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Word in Progress - Karen Michaela Tan
It therefore came as a bit of a surprise that I got married at the age of 31. I had hoped my weight and age would have made it harder for me to get pregnant, but without much effort, one year into marriage, I had conceived. And let me tell you, the best part of that was feeling it was my right to have a burger at 2.00am because hey, I was pregnant.
I wanted to attribute my lack of maternal instinct to the fact I was forced to deliver two weeks early. Unstimulated by contractions and a natural delivery, my body refused to lactate, necessitating the use of a breast pump to try to extract the few drips of precious colostrum for the baby who just would not latch on to my grudging breasts.
Motherhood to me was aggravating, perplexing and a downright inconvenience. I remember ringing my late granduncle, Fr Ignatius Huan, one night, sobbing in frustration, and demanding answers to why God gave me a child but not the ability to cope with, and delight in, her. His answer was, “Sometimes God tests us to show us what we lack.”
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