So I bought this cute book the other day called Rock Star Momma. I've been reading it and while I don't necessarily agree with everything she says, I do love the idea of looking great and therefore feeling great. In the book she said that now that you are expecting, you need to have a new mantra, "Embrace the new you". I have to admit that I've had a hard time lately dealing with the fact that I am now pregnant. After trying to get pregnant for so long, it is a weird change to all of the sudden be pregnant. My mind had to suddenly shift and it has taken some getting used to. I know that it sounds vain, but I have been freaking out a little bit knowing that my body is going to change forever. I hear it all the time from other moms that their bodies will never be the same again. I have noticed that my body is going through some weird changes right now although I'm still missing that pregnant belly. But, once I read the new mantra, I decided to embrace the new me. No more worrying about what may happen. I am going to embrace the new me. I am going to take everything about pregnancy and love it.
I have been struggling with the idea of completely changing my identity. Up until this point, I have been a daughter, a sister, a friend, a wife, a student, a business owner and a bunch of other things-but never a mother. I know that being a mother is the highest and greatest calling a woman can have but is it going to change who I am? I'm sure I will change but I think I can also still be me. I probably sound like a crazy woman and most people out there who get pregnant never think about this stuff, but I'm a little nuts I guess. Again, I am going to embrace the new me.
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