Mother's Day

Last year on this day, I was just over 7 weeks pregnant for the first time, and less than two weeks away from learning that I’d had a miscarriage. When I calculated my due date for this pregnancy, I never imagined that I’d end up being pregnant two Mother’s Days in a row. I know that first babies are usually late, but I was really expecting that the facts that I’ll be 40 in less than a month and older women tend to deliver early would balance that out a bit. On top of being uncomfortable, the pregnancy anxiety is starting to get to me – I really hope Chiquitito decides to come before I end up a nervous wreck.

Wishing everyone out there who is already a mom a very happy Mother’s Day! And for those of you still healing from a loss (do we ever fully heal?) or still trying to conceive: I wish for you a Mother’s Day in 2012 very different from today, one that you’re finally spending with your baby in your arms.