I have always been a closet bookworm. I think growing up it was never something I liked to admit, but it's true. If you ask my mom she'll tell you that most of my weeknights as a pre-teen were spent at our local library. I often felt like Matilda making my way through the children's fiction, then adult. Before I knew it I was embedded in any piece of non-fiction I could get my hands on. To this day, it's still my favourite. I had friends (don't get me wrong), but I felt books gave me something that in most cases my friends could not and that's knowledge.
Throughout my pregnancy I have poured over countless books that have either been passed on to me or that I have stumbled across. I was a little overwhelmed at first. I could not believe how much information and options were provided to me. Since then I've wrested with topics on fertility, weight gain, nutrition, embryo development, postpartum depression, miscarriage, midwifery, doula coaching, labour, delivery, recovery and wow. Back in May, I was scared out of my mind to tackle anything on this subject. But now I honestly say that getting informed was one of the best decisions I could have made. I know that I am still incredibly naive but at least knowing a bit about the storm before it hits makes preparing for it a lot easier to anticipate. Bookworm signing off.
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