There is much fear and anticipation when it comes to pregnancy and bringing life into this world and understandably so. I would imagine for women in particular the burden is even more intimidating as it’s the woman’s body that physically carries the foetus for nine months. The responsibility over her health and that of the unborn child has even caused some to withhold news of their pregnancy from friends and family. Even before the child is born, expectant mothers are riddled with guilt over things that are way beyond their control and over their human ability to make mistakes. For those planning pregnancies, authentic first-hand experience reviews can be hard to come by as no one ever wants to ever be seen as the mother that got it wrong. In addition, there are cultural and social phenomena that parents (especially West Indian parents) in general have always known best.
As my biological clock ticks on, I have been on an information collection rampage, on how best to prepare and always with hope that the next article I read will be the end – an article that will finally give me all the information I will ever need.
