106. Kaya
Kaya
I knew in a little bit, I would be teaching the kids some things about hunting. Before then, I figured I would talk to my mother. "Mom." I mind-linked. "Oh, Kaya, I am so glad to hear from you." She was always happy to hear from me. I had talked to her after the whole Jack thing. Nieva spoke to her, too. I tried to talk to her every other day. "Mom, you are going to be a grandmother." "You are pregnant?" "Yes, I am." "I am so excited. Now tell me everything."
"Well, the doctor here told me not to eat raw meat, said I am at a risk of parasites." "Well, that is a load of crap." "I know I told Cade as much. I thought it was pointless to even go see him. I wanted you to tell me everything I needed to know. You know better than anyone you had five kids." "Yes, okay, alright, well, you know you need to not be the one taking down the big animals if you go hunt. Only rabbit, maybe, but even they are prone to biting." "Okay." "Also, you can shift, but you know that you can't do that for too long." I nodded, not that she could see me. "Watch how much fish you eat, and eat more vegetation if possible. Dandelion tea is great for pups."
I remember in the summer, all the women would collect as many plants as possible. My mother would drink a cup of tea daily while pregnant with the twins and my little brother. I was sure she had done the same with my brother Quill and myself. As for eating more vegetation most of ours in the North consisted of mushrooms, seaweed, Lichen, artic willow, wild potatoes. But I thought it was different from here. I would have a much more extensive variety to choose from. "Also, Kaya, you must make sure you spend some time in the sun daily; it is important." "Mom, at some point, I am outside during the day. It is not like I live indoors every second of my life."
"Good, sunlight is important also; make sure you are not eating any predatory fish." "Mom, they don't have that here. It is all salmon, shrimp, trout, catfish, they call it." "Good, as long as you don't eat predatory fish and tuna. Stay away from tuna." "Okay, anything else?" "Yeah, the first few weeks, as I am sure you already know, you will be angry and agitated; with me, I couldn't keep down food, and it made me a real bitch. Your poor father had to endure me, but after two weeks, I started to feel better, and when I could eat, my mood improved drastically."
It was good to know it was not just me who felt this way. With my nonresponse, my mother continued. "Your lack of saying anything says you are in the same boat as I was. You have been agitated, I take it." "Well, I can't eat elk, which is my favorite thing they have here, and I can't eat it. It smells like rotting flesh; of course, I am angry." "All that is normal; how long have you been getting sick?" "A week." "So one more and you will feel right as rain. After the second week, I felt great for the rest of the pregnancy."
I felt relieved knowing that. At least this feeling wouldn't last. "Mom, they want me to take a prenatal vitamin." "What is that?" "Cade said it was a capsule that would ensure I was getting all the essential things my body needs for the pup. I don't really want to take anything, though. I feel like with the right diet and everything, it should be okay. I mean, we heal fast. Our beings are better than humans, so why would I need to take that?" "Kaya, I can't tell you what to do. But if Cade thinks it is important and it will not be harmful, I don't see why you can't take it. I mean, what is all in it?" "I don't know vitamins that our body supposedly needs and will help make the baby healthy?" "If it is not harmful and is not a so-called cure, I would say it is fine."
"Okay, I guess I will take them. You know they wanted me to find out the gender of the baby. Well, at least they said they could find it out if I wanted." "What that is a thing?" "Yeah mom they can see images of the baby on the screen while they are in the womb." "That is wild." We had nothing like that ever in the North. Everything was usually good with the birth of babies. Occasionally, there would be stillbirths, but that was not common. But we never had anyone look at the baby before they were born. That was unheard of and something I was not familiar with at all. "I told them no one should know the sex of their child until they are born, and I am standing my ground on that." "I agree with you. I would have done the same thing.
We continued to link back and forth about everything going on here. I told her of my fear that this would be my only child. Which she understood and, of course, boosted my way of thinking. She really was the best mom. We finished the link, and I laid back on my bed. I was so tired I knew I would have to get up to train with the little kids, but a nap sounded so good. I would push past it. I couldn't just sit around and do nothing. One more week my mother said and it would get better. Well, at least the nausea and distaste for certain foods would be gone. I had a feeling I would become even more tired. My mother, when she was pregnant, slept a lot. But growing a child, I assume, did that to you.
I got up from the bed and moved to get going. Robert was waiting for me. "Congratulations, Luna." He signed. I looked at him quizzically. I had yet to tell him. "The Alpha told the whole pack about you being pregnant. Everyone is super excited. The next alpha will be born and all that." The thought came into my head: what if we had a girl. I would love that, but would Cade. A male became the next alpha, not daughters. Which was just ridiculous. I didn't care as long as our pup was healthy.
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