The Special Moments of Pregnancy
Ten Weeks (I Heard Your Heart)
I heard your heartbeat!
And my heart jumped as well
But tears could never express
Words could never tell
The emotions at once unleashed
The elation deep within
So much I didn't expect
So much... I can't begin
To explain just what happened
As your heart beat its own dear rhyme
The sound of your own dear heart
Forever remembered in mine.
-jld 11/10/93
Oct 2, 1988 Well, Baby, it has been over three months now...
I think I felt you last night. It felt like a light tapping in my lower belly. It didn't feel like gas, that's for sure!
I've been hesitant to write you until now. I guess I wanted to see if the first trimester went all right.
You know, Baby, it's so frightening to know you have entered my life. First Jim, now you. It seems almost too much at once, but I believe I can do this and do it fairly well.
A wife and a mother. Six months between the two. WOW.
I hope you're healthy and content, and I hope you & I can be friends...
Submitted by Magg
Stephanie Brannon
"A Mother's Prayer"
I look up at your nest, Mother Bird,
and wonder where you are.
Your home is now covered with snow and ice,
and I need your wisdom more than ever.
As I rub my swollen belly
I think of you and your babies in Spring.
You prepared for their arrival
by creating a home of warmth and safety.
I watched as you flew back and forth
with the nourishment you knew was needed.
You sheltered them under your wing;
protecting them until they were ready to be on their own.
You showed them by example
that they could soar and reach any height they
And, when it was time for them to fly away
you gently nudged them,
giving them the courage they needed.
May I, too, create a home that is so safe and filled with love
that when my children are grown,
I'll have to encourage them to leave this nest they call home.
by Donna J. Chickering
