1. I think that 99% of women look BEAUTIFUL when they are pregnant. Even when they are complaining about weight gain or saying how they feel 'huge' I still think they look amazing, and that they should be taking a belly picture on a regular basis to remember this amazing time in life. Now that I am pregnant myself, I DO NOT feel like I am very beautiful most days and I feel like a tank. I'm sure that my Young Women's girls are lying to me when they say I'm such a cute pregnant lady, and that I'm glowing. (Don't even get me started on the term 'glowing'.....) And anytime I try to get a decent belly picture, I end up making Nick take 50 (which results in a nice little argument) just to get ONE half-decent one. Bleh.
2. Waking up (at least) 2 times a night to pee is A-W-E-S-O-M-E. The real kicker is that I feel like I'm going to pee at least 4 litres, and probably 1/4 cup is all that comes out. How is that even possible? It's barely even worth rolling out of bed, pulling my pants down, sitting down, pulling my pants up, and washing my hands for that piddly amount. (no pun intended)
3. I haven't had very many cravings (probably because in regular life I eat whatever I want whenever I feel like it) But I have noticed a NEED for healthier food on a regular basis. If I eat crappy processed stuff like fast food, within an hour or two I end up feeling like garbage. This is clearly a blessing for me as it helps me to eat healthier.
(random side note - ironically the two things I actually have craved are Cheetos and Slurpees. Very healthy I know...)
4. I have always liked my ankles. Unfortunately for the past month I haven't been able to see much of them. My feet are like little sausages (ankles included) and I'm pretty sure I will have to wear flip flops for the rest of my pregnancy.
5. My husband thinks I'm a hormonal moody mess. I get agitated, annoyed and stressed quite easily. I cry over everything (even more than normal - example : Nick was mocking me because I got teary eyed just watching a preview for "Letters to Juliet" at the theatre the other day. A preview!) I know he is really looking forward to me being 'normal' again.
6. For how hormonal I am these days, my skin has gotten quite nice. I don't usually have it too bad, but I can always count on having one zit come along just as another is finally going away. In the past few months I've had next to no zits. I am loving this! (knock on wood...)
7. It is really hard to get into a comfortable position when sitting on the couch or sleeping. My arms fall asleep at least 4 times a night which cause me to wake up in order to roll over. I forget what it's like to not have 30 pounds layered onto my abdomen. I really miss being able to sleep on my stomach.
8. Why did no one tell me about hot flashes??? I feel like I'm going through menopause because you hear about it all the time in relation to that, but I never heard anything about pregnant women getting them. I am constantly SO hot and SO sweaty. It's gross! I always thought that 'a bun in the oven' referred to the fact that the baby was growing like bread/dough would in an oven. I now know that 'bun in the oven' is (or should be) referring to the fact that my body literally feels like an OVEN!
9. I always secretly thought that 'pregnancy brain' was just something people used as an excuse to being forgetful. But as someone who prides herself in the great memory she has, I can now attest that 'pregnancy brain' is no myth! If I don't write something down I WILL forget it. Every. single. time. This is also something Nick has not been enjoying as I am the one who keeps things running smoothly around our household. Needless to say, I write EVERYTHING down these days. haha...
10. I LOVE feeling the baby move around and kick me (except when he jams his foot up in my ribs - that HURTS!) but when the baby does a big movement like rolling over, it sometimes creeps me out because it makes my belly look like a moving waterbed. Nick says it's like I have a little alien inside of me, and then I start thinking of "Breaking Dawn" and that's probably why I get a little creeped. Does anyone else feel that way?
11. Because of the surgery I had last year when the right 1/3 of my uterus was removed, my baby is growing mostly on my left side where my remaining uterus exists. It is visibly noticeable that my stomach is lopsided, and I'm currently working on getting a picture that shows it. I think it's pretty funny - but definitely something better seen in person.
I swear I had way more thoughts on pregnancy, but since my brain is now drawing a blank (surprise....surprise....) I will end things here. Besides, since my baby is due on the 11th of May, having 11 points seems very fitting :)
Also, I hope that no one felt like I was a big whiner while sharing the joys of being pregnant, because I wouldn't change one single thing about my experience. I truly am so grateful for the blessing of being able to bring a baby into this world, and more often than not I am simply amazed with this whole experience. It really is a miracle that it's even possible. Here's just one picture for those of you who wanted to see that ever increasing waistline of mine!
I didn't think I looked that big until I saw this picture...(and this was 2 weeks ago!)
ps. T-minus 14 days until this baby arrives!
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