MP Definition by Chelsea Flagg (Boulder, CO)

Corporate Event Planner (Expecting Mother)

I’ve always heard people talking about their motherly intuition and just knowing what their children need. As an outsider, this seemed ridiculous to me. I was sure this was just something that somebody said once as a joke and it caught on. There’s no way you can truly be that intuitive, right?

And then it happened. I was weeks away from my next period, but I knew without a doubt that my baby was coming. I couldn’t have described how I knew to anyone and I didn’t even try to for fear that I was wrong, but I silently prepared myself to accept the upcoming nine months of pregnancy and the roller coaster ride that was to follow.

The day my period was supposed to start, I couldn’t wait any longer. I had to know. I finally told my husband and he scoffed at me. “It’s not even the end of the day yet. How do you know that your period’s late?” Two pregnancy tests later (does anyone really just take one?), we had confirmation of what I already knew. By then, I was at total peace with the knowledge.

So, although I’m not yet a mommy, Mommy Power to me is an unspoken bond between a mother and her children. We’re not given instruction manuals on how to raise our children and they’re not given instruction manuals on how to be the perfect child. But, we’re connected intuitively from the beginning and tapping into that connection to help each other get through the hard times and the surprises is what makes the mother-child bond so special.

My baby told me to prepare. She spoke to my intuition and helped me stay calm in what could have been a total panic moment. I’m so excited to already have that connection with her and can only hope that that intuition between us continues to grow.