12.08.2008

Can I manage to stay me

Can I manage to stay me? I keep asking myself this question over and over again, but never heard answers. I finanly understand being a parent is sth that you would never be able to be fully prepared before it happens, physically, mentally, emotionaly, financially, totally. When it happens, it also doesn't seem you would soon get anywhere close to being ready, then the only thing you can do is just to cope with it. Chris and I are doing ok, I think. We didn't burst into immediate joy, but we are smiling when we talk about our new future with this little new person.

Can I manage to stay me? I always hate those mums who talks about their kids all the bloody time ever since they have one. If they chose to narrow their world down to one topic, why they have to drag everyone else to be default victims. Each mum is free to love their kids as much as they want, even worship them if they think it's a good idea, but to others, they are just A kid, no much difference than the kids running on the street, crying in the restaurant and screaming in the neighberhood. I'm not sure how much I can control the situation to the extent that I'm able to play other roles in my life than being a mum, but I'm definitely not going to suffer my friends by talking about my kids non stop.

Can I manage to stay me? I found a website to estimate how much weight I'm going to gain during pregnancy. It turned out 11-15kg. Then I told myself I will try hard to be 11 instead of higher. It's going to be a depressing period when all of my clothes doesn't fit any more, but I will try to manage myself to deal with it in the best way I can.

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