On becoming a mother, for the very first time in her, life…how she'd, needed her mother there for her, translated…
Awhile ago, my daughter went to the gynecology exams, the gynecologist reminded her, to come to the hospital to induce labor the following day. And, googling online, after the labor is induced, it takes, one to two more days, for the cervix to be, fully, dilated; the following morn at nine, the gynecology used the medicine on her, at three in the afternoon, the cervix dilated bit by bit, to spotting, to her water breaking, soon as my son-in-law signed the agreement for the epidural, before the epidural was applied, my daughter was, swiftly, placed on the birthing platform, and, my young granddaughter had come, in such, a hurry.
I got the message from them on LINE, rushed to the hospital, it was way past visiting hours, and I wasn't, allowed into the ward. My daughter's message showed of her fatigue, that she'd, drained herself out completely in birth, plus she'd, stayed lying in bed for a whole month to get the position of the fetus back right, certainly, she needed, her, rest! Seeing the message with the photo of my newborn granddaughter, round and red face, tall nose, delicate ears, black head of, hair, with her eyes, sleeping sound, so very, cute.
Returning home, I started thinking about when I should go to visit them the following day, the phone rang, "mom, I'm so tired, so weak! I can't sleep at all after birth, my body ached all over, they can't stop the bleeding after I gave birth, and they'd, given me two bags of blood by transfusion too………", I'd, tried my hardest to calm her, "you are, so very, brave, it's such a difficult thing, giving birth!" then, "are you successful in breastfeeding?", "No, I can't lactate enough, I can only give her formula for the time being, and now, my breasts are so full, I need to pump out my breastmilk now, I'm having the meal specifically to get my lactation to stop…….."
As she'd spoken, she started, sobbing, being as strong as she'd always been, she couldn't, adapt to this massive change of her, body. Having been there, I can only, try my best to console, "just eat as much as you possibly can, sleep as much as you can, you need to get your body to recover fully and completely during the month afterward!", she'd asked me, "mom, when I get back home, will you come and stay with me?" "Of course I will! I'll make the time!", she and my son-in-law bought their home close to us, and now, she'd needed me beside her, and I'm, more than happy to be, needed.
Don't matter how old the kids get, in the parents' eyes, they're always, babies, this is, absolutely, TRUE! My daughter suddenly shifted back to being a daughter who is, cared for, from a new mother, I'm sure, she's, filled with, bliss too.
So, becoming a mother, made you and your daughter closer to each other, not just because of blood, connection, but because of how she needed you to be with her, to stay with her, to care for her.
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