Yesterday, I had my first appointment with my midwife. All is well.
I walked into the house when I got home and Aidan’s face went from smiling to blank.
I said “what’s wrong?”
She said ” Where’s the baby?!”
I said “In my belly.”
She said to me in a rather scolding tone “Well, what did you do at the doctor?”
She remained disappointed for a while. I gave her a taco and she perked right up.
So, even though I am only 6 weeks pregnant, I feel like I am much further along.Maybe because this is my fourth pregnancy or maybe I am just a big whiner. Probably both.
Anyway, this is what’s going on. Thinking about most food makes me nauseas. I am falling asleep between eight and nine every night. I CANNOT get comfortable, so I toss and turn a lot. I wake up feeling rather refreshed only to get sleepy again in like an hour.
I have gone from loving chicken and turkey to being disgusted at the thought of them. I want beef! Loving veggies to not loving them as much, and just wanting lots of fruit which I was never crazy about before. Oh and mash potatoes sound amazing.
blah blah blah. Anyway, I am slightly annoyed that I feel like this already. BUT. it’s all worth it. Every single bit of it. YIPPPEEE for morning sickness….we’re having a baby!
First of all, the constant state of nausea that occurs upon waking and lasts until 5:30 ish pm, and only stops long enough for me to think about supper and what to feed the crew. By the time supper is ready to eat, I am nauseas again..bleh. That’s fine though, I feel confident that the rations that are currently stored in my body will provide ample nutrients for this growing baby. I don’t mind being nauseas, I don’t mind being tired and cranky. I don’t mind tossing and turning all night because I can’t get comfortable ( though, I don’t quite understand why I can’t get comfortable.)
What I DO mind however, are the mindless rude remarks that people feel the need to say to someone who is pregnant..again. Let me first explain exactly what I mean by “mindless rude remarks.” These are not the remarks of concern that might come from a mom who already has three or more children, or one or two for that matter. It is the remarks that are meant to lecture and “open up your eyes” that turn into the remarks that seem to piss me off the most. The ones where people are assuming they already know about your situation and feel the need to butt in. Why? Why would you question someone who is pregnant about being pregnant? What do you really hope to accomplish by such a question? Do you expect me to say, “Well, shoot! I never even thought about NOT getting pregnant. You have changed my mind! I decide to NOT be pregnant anymore!!!” ? What the H E double hockey sticks are you expecting to accomplish?
