With all this COVID-19 pandemic I have been going through a very deep thought of all the pregnant women around at this time, that includes myself. I am 5 months pregnant, would like to share my feelings of all the joy and anxiety in my everyday life. As to my surprise I found out that there are 11 women expecting at my work place this year, at this time when there are so many deaths but there are births too around the world, I would say blessing in disguise. If there are dying patients all around, there are these bold life givers, the pregnant women carrying life within them.
The Trends: Where are they?
With modern pregnancy come all these latest trends: joys of having small celebrations, exclusive healthcare facilities, all the ‘mandatory’ scans and appointments have been cancelled unless it’s a serious matter need to and those visits to the Gynaec and maternity hospital. And those pre-natal sex determination tests. And that joy of baby showers and advance shopping for the baby care. And yes I can’t miss mentioning those extraordinary cravings with all those hormones kicking around and on demand outings and cinemas and small picnics. COVID-19 has snatched away all these trends. For a change, we are not going to know the gender of the baby, no exclusive healthcare, no baby showers, no advance shopping. We, the COVID-19 pandemic period mothers to be are denied of having the choice of food to have what we crave for, no outings, no cinemas, no picnics this summer.
But, but, hang on a minute! All these negative vibes all we could see is no, no no, and No! why not turn them into a yes, yes and Yes! What am trying to convey is that I am feeling a lot positive at this time. Why do we need such trends? Our parents when they were born never had it. No one knew the gender of the unborn till that most exciting entry into the world. No one had baby showers and all those what not celebrations.
Pregnant women’s craving has become a huge trend recently. I want this I want that. Poor husbands had to run corner to corner to get whatever we demand for. But now, forced by the security and safety concerns we can have no such demands.
Knowing the gender just to buy clothes and gifts everyone has forgotten the joy of what it is to find out the Gender when the baby makes a grand entry into the world declaring Who I am.
Back to basics: Well it’s time we turn back to basics. As we learn to use judiciously the progressive development of our world, we the Pregnant couples of COVID-19, an eye opening period, stop ourselves from being regressive against the natural ways and healthy traditional ways of life that our ancestors followed. We realize that anything in excess is poisonous. We acknowledge that latest contraceptive methods, with extra side effects, are life threatening. We diligently follow the slowing down of the extra pace that we have attached to everything in our lives. We feel the need to turn back to God.
In conclusion I say, life – from womb to the tomb- is a wonderful journey. Although the reality of tombs around us seems to increase by day, the productivity of womb gives us hope. We the life giving mothers need to be bold and strong. Do not panic- it doesn’t add even an inch to our existence.
