“I was in some kind of denial for pretty much my entire pregnancy. I mean, I saw the sonograms and Lord knows I saw the changes in my body, the transition from anklesto cankles and watched as my feet slowly retreated from view as my stomach grew bigger and bigger, but in a weird way it just seemed impossible to me that there was a human being in there. I couldn’t fully comprehend how my body could create, nurture and basically grow another human. It seemed like the ultimate magic trick. There was no denying it when labor hit, but still, when I pushed her out and the OB held her up to me and her father the only thing I could say was Oh my God, it’s a baby! My OB and the nurse laughed at my amazement, apparently no mother had ever verbally expressed such disbelief at the fact that she had created and birthed another person. Now still almost nine years later, every once in a while, I look at her and now her brother too and still have that sense of disbelief at how amazing they are and that I did that.” -Kim