10 weeks to go!
Adam and I just had our first birth class, where I got shaken out of my blissful ignorance. Let's just say I have a newfound admiration for any female who has ever given birth.
Time is definitely flying by. I cannot believe I honestly look as big as the picture shows, but I guess pictures don't lie. :-)
Okay, so I decided to add a little more to this entry since I feel I am bubbling with thoughts :) To start with, I was recently thinking about some things I'm going to miss about being pregnant. This was after spending the last two days lamenting over my over-relaxed sphincter which is leading to an amazing amount of tums intake. I decided today after finding out a friend was pregnant that I needed to say something besides you feel achey and heartburny. So, this got me thinking that I should write a list about positive things about pregnancy. Not that this is at ALL interesting to anyone but me, but people tell me they look at my blog (who knows why?) so I figure I might as well write boring commentary....
anyway, back to the positive thoughts. This is in no particular order and is just things coming to mind at 11 pm after a long day...
1. Not caring if I'm wearing sneakers with skirts and dressy clothes. "i'm pregnant"
2. Eating whatever food catches my fancy. "The baby must need chocolate right now!"
3. Having to hit a couch "i can't sit anymore in a chair, i have to go to the couch".
4. Having an excuse for bad behavior "I'm sorry...i think my hormones are a little off"
5. Getting extra attention (i love attention) like people carrying things for me, or telling me i should stop working and sit down, or take a nap. (to be honest, i get concerned sometimes that i'm going to get used to being lazier like i am lately).
6. All things involving the baby--hearing the heartbeat, seeing sonograms, and feeling movements (this is the best part obviously although i clumped it all as a #6).
7. The fact that your symptoms change every week. it's almost exciting...sort of...in a masochistic kind of way.
8. When you feel good, you have such an amazing appreciation for it. Like the 5th month, I told Adam, I could get pregnant anytime if it feels like this!
9. The "I need new clothes" excuse is not really an excuse anymore.
10. Hmm, I'm kind of writing this off the cuff, but now I need to come up with a #10 to even it off. I guess #10 would be the fact that I have learned so much. So much about anatomy and development and medicine, and most of all I am so amazed at the power of the human body. The fact that nature really works. I think we rarely notice the power of nature, and I am in AWE of the way this all works. Furthermore, I now feel like I'm undergoing an experience in life that had I not experienced, I don't think I would have really experienced all of life (that sounds circular...but it makes sense to me)
Time is definitely flying by. I cannot believe I honestly look as big as the picture shows, but I guess pictures don't lie. :-)
Okay, so I decided to add a little more to this entry since I feel I am bubbling with thoughts :) To start with, I was recently thinking about some things I'm going to miss about being pregnant. This was after spending the last two days lamenting over my over-relaxed sphincter which is leading to an amazing amount of tums intake. I decided today after finding out a friend was pregnant that I needed to say something besides you feel achey and heartburny. So, this got me thinking that I should write a list about positive things about pregnancy. Not that this is at ALL interesting to anyone but me, but people tell me they look at my blog (who knows why?) so I figure I might as well write boring commentary....
anyway, back to the positive thoughts. This is in no particular order and is just things coming to mind at 11 pm after a long day...
1. Not caring if I'm wearing sneakers with skirts and dressy clothes. "i'm pregnant"
2. Eating whatever food catches my fancy. "The baby must need chocolate right now!"
3. Having to hit a couch "i can't sit anymore in a chair, i have to go to the couch".
4. Having an excuse for bad behavior "I'm sorry...i think my hormones are a little off"
5. Getting extra attention (i love attention) like people carrying things for me, or telling me i should stop working and sit down, or take a nap. (to be honest, i get concerned sometimes that i'm going to get used to being lazier like i am lately).
6. All things involving the baby--hearing the heartbeat, seeing sonograms, and feeling movements (this is the best part obviously although i clumped it all as a #6).
7. The fact that your symptoms change every week. it's almost exciting...sort of...in a masochistic kind of way.
8. When you feel good, you have such an amazing appreciation for it. Like the 5th month, I told Adam, I could get pregnant anytime if it feels like this!
9. The "I need new clothes" excuse is not really an excuse anymore.
10. Hmm, I'm kind of writing this off the cuff, but now I need to come up with a #10 to even it off. I guess #10 would be the fact that I have learned so much. So much about anatomy and development and medicine, and most of all I am so amazed at the power of the human body. The fact that nature really works. I think we rarely notice the power of nature, and I am in AWE of the way this all works. Furthermore, I now feel like I'm undergoing an experience in life that had I not experienced, I don't think I would have really experienced all of life (that sounds circular...but it makes sense to me)
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