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I am honestly very dependent on my husband. He thinks I am amazingly strong and I swear he finds me never more sexy then when I am being mother to our children. It is so hard though without him here. I keep trying to connect to a part of me not so pampered. The raw primal part that says a mother can do all this alone and well. This shall not be the last deployment. I have so many lessons to learn.

The Egyptian Goddess Amaunet was forgetten by her mate and yet she was still seen as a creation Goddess, one of fertility, and alone she helped the great people of the time come into their own paths. She was a mother alone and she was strong, not bitter, played her part and needed no one.

What does this have to do with all of you? In that moment where the pain is so much more then we are, that place between worlds where our soul touches the baby before it slides from us into the world, we at once more alone since our births and yet have all those eneregies of those we love and love us right there in that darkness/light. In that moment no one can do it for us. Too often a birth of trama can cause us to leave part of ourselves in that place. I know, this might sound odd to some people, but I had another dream of it last night. Dreamed of that moment and place where I could not think and seemed to have no control over anything in the universe. I did not handle it well with grace with my son. Maybe I left something there and forgot about it till now. Am I scared of it? YUP. Thus my bed rest. So I am trying to deal. Thanks for letting me share here.

Yes, I think too much. LOL
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That was beautiful, Kimmy...although I know it comes from pain. Thank you for sharing it.

I've read somewhere about how birthing mamas become shamans, stepping between the worlds to safely guide our babies earth-side. It really does feel that way...and all of our resistances and outer "shells" have to be broken down and left behind to get to that space. And then, as you said, the next challenge is to not leave any pieces of our soul or "selves" while we are there...to return...whole...with our babies...



I can't wait to process our births together... You're wisdom and intuitiveness are inspiring to me.
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Sometimes Kimmy, I can't believe we are the same age. You seem so much older and wiser to me in your posts. You are very strong, we all are. I think we are much stronger than we even give ourselves credit for sometimes.
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kimmy, i loved what you wrote. thank you for reminding me of that place beyond where we are that we go to when laboring/birthing...i will go there when it is my time as well. you are a beautiful wise woman and i treasure this reminder!!! are you the one who sent the yellow papered quote that says how our contractions are not more powerful than us cuz they ARE us? i just love this one...its my favorite and helps me (at least so far...) in the fears of laboring again. i also like what you said cuz i AM alone (well minus the man at least) in this yet...i'm so NOT cuz i have my mother and her boyf greg who are sooo supportive...and many new friends offering help...its awesome. hugs mama. big big hugs. thank you.

i'm on 'bed rest' today......can't sleep. imsomnia from the amoxicillan or... something. its nice to also know i'm not the only mama who finds so much comfort in her own bed. tom used to give me crap about retreating to the bedroom......he'd put it as hiding out or soemthing...like it was a bad thing...a lazy isolating thing. but it was MY thing. it IS how i rejuvenate and regroup. jerkoff he was/is.
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My husband promised me a weekend in bed with good books, my laptop, and he would bring me what ever I wanted and take full care of the house and kid things. If only he could breastfeed for me. hehehehehe I so look forward to my mini vacation in bed! It really helps me recharge.
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I keep thinking about the moments between heart beats and breaths when I could not think, where I had no ego at all, I just was. It was a force of nature trying to carry me. I remember at first trying to fight it and being scared.

The Yellow paper was not I, and though my rational mind understands the contractions are my own body, it feels like there is some other power too.

Maybe I will paint this afternoon and try and express it better.
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