MotherhOops!

Rate the following processes with 1 being extremely tough to 10 being extremely easy.

1. Pregnancy period.
2. Childbirth.
3. Confinement.

1. Pregnancy period.
I shall give it an 8. I was blessed with a rather easy pregnancy with no morning sickness or other pregnancy complications. Everything went smoothly, except for the 21-kg weight gain. I think that was the only time I was able to finish a Mega Double burger meal all by myself.

2. Childbirth.
I don't want to brag. But I rate it a 9 anyways. It was too easy, way too easy, courtesy of an overdose of epidural which left me, from waist down, complete numbness. You could use a knife and stab both my legs repeatedly and I wouldn't feel a thing. Sarcasm intended, by the way.

3. Confinement.
What do you know? The seemingly easy process made to seem like hell break loose. I would rate it a 2. From eating ginger-laden dishes and rice-winey chicken soup to being paranoid about what the confinement lady might do to dear daughter, to not being able to drink plain water, H2O, to not being able to wash my hair... The list goes on and on. It is, by far, the worst experience I have ever had. So bad, I wouldn't want to have a confinement next time if I have a second child. I think I just do what the angmohs do. Heck!


"The journey of motherhood... never ends."