to be. Are you ready emotionally? Yes? You make think that you are, but nothing can really prepare your heart for what is about to happen.

The birth of your new baby, as well as being hard work, will leave you amazed. The first time you see your baby and you realize that this little miracle is all down to you, you won’t believe he’s really here, it will feel more like a dream than reality. The first time your baby squeezes your finger, your heart will bounce with joy.

I don’t think anything can prepare you emotionally for the feeling you will experience on the road to motherhood, and the small winding paths that you will take as you come out at the other end. The first smile will etch itself in your memory, you will play the first words in your mind forever. His first steps will feel like your first steps! and the first time your baby falls over, you will hold your breath as you lift up his trouser leg and reveal a scratch, and you would give anything for that scratch to be on your knee rather than his!

And it never ends, a new baby is a wonder, a joy and a miracle. Motherhood is hard work, but it’s also fun and it gives you the gift that you may have never thought was real. ‘Unconditional Love’

Author: Julie Gardner
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