Wednesday, November 22

Child-bearing is Scary

Today I went to the hospital to visit my cousin who juz delivered her baby yest... I was shocked at the difference in her... from a model-like and pretty air stewardess, she suddenly gained 20kg and looked bloated... i noe wat all of u are gonna say... "all pregnant ladies are bloated"... but thats not the pt... let me go on... and she went thru a caesarean because her baby wasnt ready to be naturally delivered...

so today she was like in constantly pain whenever her pain killer wore off... and i saw her cringe everytime the wave of pain hit her. She did not even carry her baby more den once as her tummy hurt everytime she carried him.

AND.......... whats the worst part of it all? I noticed that her husband was quite cold. I expected him to be sweet and nourishing, but he didnt. He even squabbled with her despite her pain... He was standing so far away, half the time outside the room. Like wat the hell??? His wife went thru all that pain to bear him a son and all he does is kiss his son and treats the wife like a baby-reproducing machine???


OK! Maybe behind the scenes he is loving and tender... but all I see is coldness and distance... maybe i am overreacting, but i feel injustified! Men should be the ones to try child- birth!!!!!!

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