When I fell pregnant, I wanted to do the very best for my bump - I bought all the books, ate right, dropped the caffeine...that was SO HARD! , got all the babyshop catalogues...and wanted - no NEEDED- everything! I also knew I wanted to approach it as holistically as possible...including a water-birth with candles and soft music. I watched a few waterbirths on tv - YIKES, so then I wanted a hospital with ALL the doctors and nurses, ALL the drugs and ALL the bright lights shining on my V-jay-jay ( don't you just love that nickname?) Needless to say I got what I wanted but in hindsight would've preferred the first option - But Scout was a terror even in utero so I had to bend to her will...and haven't stopped really....
Okay, I digress.
I found an AMAZING homeopath who nurtured me through my whole pregnancy, she was so kind, so wonderful, you can almost see this amazing aura emanating from her every pore. I used to get so excited on the morning of my appointment " yay, I am off to see Taryn" , it could've had something to do with the fact I could talk about ME and MY CRAZY ISSUES for ONE WHOLE HOUR NON-STOP.....pretty cool huh? don't get jealous, go find your own homeopath!
Anyway, I moved away and then moved Very Far Away, but with the stupid hayfever ( I know I said I wouldn't mention it, but I have to to bring Taryn into context) I got hold of Taryn again and had a TELEPHONE CONSULTATION...another WHOLE HOUR of ME,ME,Me ...except for the five minutes when the Latter-day -saints tried to convert me on my doorstep
" I am on the PHONE with my homeopath - you are interrupting my ME time - and costing me money - shoo!"
Since I last saw Taryn she has had a cute baba boy, Joel, and she has a blog. Her post today was spot on, and I have to share it with you. It brought tears to my eyes as I remember sitting on the stairs in tears wondering why I had this child if I couldn't look after her, I suffered from post natal depression, and I am very far from my family and sometimes feel so isolated on my journey through motherhood. Although I have a patient/doctorish type of relationship with Taryn, I am incredibly fond of her, and find her serenity and philosophies such an inspiration.
http://mothersmusings.co.uk/musings/
mY jOY:
....IS NOT drinking at least a cup of green tea a day as Taryn recommends for my poor liver...I would much rather eat a hobnob......and no Jonty, that has nothing to do with Adam's anatomy, that is a biscuit you get over here!!!
