| My Pregnant Friends Worry Me! |
| Staff Blogs - Andy's Blog |
| Written by Andy Lee |
| Tuesday, 03 January 2012 10:00 |
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It’s really fun how life goes through different stages. As a kid, there was the Pokémon stage where everyone in my friend group was equally entranced with acquiring the almighty Charizard card. Then the dating stage came – well, not so much for me (you broke my heart RW!) but definitely everyone else around me enjoyed this period. Then came marriage and finally it seems like life has settled on the pregnancy stage. NO, my wife and I aren’t pregnant, just all our friends. And although this is a precious time in life for them all, I must admit that it makes me a little nervous... Let me explain. The other day my wife and I went over to a friend’s house to stay up and welcome the arrival of the New Year. As the count down began I noticed out of the corner of my eye that my one very pregnant friend was a little more rambunctious then you’d expect a very pregnant woman to be. She was moving quickly, jumping around and pretending that the baby was on the way. All that was going through my mind during the 3…2…1 was “If her water breaks, I will not handle it well!” I will scream, run for help and ruin the Zen atmosphere that most couples want during the labor process. I also get a little grossed out when my pregnant friends talk about the babies hands press up against the belly. I suppose this is all because I was once addicted to watching the “Alien” movie series where the aliens would burst out of the stomach and eat everyone. I looked it up and apparently my condition is called Tokophobia, which means a fear of childbirth or pregnancy. Is there a cure? I have a feeling it’s probably through having a baby of my own. |

