To Fear or Not to Fear January 12, 2007

Many people are asking me if I am scared, nervous, anxious, etc. Well…honestly….I am just ready! If you were to ask me a couple of months ago even I would have said all of the above! (especially after those birthing videos!) But I’ve decided there is a reason women are pregnant for 10 months….because they run out of room at 9 and by 10 they are SO READY! I was afraid of the whole birthing experience… the pain, the mystery of the unknown, the thought of being out of control. But now, now I can explain it in no other way then that I’m just ready. No fear. Now, yes, ask me in the middle of a contraction in full labor and I might answer differently…..but for now my body is so ready to have itself back, to touch my toes, to tie my shoes, to get in and out of my car without wishing for those captains seats you see in 80’s model vans, to run and sweat, to sleep (even if it is frequently interrupted) on my back……oh yes, I am READY!