Personal Narrative-Accepting As A Gift For Women

Gift: a thing given willingly to someone without payment; a present. Conceiving is truly a gift for all women. The nine months of anxiety seem like an eternity. Pregnancy is a beautiful stage that allows the mother to prepare for the arrival of her beautiful gift. For me pregnancy was overwhelming and there was only one thing that helped me relieve my anxiety. Reading. Reading, my favorite hobby, became my unborn son’s favorite hobby as well ever since he was in my womb. Since the day I found out I was expecting I felt an immense happiness surround me. It was the happiest I had ever been. Yes, of course, I was young but I knew I was being given this opportunity for a reason. The fact of being young also triggered many other feelings: anxiety, fear, and …show more content…
I was anxious about his health. I had a terrible fear of something going wrong and not being able to carry him full term and I worried about not being prepared to become a mother. The first weeks were incredibly long and it felt like I was not able to get the rest I needed; therefore, I recurred to reading. Since I worked at a school I always had a few children’s books checked out to prepare projects or assignments for my students– luckily that night I had a very special one. Guess how much I love you? by Sam McBratney. As soon as I began reading to my unborn son there was a sudden change in his movement. He began moving all around. I couldn’t believe that reading to him could trigger this surprising reaction. I went through the entire story and the movement continued but as soon as the book ended – his movements did too. The next day I felt him move during the day but at night when I began reading Oh, the Places You’ll Go by Dr. Seuss; his movements increased like a speeding bullet. I realized at this point that everything