pros (other than the obvious....getting a baby at the end)
- feeling the baby move for the first time, or even the first time in a few hours
- seeing the baby at the first ultrasound
- hearing that fast heartbeat
- knowing that your body is doing what it is "supposed" to do
- always having a small-talk topic for those awkward moments
- getting to buy cute small things
- dreaming about what life will be like with this precious baby
cons
- feeling and looking huge
- thinking you look small then seeing yourself in a mirror and seeing that you actually look like a blimp
- having strangers rub your belly, especially strange men
- people telling you that you are big for how far along you are
- having to buy all that stuff
- thinking about what life will be like once this baby arrives
- people wanting to tell you how to do things
- having to pee 4 times a night
- not being able to lie on your stomach or back
- being uncomfortable pretty much all the time
- having your stomach touch your thighs when you are sitting (that's just wrong)
- worrying that you will get stretch marks, water retention, varicose veins, hemorrhoids, gestational diabetes or that you will pee your pants when you laugh or sneeze
i could go on....but i think the pros actually do outweigh the cons.
oh Lael! I am SO with you....a few months behind maybe but so with you! i love your honesty!
ReplyDeletehave you had strange men touch your stomach? i remember thinking, "everyone says that people will touch your stomach but no one ever does without asking first." i'd love to hear your strange man story. haha.
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