From the observer, the dad’s point of view, translated…
This is a war, for nine months, with the baby getting bigger and stronger, mommy getting, weaker and slowly, losing the war, started to have morning sickness over ten times a day, never gotten, a good night’s sleep, and, it seems, that she will be, raising the white flag, in her defeat soon.
The baby inside of me is ten weeks old now, and, in this war of mommy versus baby, I’m a neutral party, I’d found, that the baby’s army had already, taken down the fortress, almost in complete control of what mommy likes now.
In the past, my wife enjoyed a sticky rice treat, cilantro, and French fries, with a LOT of ketchup, and hated the dried fruits, the sugared and soured foods, nor does she enjoy the plum cookie pieces. But in recent weeks, this situation had, totally turned, upside down, my wife seemed to be totally, possessed by another being, when she’d smelled the scent of cilantro, or that scent of blood from the sticky rice treat, she’d started gagging and avoided them. And, no top of that, my wife has cravings for fries, dipped in salt, and she’d not allowed the sweetened pickled cherry pieces to leave her (because it could alleviate her morning sickness). And, her best defense toward the baby is the plastic bag from a wholesale, not only is it huge, long-lasting, and practical, it’d become, one of her necessities for morning sickness now, she’d carry one with her, wherever she goes.
In entertainment, my wife had also caught the trends, she’d enjoyed the soap opera from China “The Thousand Floral Bones”, but……recently, she’d, changed her tastes, she’d started watching Animal Planet, along with cartoons, the channels she’d rarely, flipped to and stayed on from before. I’d asked her curiously, “How come you don’t watch the soaps anymore?”, she’d let out a great big sigh, “Because the baby doesn’t like ‘The Thousand Floral Bones’! I’d had to gag through it……but, every time I’d tuned into Animal Planets’ “Marvin with the Penguins”, the baby would start behaving, and I’d stopped, gagging. Although, I really believe, that Animal Planet doesn’t suit my interest well………”
Last night, after a serious experience of morning sickness, my wife finally raised her red flag, she’d spoken, lightly to the baby, “Child, so long as you behave yourself, mommy will put on Animal Planet for you tomorrow.”, and, it’s, really odd too, after she’d stated that, she’d stopped, gagging. But, half way into the night, the baby inside of her started waking up and become animated, and so, my wife can only soothe him, “I’ll let you watch your animals all you want to, just let mommy have a good night’s sleep, okay?”, and after that, my wife was able to, sleep, with no troubles.
After I left for work this morn, I’d suddenly reminded something, is it my son, who’d asked me for that hug before I left the house, or is it, my wife?
This just shows, how a woman changes in her pregnancy, and, it’s all, because she’s carrying a child inside of her, and, she’d still needed, to cope with ALL the discomforts her pregnancy may bring, to bring her own child into the world, that, is why women are GREAT!!!