tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689941570590851112.post2813370854486611419..comments2023-03-24T11:47:29.366+00:00Comments on when you ARE that woman: Testing times: Do you remember the first?Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05319479661111193584noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689941570590851112.post-88120007440410581442011-10-27T22:26:55.694+01:002011-10-27T22:26:55.694+01:00I'm so glad it struck a chord with you all. Th...I'm so glad it struck a chord with you all. Thank you for your comments. It has been bothering me for a while, that sense that less comfortable memories take over and somehow displace the better ones. <br />Anna - sadly we never did make In Fruit A Row. Although I keep thinking it would be a best seller if I did!<br />L x xLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319479661111193584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689941570590851112.post-88513585732345144652011-10-27T17:19:26.289+01:002011-10-27T17:19:26.289+01:00What a wonderful post - it has reminded me of that...What a wonderful post - it has reminded me of that incredible exciting moment of realising I was pregnant the first time and that the difficulties of my 2nd pregnancy, the miscarriages are not the defining memory of pregnancy, that there are good memories<br /><br />Thank you xMuddling Alonghttp://www.muddlingalongmummy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689941570590851112.post-40145636478994061982011-10-21T23:07:11.020+01:002011-10-21T23:07:11.020+01:00What a beautiful post. I'm 8 weeks into my sec...What a beautiful post. I'm 8 weeks into my second pregnancy, and although it's thrilling and exciting, it lacks the magic of the first somehow.<br />Did you make In Fruit A Row? Genius idea, I hope you did it xAnnahttp://www.dummymummy.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689941570590851112.post-46082697875709807132011-10-20T20:50:44.765+01:002011-10-20T20:50:44.765+01:00I love this, I know what you mean about not always...I love this, I know what you mean about not always remembering that woman, sometimes she feels like a far away stranger, this made me remember her a little today, thanks.Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05193128349742963746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689941570590851112.post-43372704690386604602011-10-20T11:38:39.568+01:002011-10-20T11:38:39.568+01:00Beautiful.
I remember the first time. Like you, i...Beautiful. <br />I remember the first time. Like you, it took a long, long time. Unlike you, I'd never even got to the point of doing a pregnancy test before. I had a sneaking, excited feeling too. I couldn't sleep. I got up early and did the test. Most of me thinking I was being silly, a tiny, tiny part of me having those Christmas Day as a child butterflies.<br /><br />The thing I was surprised most by was how quickly that test came up - almost instantaneously - the word 'Pregnant' loud and proud. I still get those butterflies when I think of it now. I remembering doing a comedy double take - and my hands shaking as I picked it up to examine it.<br /><br />Nothing ever, ever is as precious as the first pregnancy. I was lucky, it worked out. The next time, I felt the same way; it was Christmas Eve, I was full of goodwill as I sat in church and wept and hugged my secret to myself, but that pregnancy was not to be. I went on to lose two more pregnancies and those losses were like losing a first love, over and over again, like being repeatedly beaten. None of my following 'test moments' have been joyful, they've been terrifying, sickening moments where I have physically cowered, waiting for the pain of loss to begin. <br /><br />Two more children, but never the same hopeful joy you so beautifully describe. I envy those women, I envy anyone who has never suffered the pain of losing a pregnancy, but I am glad for them that they will not experience that. No one should have to.MrsBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-689941570590851112.post-49652215596815952812011-10-19T21:28:42.882+01:002011-10-19T21:28:42.882+01:00My first pregnancy was truly magical. No morning s...My first pregnancy was truly magical. No morning sickness, everything new and exciting. The second sucked. A lovely post which captures it all so perfectly.<br /><br />M2MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com