Oh, my goodness, when you're a mother and you just give birth to a child with spina bifida and - or Down's Syndrome or cerebral palsy, there's a bit of a shock you're going to have to go through, a bit of an adjustment curve.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
You become a parent when you have a baby, no matter how you get there.
Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and forcing it over your head.
Motherhood has a very humanizing effect. Everything gets reduced to essentials.
To be a mother is a magical experience. The whole body is transformed by this.
Having an infant is difficult. It's a lot of work, and I didn't hire any help because I overestimated my own abilities.
At 41 and a half weeks pregnant, I started to have second thoughts about becoming a mother.
It is amazing how a new child can refocus one's direction seconds after its birth.
I was born with Spina bifida. That's where you have a hole in your spine, and your nerve endings come out.
I am a mother and I know the feeling of having a baby come out of my gut.
What having a Down's syndrome child isn't - and I feel very strongly about this - is a tragedy. All those pregnancy books you read when you are expecting refer to Down's syndrome as if it were the worst possible outcome, and it's not.