We do not often combine the ideas of a parasitic relationship and pregnancy. However, from recent experience, it seems very much to be so that pregnancy is, indeed, a parasitic relationship. No, it – well, usually, anyway – doesn’t end with the host’s mortality being met. But the feeding entity does take directly from the host, and the host has no control over what it loses to the feeding body. The only way for the host to survive it is to guarantee the survival of the feeder. Once it is strong enough to live on its own, the host is able to operate for its own care and function once again.
And, of course, the hope is that the baby is a better version of a being than the parent was. Just as is expected in the outcome of parasitic relationships…
Just saying. It might not meet every specific of such relationships and their common features. But it certainly aligns with that more so than the other relationships in nature.
God, help me to be well as this baby grows into its own well, happy, holy being. Keep my husband safe and well, please. In your name, I pray. Amen.
Post-a-day 2024