Maybe it’s because I’m 38 weeks pregnant and am more emotional and mercurial than ever (Yesterday, I had a bout of hysteria when I realized that my engagement ring and wedding band would no longer come off of my swollen finger and that they were cutting off my circulation. Thankfully, after some diligent prodding with soapy water in the shower, I was able to finally get them off and save said finger from the possible disastrous fate of amputation that I so feared)… or maybe it’s because my anxieties are only mounting higher than Mt. Everest along with my burgeoning belly… but watching the following video today made me cry like a baby.
It’s an encouraging compilation of footage of mothers and what they would tell themselves if they could go back to just before their first child was born.
March 26, 2011 @ 9:36 am
Google removing a ring with string/thread/dental floss.
March 27, 2011 @ 5:19 pm
I was able to get them off with soapy water… although using a thread would’ve been a good idea. 🙂
March 26, 2011 @ 1:58 pm
misono, hang in there!! you’re almost done being pregnant 🙂 i can’t wait to meet baby allen! seriously though, you’re my hero, i have no idea how you stay so beautiful and pregnant!
March 27, 2011 @ 5:20 pm
Thanks bestest! It’s these final days that have really been feeling the longest. 🙁 I can’t wait to be done with pregnancy!
March 26, 2011 @ 6:54 pm
You have come so far and been great! As emotional as you may seem, know that you are not alone and certainly not the first, nor the last, to persevere through this incredible labor of love that will soon culminate with your first face-to-face meeting with the little one. You can do it! and we are always here to support you!
March 27, 2011 @ 5:22 pm
Thanks Hyo! It’s comforting to know that hundreds of billions of other women have gone through this before, so I am very far from being alone. I just hope that I’m as strong as a lot of them have been.
Thank you for always being so supportive. ♥
March 30, 2011 @ 12:18 am
I’m glad you took off the ring in time..Brendon had to cut mine off before Ian was born. It was scary!
March 30, 2011 @ 8:18 am
Yikes! I was afraid that I’d need to use a ring cutter, too… my fingers have swollen up like sausages. 🙁
March 31, 2011 @ 2:17 pm
Hi Nono-chan! There’s no doubt you will be a wonderful wonderful mommy and I’m so excited for you and Dan! 😀 That video is really great, and DEFINITELY tear-inducing… I got a little misty-eyed and I’m not even pregnant! I’ll be thinking of you lady!!!!
April 6, 2011 @ 3:50 pm
Thank you so much Aiko! 🙂
The video is definitely a tearjerker… and now that I have my little one in my arms, it’s even more meaningful.
I hope all is well with you. Please keep in touch! ♥