This image reminds me of the last couple of months of my pregnancy.
When i see this image I remember vividly how i felt.
I was hot and I was huge..... And I was ZOMG uncomfortable.
The weather had already turned quickly into summer like heat and with my growing body I felt like I was close to having heat stroke the entire day.
I was swollen.
I had to give up work early because I couldn't handle being on my feet all day. I hated that, I resented it because I felt like some sort of failure, I really felt terrible for not working through Christmas like I said i would. It didn't matter that my boss knew I would end up having to finish early, it didn't matter that everyone knew, before I did, that I would finish earlier than I was supposed to.
This image reminds me of all the hopes and dreams i had for my unborn child. I would spend hours thinking about what he would be like. What it would feel like to touch him and smell him.
I wondered what he would look like, what colour his hair would be, what colour would his eyes turn out to be. Would he look like me? Would he be ok?
I barely even thought about labour to be honest -only that i wanted it to hurry up and be over so I didn't have to feel so crap all day and I would have my baby in arms.
It reminds me of how jealous i was that it was cold on the other side of the world!
This image reminds me of all that. it all hits me in the space of a second.
I love it.
I stumbled across the lovely little lady who took this picture in these last horrid hot days.
She was due to give birth to her little girl around the same time as me and i was drawn to her by her identical to mine stretchmarked belly with the same little freckle at the top!
Even though thats where our similarities end, she has touched my life dramatically with her positivity and optimism (something i severely lack!), the way she thinks about parenting and her ability to find beauty in things I just don't see. A strong breastfeeding avocate, she even supported our journey of formula feeding from the sidelines when others didn't.
Anyway, enough blabberjabbing, this print along with a few other favourites of mine, are up for sale on Etsy and I think you should check them out.
