de Paul Warren » baby http://paulwarren.ca Inside your Head Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:11:30 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Before and After http://paulwarren.ca/archived/new-parent/ http://paulwarren.ca/archived/new-parent/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:52:37 +0000 Foobar http://paulwarren.net/?p=76 Being a soon-to-be father is a little different than being a mother. Not that I’ve experienced both, but at least for me, it’s still a little surreal. But now that the baby is moving more, and significantly, it is beginning to feel a little more real.

It’s funny in a non funny kind of way. I once thought of posting an entry of how my dreams are starting to fade away. Things that might have been attainable several years ago, are no longer because of time or responsibilities. While at the time, I was saddened to see them leave, they fade in comparison to my apprehension to my being a parent now (soon). The complications our child is going through and what my wife has to endure, all I’m concerned about now, is her well-being. It’s tough feeling so helpless when you’d give anything to help out.

Now that Medea is born, the complications continue. She’s been through a lot but it might be a month at least before everything is normal. It’s frustrating to say the least. We want her home. We want her to feed like a normal baby. But despite all that’s gone on, we’ve been rather calm throughout the whole ordeal.

We had plenty to be worried about. Major surgery on a newborn’s neck. It affected the jugular vein. It could have been stressful for us, but we felt at peace. Knowing the chain of events from when Pam was found to be pregnant, to the surgery, it gave us peace and confidence that this wouldn’t be the end.

Events of late wouldn’t worry us now.

Just test and build our patience.

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