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Before I was a Mum......

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crazydazy · 03/01/2006 13:32

My friend sent me this today and so thought I would share with you......

Before I was a Mum I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby.
I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.
I never thought about immunizations.
Before I was a Mum - I had never been puked on.
Pooped on.
Chewed on.
Peed on.
I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts.
I slept all night.
Before I was a Mum I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do tests.
Or give shots.
I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.
Before I was a Mum I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put it down.
I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt.
I never knew that something so small could affect my lif! e so much.
I never knew that I could love someone so much.
I never knew I would love being a Mum.
Before I was a Mum - I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.
I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.
I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child.
I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy.
Before I was a Mum - I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.
I had never known the warmth, The joy, The love, The heartache, The wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mum.
I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much before I was a Mum.

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Radley · 03/01/2006 13:34

That's lovely.

hunkermunker · 03/01/2006 13:34

Smile Sad Smile

cathyspam · 03/01/2006 13:54

all teary eyed now!

SantaClausFrau · 03/01/2006 14:02

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Twiglett · 03/01/2006 14:09

bleurgh

mancmum · 03/01/2006 14:15

where is the vomit emoticon when you need one?

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crazydazy · 03/01/2006 14:16

Bet you can relate to it though can't you Twig?

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crazydazy · 03/01/2006 14:18

Must admit you can tell its American though, very OTT

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Twiglett · 03/01/2006 14:20

nope .. its trite

particularly the 'I never looked into teary eyes and cried' .. vomity -puke puke

Twiglett · 03/01/2006 14:26

posts crossed

lucykate · 03/01/2006 15:25

where's the bit about

before i was a mum, my boobs weren't like spaniels ears

Kayleigh · 03/01/2006 15:27

Twiglett, shouldn't you be out somewhere doing something in real life ?

DingDongMaloryTowersCalling · 03/01/2006 15:29

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oliveoil · 03/01/2006 15:33

before I was a Mum, I went out at 10pm on NYE instead of going to bed at 10pm as I didn't have a devil chid keeping me up the whole of the night before for no reason whatsoever then to send me to an early grave or the loony bin.

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crazydazy · 03/01/2006 15:45

PMSL at you cynical women!!!

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jac34 · 03/01/2006 16:19

Mine have been complete s*ds today
This verse would normally melt my heart,BUT NOT TODAY
School tomorrow HOORAY!!

hovely · 03/01/2006 20:17

before I was a Mum
I could remember almost everything for more than 30 seconds at a time.
I did not feel like crying, shouting or just falling asleep again by 9.00 every morning.
I was not up and dressed every day by 7am, indeed I frequently stayed in bed until nearly the afternoon.
I had a rewarding sex life.
I did not attract pitying or annoyed glances when in coffee shops with small noisy and often grubby and smelly companions.
Everything I put in a specific place in my home stayed there.

having said all that, the one thing I really wanted to become was a mother, and I would not go back.

Orinoco · 03/01/2006 21:28

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swedishmum · 04/01/2006 00:04

I was quite interesting actually

ediemay · 04/01/2006 00:15

Before I was a Mum I had a waist, a short-term memory, I didn't know the names of all the bits on a train, had never knowingly gone out smelling of puke, ate my dinner while it was hot, didn't know a Tweenie from a Fimble and didn't have to do a death grip on every muscle below my waist when I sneezed.

HRHQueenOfQuelNoel · 04/01/2006 00:16

hmmm -

"Before I was a Mum - I had never been puked on."

They should have got out more before becoming parents then

colditz · 04/01/2006 00:56

Before I was a mum, I would have called the SS to see a toddler dragged across the road by his arm.

Now I know that it is better than leaving him sat in the middle of the road, which (I now know) is what he would have done if left to his own devices

kitegirl · 04/01/2006 05:14

Before I was a mum I would have spent my sunday afternoon watching movies in bed and having my beauty sleep, and not playing with the Fisher Price farm for what seemed like hours doing sodding animal noises. and my house was immaculate. sigh.

but they are lovely though...

getbakainyourjimjams · 04/01/2006 09:14

I don't know that it's that pukey until the end- there's far worse out there

Before I was a mum I thought disability only happened in other families. Have now discovered it affects, god, millions of us. That was an eye opener.

uwila · 04/01/2006 09:26

I spent time at wor working rather than mumsnetting.

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