He loves you. You love him. Love is in the air everywhere. You were blushing and smiling to yourself in the mirror. Waiting for him to come home. Come home he did. And late as usual. Harried and tired, throwing his bag on the sofa, pulling off his tie and kicking off his shoes...all in one motion. And in the next you were in his arms, you were ruffling his hair and wanted to kiss him and was he surprised?! Never mind. Great memories of a very special day. And then tell him you did. After dinner, with the lights turned out and the moon illuminating the two of you on the bed as his fingers lightly traced outlines on your face. And was he startled?! Goofy he is. You spent hours wondering how he would react and here he was now...not knowing how to react...he just buried his head in your bosom and seemed so vulnerable. Bah! So much for spouse support during pregnancy.
But the next morning sure was different. When you opened your eyes, it was misty outside, the first light of a dewy morning was creeping up but he was not besides you. And when you called - he came up with the breakfast...the rich aroma of Indian tea and a lot of what he thought was good for a preggo me. Along with 12 red roses. Great spouse support during pregnancy. Suddenly now you could understand what those hags meant when they talked of their pregnancy care, pregnancy support and love during pregnancy. He was a changed man, not unlike a gold prospector and I was his favorite seam. He was home most of the days, fussing and caring about me...with my food, with my diet, with my clothes and my medicines. Often i would have the urge to light up a cigarette of drink a glass of wine but he would not allow it.
They were strict no- no for me because Dr. Spocks said this and Dr. Spocks says that. We went out often, to the ballet, the theater, the movies but we never ate out. He cooked the finest gourmet cuisine for me at home and in my moments of weakness, he was like a rock always supporting my morale be it with my diet with the yucky tofu or our pregnancy exercises. He gave me so much resolve and strength. Shopping for me he would want to do on his own...he wanted it all to be a surprise and even before he got me a new dress, i would know which shade of pink it would be! And then that day came...and it was exactly the way in pregnancy and maternity that we had trained.
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Today we are sitting outside the operation theater. We so much want to be with our daughter who is expecting her first child...and her husband is busy providing spouse support during pregnancy.
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