Pregnancy Diaries

Pregnancy isn't simply the growing of an infant in the womb it's also the reshaping of a life, the stretching of the soul, and the weaving of testimonies into one. This diary is my manner of recording the adventure, no longer only so that I won't forget each element of this sacred time, but additionally so that someday, my infant may additionally study it and understand simply how deeply they had been wanted, loved, and cherished even before their first breath.
I did now not recognize how tons pregnancy might trade me. now not most effective does the frame amplify, swell, ache, and bloom it additionally transforms the heart. each flutter of motion, each echo of the heartbeat, each wave of illness or yearning or fatigue will become a reminder that I'm not just myself. I'm two, entwined.
This diary captures the everyday and the exceptional: the nausea that continues me up at nighttime, the strawberries I will forestall ingesting, the tenderness of my partner’s hand on my belly, the tears in my mom’s eyes when I advised her the information, the awe I felt after I noticed the little bean at the ultrasound screen.
it is also about relationships the manner being pregnant has deepened my bond with my companion, the manner it has reawakened family traditions and tales, the way it has drawn a circle of affection around me from friends, siblings, and network.
In these pages, you’ll locate milestones: the first heartbeat, the primary flutter of motion, the primary time I noticed a tiny hand waving at the ultrasound. You’ll locate fears: approximately hard work, approximately my potential to mom, approximately the unpredictable international my toddler might be born into. and you’ll locate wish: radiant, unstoppable hope for the future.