Readings from appanzate: Premaman a Vita Bassa
Today I inaugurate a new column: Readings from “appanzate”.
When we are pregnant, for one reason or another, but above all because we finally dedicate more time to relaxation, reading becomes an excellent pastime.
There are those who prefer “committed” readings that concern the whole world of pregnancy and the newborn, those who instead read their favorite novels or authors, and those who are passionate about reading nice novels that have pregnancy as their main theme.
Let’s start today with a book they gave me when I was waiting for Veronica: ” Premaman a Vita Bassa” by Suzanne Finnamore (Edited by Sperling & Kupfer).
Suzanne is a modern woman, “in her career” and in her forties, the age chosen by many women by now to conceive their first child. Her private and professional life is clearly turned upside down by this desired novelty. The book is therefore the amusing chronicle of 9 months in the form of a diary told with irony, maternal instinct and also a good dose of hilarity.
It’s a sort of dialogue with your unborn child, with all the ups and downs of a pregnancy. From tears, to joys, from changes to news, passing through the relationship with your husband. All extremely true and shareable.
It’s a book that I recommend because it’s a beautiful story, beautifully written, with an excellent pace and created especially for us mothers!
Here are some steps:
” It has been twelve weeks. I had some leaks this morning, and I won’t tell you about the scare. I’ve read in my bibles that it can happen on the day when menstruation would normally have started. I checked the calendar, and indeed it is the correct date. I spent the weekend in bed, gripped by terror. This made me realize once more how much I am nothing without you. By now I could no longer bear your non- existence: it would simply be unacceptable”
“Today I am living with the intensity and enthusiasm of a 5 year old girl. She doesn’t quite understand how it happened.
Madonna, who is my secret hero and has just come out with a new CD, says having Lourdes for her was like being reborn. Well, I’m already reborn. I think it depends on this purification process, on everything one has to give up in order to have a child. From this surrender to something you don’t know, and another feeling I can’t name. No language is noble enough. Now you can hear. Your inner ear is formed. I shout “I LOVE YOU!” in the bedroom, then I feel like an idiot. And then no more. It looks like the story of my life”
Kathryn Barlow is an OB/GYN doctor, which is the medical specialty that deals with the care of women's reproductive health, including pregnancy and childbirth.
Obstetricians provide care to women during pregnancy, labor, and delivery, while gynecologists focus on the health of the female reproductive system, including the ovaries, uterus, vagina, and breasts. OB/GYN doctors are trained to provide medical and surgical care for a wide range of conditions related to women's reproductive health.