Worry is a misuse of imagination. Dan Zadra
I’m such a worrywart these days.
I worry I’m not eating enough.
I’ve no appetite to speak of. And sometimes, even the THOUGHT of food makes me nauseous. Aren't I supposed to be GAINING weight instead of losing it?
I worry I’m eating the wrong thing.
If unmarried women eat pineapples and drink 7-up after forbidden sex in order to induce a miscarriage, should I be avoiding these items?
I worry I’m not eating enough of the right thing.
In the 1st trimester, we’re supposed to have a lot of folic acid, hence the little pills my obgyn gave me.
But there’s a lot of folic acid in green veges too, but I’m not eating enough of that.
Should I then double my dose of folic acid supplements?
I worry about moving too much.
Every time I so much as move a little higher than ground level (i.e. climb a chair), I hear volleys of protest and remonstrations.
If I get a little hyper and start skipping (yes, yes, I know I’m old), I’ll hear the usual “Stop that! You’re pregnant!”.
We even have an aunt who, each time she sees us, she’ll remind us to ‘puasa’. “Pegang tangan jer... peluk jer... jangan lebih-lebih”.
I worry about moving too little.
My mom tells me I shouldn’t be lounging around so much (“Nanti baby malas”). And I wouldn’t want a lethargic baby.
I want a healthy, bouncy baby.
But I’M not allowed to bounce these days.
*sigh*
That's the secret to life... replace one worry with another....
Charles M. Schulz (1922 - 2000), Charlie Brown
2 comments:
ur worries make me smile, because they so remind me of my own anxieties :-D
it's all a normal part of early, impending motherhood, i guess..like u, i worried anxiously about all of the above and even more! ppl's well-meaning advice all around us, can also add to the anxiety...but bear in mind that they dish out all the advice out of concern...
u know what? once during my 1st few months i termakan pineapple and freaked out, running straight to the doctor to check whether i was ok or not... i was THAT paranoid ok...my advice wud be, don't worry too much, and just take it easy..do everything in moderation especially during the first trimester, becoz as org tua2 wud say, 'nak bagi lekat betul2' n since it's the first pregnancy, we are told to be ultra-careful...
listen to ur elders, take it in stride, and pray a lot... that helps immensely! u can try reading surah2 Mariam, Luqman n Yusuf as u progress into ur pregnancy... :-D
p/s whoops... sorry for this lengthy commentary..cudn't help it..becoz i can so relate to wat ur going thru... take care of urself dear! ;-)
While definitely unpregnant, I've been in training long enough to know some things if you're worried about the whole moving too much or too little:
Babies love swimming. It's like freeform support. Plus it's good for the pregnant mum because the bouyancy of water helps with the back pain and suchlike.
Yoga is meant to be very good in early pregnancy up to about 5 months, or when you're unable to touch your toes anymore. ;) Keeps you strong and flexible and from what I've read/been told helps with childbirth because you strengthen and flex the pelvic floor muscles. Also a very good workout.
You can still be active - it's just a sort of passive-active. :)
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