This week has been interesting. I seem to be the person to go to for reassurance.
- Reassurance that you’re a good mother.
- Reassurance that all babies look a bit squished when they first come out.
- Reassurance that the business idea or direction you have is a good one.
- Reassurance the pregnancy will end soon and you will not be the size of a whale forever.
- Reassurance they will cope with twins.
- Reassurance that kinder is good fun.
- Reassurance that it’s OK to hold/feed/settle your baby that way.
This is where things get interesting. I’m not a counsellor or anything like it yet, people tell me the most amazing things. Usually without prompting. They walk in, I ask how they’ve been and out it all comes.
Usually it’s ok and I can smile and calm. Sometimes the circumstances my client/friend/random stranger has experienced maddens and saddens me.
So now I’m at the point where I ask, where do I go for reassurance and debriefing? Much of what I’ve been told is subject to privacy laws and health information act which makes who and where I talk about my experiences very limited.
Can someone also reassure me that the other kinder mum’s aren’t as scary as I think they will be? Ta much.