Giving birth to a baby that looks like your Mother in Law
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When I finally pushed my beautiful little girl into the world after a 4 day induction I was so relieved I could cry. As she was finally placed on my chest and I longingly gazed at her I got the fright of my life. The following words went through my mind:
Holy Crap
My Mother In Law
Is Staring Right at me
I had waited for what felt like a lifetime for this precious moment. I endured the horrible morning sickness, insomnia, piles, chronic back pain and then a shocker of a labour simply for my baby to look exactly like my Mother in Law and
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absolutely nothing like me. Cheers Mother nature.
I actually get on great with my MIL (hopefully she never see’s this post) but still – we all want our babies to look like us. We all secretly resent it every time someone gushes – ’they are so like…..’ anyone else but ME. I mean I am her Mother. She is my baby. I held that trembling pregnancy test in my hand. I was the one clutching onto the toilet for dear life as I threw up everywhere. I was the one who felt the first kicks. I cried when I heard the heartbeat for the first
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time. I squealed in delight at the scans. I endured all of that awful pain. All I want is to see a little bit of me in our wonderful creation. A creation that I am so proud of. This little person is the best thing that has ever happened to me. I’m not asking for much – my eyes, my nose – sod it even my feet.
The months went by and people still didn’t get it. I was inundated with ’she is so like her Dad’ or ’wow she is the double of her grandmother’. I got a little desperate at times and replied ’I think she has my smile’. The
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response was often: ’nah, I don’t see it’.
Of course in time I looked at her and all I could see was my little Bonnie. She looks like herself. She is unique. She has stolen my heart even if she has her Dad’s eyes and his positive blood type and her Mother in Law’s hair and her great Uncle’s smile. She is my baby. I love the bones of her. Just somebody tell me for once she looks like me?
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jojo fraser - 20 Oct 16
When I finally pushed my beautiful little girl into the world after a 4 day induction I was so relieved I could cry. As she was finally placed on my chest and I longingly gazed at her I got the fright of my life. The following words went through my mind:
Holy Crap
My Mother In Law
Is Staring Right at me
I had waited for what felt like a lifetime for this precious moment. I endured the horrible morning sickness, insomnia, piles, chronic back pain and then a shocker of a labour simply for my baby to look exactly like my Mother in Law and absolutely nothing like me. Cheers Mother nature.
I actually get on great with my MIL (hopefully she never see’s this post) but still – we all want our babies to look like us. We all secretly resent it every time someone gushes – ‘they are so like…..’ anyone else but ME. I mean I am her Mother. She is my baby. I held that trembling pregnancy test in my hand. I was the one clutching onto the toilet for dear life as I threw up everywhere. I was the one who felt the first kicks. I cried when I heard the heartbeat for the first time. I squealed in delight at the scans. I endured all of that awful pain. All I want is to see a little bit of me in our wonderful creation. A creation that I am so proud of. This little person is the best thing that has ever happened to me. I’m not asking for much – my eyes, my nose – sod it even my feet.
The months went by and people still didn’t get it. I was inundated with ‘she is so like her Dad’ or ‘wow she is the double of her grandmother’. I got a little desperate at times and replied ‘I think she has my smile’. The response was often: ‘nah, I don’t see it’.
Of course in time I looked at her and all I could see was my little Bonnie. She looks like herself. She is unique. She has stolen my heart even if she has her Dad’s eyes and his positive blood type and her Mother in Law’s hair and her great Uncle’s smile. She is my baby. I love the bones of her. Just somebody tell me for once she looks like me?
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Jojo Fraser is Mum to Bonnie and Charlie, author, motivational speaker and founder of the popular blog mummyjojo.com - Jojo is all about helping you to get your mojo back. Her first book - time for a mojo injection launched in Summer and was an instant best-seller on amazon.
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