Things I’ve learned in the first half of my pregnancy:

--It’s not as bad as I thought it would be.  In fact, with very few exceptions, it’s been pretty easy.
--Not every woman gets morning sickness.
--I never thought I could be as tired as I was that first trimester.
--Tums are my friend.  So are naps.
--Ultrasounds never get old.
--Not being able to write is a side effect of pregnancy no one told me about.
--Feeling the baby kick for the first time is weird, incredible, strange and startling.
--Right now, feeling the baby kick is just awesome.
--I’ve never known insomnia like this.
--Maternity pants are both hideously ugly and amazingly comfortable.
--My mood can shift from, “Wow, this is going to be a great experience!” to “What the hell have I done?” in a matter of hours.  Sometimes minutes.
--Sometimes I feel too old to be doing this.  Most of the time, I feel a lot younger than I really am.
--It’s nice to have friends who are pregnant at the same time.
--It’s very nice to have an amazing, supportive, pampering husband.
--No two pregnancies, or baby bumps, are alike.
--Breast pumps are scary things, but the idea of breast feeding is kind of scary, too.
--In fact, a lot of things about this experience are kind of scary.
--I’m not afraid of labor and delivery.
--C-sections, episiotomies and epidurals scare the hell out of me.
--I really hope I can experience natural childbirth without drugs.
--In the end, all that matters is the getting the baby into the world.
--I am not one of those pregnant women who coos over every baby she sees, pops into BabiesRUs every chance she gets and who already has a name-- and coming home outfit-- picked out.
--I am not the typical pregnant woman, I don’t think.
--I have fears that I will lose myself. I don’t even really know what that means, but I’m afraid of it.
--I suspect the second half of this pregnancy will go even faster than the first half.
--I’m really, really happy I didn’t miss out on this experience.  (That one kind of surprises me.)

Posted by Kristina in Pregnancy and Baby in Pregnancy 2009 at 11:26 PM Permalink 1 comment