{"id":104,"date":"2010-06-18T12:46:00","date_gmt":"2010-06-18T17:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/georgejackie.com\/blog\/?p=104"},"modified":"2010-06-18T12:46:00","modified_gmt":"2010-06-18T17:46:00","slug":"pregnancy-february-22-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/georgejackie.com\/blog\/2010\/06\/18\/pregnancy-february-22-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Pregnancy – February 22, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear embryo,<\/p>\n

This is my first entry to you. I realize that I have so much to say to you and you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not even a fetus yet. I am currently 6 weeks and 5 days pregnant. I already understand the meaning of being a mother. I feel incredibly responsible for your well-being. I try to eat as healthy and as much as possible, even though I am so very nauseous. I take my vitamins, I read my pregnancy books, I stress about miscarriage risks, and I wonder what it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s like for you in there. You are currently the size of half a dime. That is SMALL! I am so protective of you because you must be fragile in there! When your father leans on me, I make sure he doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t put too much pressure on my belly. When I feel a cramp, I try to adjust my position because I think it must be you telling me you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not comfortable. When I feel tired, I tell myself that is great, because you are taking all my energy.<\/p>\n

I really look forward to meeting you, loving you, teaching you, holding you and admiring you. I am making a promise to you on this very day \u00e2\u20ac\u201c February 22, 2010. I promise you that I will NEVER stifle you or hold you back from your dreams. It is easy for parents to give their children guilt trips, to have expectations of them and conditions. I will have none of these things. I will do my very best to set you free as early as possible and let you live your life\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s purpose.<\/p>\n

Your father and I are responsible for creating you. Our love for one another has created this brand new soul \u00e2\u20ac\u201c a piece of God. You are the product of our love and I look forward to seeing you. I already know that you will hold all the inner and outer beauty of this world and I am already very proud of you. You are strong and I am certain that you will be a rebellious, free spirit.<\/p>\n

I love you little embryo. May this be the beginning of a very beautiful relationship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dear embryo, This is my first entry to you. I realize that I have so much to say to you and you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not even a fetus yet. I am currently 6 weeks and 5 days pregnant. I already understand the meaning of being a mother. I feel incredibly responsible for your well-being. I try to … Continue reading Pregnancy – February 22, 2010<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-baby"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piAxI-1G","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/georgejackie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/georgejackie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/georgejackie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/georgejackie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/georgejackie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/georgejackie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105,"href":"http:\/\/georgejackie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104\/revisions\/105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/georgejackie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/georgejackie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/georgejackie.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}