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Pendulous Abdomen

Pendulous abdomen. The term used for those women who bear multiple children. Too many, too soon. No time for tummy to reconcile, recoil. Back into shape. And so it swings. Often times limbs are visable under skin. Tight like a drum. Irish Mum. No contraception allowed. Poor thing. Must let it swing. Pendulous abdomen.

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Connie Marcum Wong

Date: 5/19/2017 5:41:00 PM

Wow, this is sad! A woman needs time between births to regain her shape. Some never do. I have four myself but spaced out enough for me to bounce back. ; )

Jean Murray
Date: 5/19/2017 5:54:00 PM

My three were precision planned Connie, three years apart. I started of as an "elderly primagravida" (first time mother) at thirty. Nowadays, that term would apply to a forty year old.

Niall Fulham

Date: 5/18/2017 4:53:00 PM

Hi Jean , they called them the good old days , thank God we can all make our own mind up, what , when and how we want our lives to go :))hugs from the Dub

Jean Murray
Date: 5/18/2017 4:57:00 PM

Hi Niall. Thankfully yes, we can now say No!

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 5/18/2017 3:32:00 AM

- In my youth I always wanted four children ... but I only got one ... that's life, not all wishes come true - A great poem, Jean :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Jean Murray
Date: 5/18/2017 3:54:00 AM

I am truly blessed Anne-Lise.

Arthur Vaso

Date: 5/16/2017 8:54:00 PM

Made m smile too, but 10? If you gonna have 10 why not make it an even dozen!! :)

Jean Murray
Date: 5/17/2017 1:39:00 AM

I know of two families, one with 19 and one with 22 children Arthur.

Jan Allison

Date: 5/16/2017 5:35:00 PM

made me smile but the final stanza made me sad Jean. I've only had one and still got my jelly belly but i wouldn't change a thing lol:-) hugs jan xx

Jean Murray
Date: 5/16/2017 5:40:00 PM

I know Jan. And I have a proud jelly belly too. But in the past here, with contraception banned, families of ten children were commonplace. A close friend of mine is the youngest of twelve.