In honor of the last week of my second trimester, here are some of the random thoughts I’ve been thinking about pregnancy. Enjoy!
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It’s very strange to have the second time I’ve ever been pregnant also be the last time I’ll ever be pregnant. It makes me try to savor the good parts much more. And since I’ve been through this once before, I know what the good parts are!
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At six weeks into my first pregnancy, I stopped being able to button my jeans. This caused tears and mild hysteria. I felt like it was much too early to start wearing maternity clothes so I got one of those Bella Bands and wore it for weeks to keep my pants up. This time around, I busted out those maternity jeans at six weeks and have never felt more comfortable!! Bring on the maternity clothes! I have no shame!
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I HATE EATING!!! Under totally normal circumstances, I hate the fact that I am a slave to food. WIthout eating, my body ceases to function. Maybe it’s my fierce defiant, independence, or maybe it’s that I hate to cook/prepare food, but whatever it is, I hate the fact that I have to eat every so-many hours during the day. Ugh…. So when I’m pregnant, and extraordinarily hungry at shorter intervals of time, it becomes even more of a burden to eat. I went through this with my first pregnancy also, but I thought I never wanted anything because I was working downtown and had limited access to food. Apparently it also applies when Im at home and standing in front of a stocked pantry. Anyhow, this is a really bad character trait to have when pregnant. I need a personal chef, that’s all there is to it! lol, someday…
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Being pregnant in the summer ROCKS because of all of the fresh fruit. I have eaten fruit probably EVERY DAY of my second trimester! SOOOO YUMMY!
Being pregnant in the summer SUCKS because I’m sooooo hoooooot….ooohhh the sweating…
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I find it amusing that while pregnant, it is socially acceptable for friends, acquaintances, or even perfect strangers, to comment and compliment me on my growing size. When else in life do you get compliments on gaining weight!?
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It’s really starting to bother me that this little girl doesn’t have a name yet. I guess I just figured I’d have something to call her by now! She needs a name so she can start being a part of this family. That was my favorite part of deciding on Adelaide’s name, we could start talking to her and about her using her name. She became so much more real when we started doing that. Why is it so hard to choose her name!?
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This baby girl is all over my bladder. If she doesn’t kindly remove her foot from my bladder, I may have to start wearing diapers…Adelaide never kicked my bladder…
“I HAVE TO PEE!”
“no, just kidding, I’m fine”
“I HAVE TO PEE!”
“nope, another false alarm”
“I HAVE TO PEE!”
“wait, no, I don’t have to pee”
This is what some of my days are like. LOL!
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I’m on my third head cold of this pregnancy. WHAT!??!?! I had one when I found out I was pregnant in late March, one in early June and now one in September. I only had ONE head cold during the entire WINTER I was pregnant with Adelaide. What gives?!?
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Here I am at 27 weeks!
Nina says
personal chef you say?… is the castle apartment part of that deal?