I'm expecting my first child in May. Hurraaayyy!!!! What an exciting time to know that in a little over five months, I'll have a new person with me that my husband and I created. I think about what type of life it will have and of course how I can make my child the happiest and healthiest in the world.
Struggling to speak fluently for most of my life, I can't help but wonder if I will give birth to a child with a speech dysfluency. What if my child has a stutter worse than mine? How will I help her cope with this extra challenge? Heck, life is hard enough.
Everyone knows that stuttering is genetic and that it runs in families (60% of people with a stutter have a family member who stutters). I have an uncle that used to stutter when he was younger. Luckily for him, he grew out of it completely. In my case the problem- albeit a small and manageable one - still persists. I have my stutter-free days and my days with "slip-ups" and "trips" along the way.
My main concern is that I don't want my child to have a negative image of herself because she stutters. It took me a long time to remove such negative thinking from my mind. Especially that people think I'm stupid because I stutter etc.
Just some things I'm think about right now.
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