Getting scared.

This article in the news today absolutely terrified me.I realise it is a rare thing, but the utter horror of it has haunted my thoughts all day.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1031198/Woman-stole-baby-alive-mothers-womb-feared-husband-leave-lied-pregnancy.html

It struck me now I am quite far on in my pregnancy how scared I am getting with things. Yesterday I was out walking my Mum's dog (who we are looking after at the moment - the cats just love that). Anyway I passed a man on a lonely bit of pathway & realised that if he attacked me i wouldn't have the strength to defend myself and even if I could fight back he could still damage my baby. Now I know he wasn't going to try anything when I had a 10stone alsatian by my side, nor was he doing anything remotely threatening, but it suddenly woke me up to what it meant to be a parent and the fears for years to come that I will have, that my mum always said I wouldn't understand until I had my own children