Milk_Monkey
29-11-2007, 01:01 PM
Just an advanced warning - I write this at the risk of sounding a bit philosophical and a tad ‘group hug’ish.
At fourteen weeks I am officially in my second trimester! I was thinking about this the other day and what it actually meant. All too often I think that we dismiss it as a bench mark, without acknowledging all that we have achieved.
So, I sat down and thought about it all a little differently to usual. On the outside it just seems like I’m gaining a Santa looking bump in time for Christmas, I feel exhausted, have issues with food, and will cry at the most ridiculous things! Doesn’t seem like much to celebrate. But I have actually achieved two amazing things.
Number One. My body has just created a placenta. Essentially, in a matter of weeks, I have just created a new organ. That’s like my partner coming home tonight and saying ‘Oh, I made a new kidney today’
But it’s not just any old organ, this is a super organ. Doing the work of a liver, heart, lungs…. Pretty special stuff.
Number Two. Has everyone realized that by this point the baby is more or less complete. From here on in, it just gets bigger. My body has just made an entire (I hope!) human being! I’m talking ten fingers, ten toes, muscles, skeleton, heart, brain, teeth buds, vocal chords, everything! The best bit about this is I have done it completely unconsciously, but - this is probably the only thing in my life that I will achieve purely without help from anyone else! Yes, my partner gave some raw materials. But no one else can take any credit for actually constructing those perfect little finger nails ;)
So, as we all approach the end of our first trimester, please take the time to reflect on exactly what your body has done - it is a huge achievement and you should all be very proud of yourselves! :yelclap:
At fourteen weeks I am officially in my second trimester! I was thinking about this the other day and what it actually meant. All too often I think that we dismiss it as a bench mark, without acknowledging all that we have achieved.
So, I sat down and thought about it all a little differently to usual. On the outside it just seems like I’m gaining a Santa looking bump in time for Christmas, I feel exhausted, have issues with food, and will cry at the most ridiculous things! Doesn’t seem like much to celebrate. But I have actually achieved two amazing things.
Number One. My body has just created a placenta. Essentially, in a matter of weeks, I have just created a new organ. That’s like my partner coming home tonight and saying ‘Oh, I made a new kidney today’
But it’s not just any old organ, this is a super organ. Doing the work of a liver, heart, lungs…. Pretty special stuff.
Number Two. Has everyone realized that by this point the baby is more or less complete. From here on in, it just gets bigger. My body has just made an entire (I hope!) human being! I’m talking ten fingers, ten toes, muscles, skeleton, heart, brain, teeth buds, vocal chords, everything! The best bit about this is I have done it completely unconsciously, but - this is probably the only thing in my life that I will achieve purely without help from anyone else! Yes, my partner gave some raw materials. But no one else can take any credit for actually constructing those perfect little finger nails ;)
So, as we all approach the end of our first trimester, please take the time to reflect on exactly what your body has done - it is a huge achievement and you should all be very proud of yourselves! :yelclap: