First, let me say, the following is not a complaint ...just a mere observation, that's all. I'm now halfway through my pregnancy and I'm convinced I'm a text book case. If you've read about it in "What To Expect When You Are Expecting" then I've got it ...or I'm gonna get it. I'll bore you from the beginning, which was our misfortunate miscarriage in May 2007. Very disappointing as I'm sure you can imagine, but we didn't let it get us down. We were on a mission to start a family and just four months later ...yalah! ... 2 more pink lines! So the saga begins again ...starting with, ah yes, morning sickness! That part I pretty much welcomed in the beginning because, well "I'M PREGNANT!", but that was soon followed by "any time of the day" sickness ...not fun, especially since your suppose to eat more yet the site of food makes you want to toss any cookies you may have in ya. This was also accompanied with the usual first trimester fatigue and constant headaches, but I think most women have this not just us text book ones.
Next came the backache. Now, most women get this in the third trimester but mine came in the first. It was just a really achy, strained feeling ...perhaps it was due to all the extra weight I was now carrying in my breasts (...WOW! where'd these come from)! This was soon followed by a mild, yet disgusting metal taste in my mouth. I wasn't sure weather this had anything to do with the pregnancy or not so I pulled out my handy dandy pregnancy guide and sure enough, this taste comes from the prenatal vitamins I religiously take every morning. The vitamins are essential for the baby's health so there's not much I could do but try a different vitamin, but I'm guessing they're all the same. On a plus side though ...my nails have never been so long and strong! I actually have to trim them in order to type on the computer these days.
Let see, what came next ...well, aside from the usual growing belly ...um, butt...and breasts ...next came Sciatica (sounds like a planet in a Sci Film, doesn't it?). For those of you that don't have your own handy dandy pregnancy guide, Sciatica is when the uterus presses on the sciatic nerve causing horrible (gut wrenching) pain in either your lower back or your buttocks ...mine is in the butt, left check to be exact! It's actually kind of comical because I'll be fine one moment and the next I'm frozen in pain, unable to move in any direction until the pain subsides ...seriously frozen! So that's what I'm going through now, and as I've said I'm only halfway so can you imagine what is next to come (...hemorrhoids, 3o more pounds, swollen feet ...etc)?!? I can, thanks to my handy dandy pregnancy guide! I'll be one step ahead of what's next. Oh boy, I can't wait to do this again!
Oh ...Sara just reminded me about the acid reflux (poor thing, aside from Mike she's the one that gets to hear all my yelping) ...I'm enjoying that so much I forgot to mention it! Thank God for flavored Tums! My new favorite candy.
After Thought: Little baby girl ...your momma loves you very, very much no matter what aches and pains lie ahead.
