The Pegnancy Vale; let’s stop hiding July 18, 2008

Divine Caroline, a new favorite site, posted a great article call The Conspiracy of Silence about our tendency to hush when it comes to the pitfals of pregnancy and motherhood.  We feel as Mother’s that we now need to be brave and if we speak any negativiites about this “blessid gift” then we will be thought of as selfish, undeserving or ungreatful.

Lets get real, stop hiding behind the pregnancy vale.  You get sick and tired.  You get headachs, backachs, charle horses and cramps (otherwise knows as round ligament pain).  You are either spending all day on the toilet or you can’t get anything to come out.  You are irritable, feel ugly and down right depressed sometimes.

Don’t get me wrong, you will not have all of these symptoms… Some even claim to not get any, but it is not all rainbows and cholocate sundays.

So here is my list pregnancy pitfalls, fears and unspoken confessions.

1. Gas… Oh ya, I got it and it stinks!
2. When the baby moves, I don’t feel all warm and fuzzy inside.  In fact, it sometimes irritates me.  Its like a twitching muscle that won’t stop.  Then if the baby is not moving, I get stressed.  Is something wrong??? No stupid, she is sleeping.  She has been moving all day you know.
3. Stress – you will worry about everything.  Lifting that gallon of milk, the full laundry basket or carrying the vacuum upstairs.  Scrubbing the tub with the no-so-green cleaners.  Exercising too much, then exercising too little.  Falling asleep on your back and waking up with the cat on your belly.  The list will never end.
4. Shrinking stomach and badder – you have to eat small meals more often and drink a ton of water.  But then your badder is the size of a golf ball so if you are not eating and drinking, your are in the bathroom.
5. No more expensive dinners and bottles of wine.  Yes, I will be selfish and say that I wish I could get piss drunk with Joe tonight and drop $100 at Bambara.  But the doctors bills have tighten the budget and we all know the wine is out of the question

There is more, but I will spare you.  I will also end on a positive note.  I feel more closer then ever with Joe.  The wedding and honeymoon made the marriage official, but bringing a life into this world, together, is truly a joy.

27th Week Update July 15, 2008

The 2nd Trimester is coming to an end.  This is both exciting and scary.  Everyone says that the 2nd trimester is the best and the 3rd is the worst so it’s like being at the top of the roller coster 2 seconds before you drop 100 feet.

The good news is that Baby Lindsley is moving like crazy.  I swear she will be a gymnast when she grows up.

Joe and I also started our “Third Trimester” birthing classes last night.  That was interesting.  At the end we did breathing exercises which seemed strange doing.  I just did not feel comfortable with all the other couples.  Everyone is so into the nurture part of their pregnancy and I am more fascinated with the nature.  We went around the room and everyone said their favorite

At 2lb BabyLindsley can open and close her eyes

part of their pregnancy.  There was alot of “feeling the baby move” or “being pampered” (ya Joe and I call that girl High Maintenance). Don’t get me wrong, I love this little baby inside of me and can not wait to sacrafice everything for it, but let’s get real… Pregnancy is not fun.  If you think it is fun then you need to get out more.  It is not the worst state a person can be in, but it is not the best.

Needless to say I really enjoyed the information it was cool to see the slides of how the body changes during pregnancy.  I have been searching a while for a before and after of the human anatomy and the instructor showed a few.

I do wonder what we will be going of for the final 10 hours of classes we have.

I have another apointment with Tina on Thursday.  I will be doing the diabeties test and have some more questions that I came up with.

Other then that all is well.  I will post pics as soon as I can find that silly camera.

July 3, 2008

Now that Baby Lindsley is kicking all the time I start noticing how she kicks in different spots.  This makes me more curious as to the anatomy of my body and how things are changing.  In my search for resources I found the Penn Pregnancy Health Center that has great videos that explain the baby’s growth.

The funny thing is that I noticed that the video’s are made by A.D.A.M., which is a program my Uncle Gary bought for me when I was about 10 years old.  It is a anatomy program that uses video and interactivity to explain how the body works.  However at 10, I was more interested in the cardiovascular system then the reproductive system =)

This makes me  excited to buy programs for Baby Lindsley.  We will start with Baby Einstine and go from their.