Dinka's life, Part II
(This could almost be a Lifetime-movie title. :) The mini-series of my life. There's even a baby involved now!)
The reason for the title: As they say, nothing is like it used to be and actually, that's what I expected so no real surprises here. I'm wrapped up in taking care for this demanding little girl and although I could REALLY use some sleep, I'm not frustrated nor depressed... as of yet. Luckily there is no way around loving her and so we spend the day together, meeting every two hours at my breasts.
I have not yet had time to grasp what happened and that I have a daughter now and what that means, but I have a lot of time and lots more time to come, so maybe soon I will be able to give you a very thorough analysis of what it really means to have a child.
I have two blog responsibilities now and it will take me some time to figure out how to separate the two "stories" of her and my life. In any case you should obviously follow both.
Now that the baby is out of me, I am left with what used to be my body. The remains of the pregnancy and everything it took to let this baby out. It's scary. I am left with the miniature version of a classic beer belly, no, not a cute left-over pregnancy belly, but a flabby weird-shaped nothing sticking out with a dark line down the middle. All my other body parts that seemed proportionate to the big thing in front now suddenly appear their actual size and I feel every single pound. I know it's been only 2 weeks and it will all go back to normal, but, my god, what happened to me?! I guess it's "Motherhood Maternity"-fashion for me for another couple of months. Sigh.
Ok, the next entry is going to be all deep and philosophical about the miracle of parenthood... ;)
Posted at 07:51 PM on August 17, 2003
You are doing a great public service by commenting on the reality of the post-partum body. This too shall pass.....
Here here Alicia!
We never had a big belly after our babies....Kisses from Cres
Dora+Tea
Awwww Dinka... never fear, the belly will disappear. The line goes away too. One of these days you'll write a post about how amazing it was to scratch the remaining vestigest of it off your belly button with your fingernail (yeah, you can do it as gross as it sounds).
Well, it took you 9 monthes to grow the belly, so give him 9 more monthes to disappear! Of course: Faster will be appreciated...