I am 37 weeks and 1 day pregnant right now. In spite of the fact that I managed (due in great part to a LOT of nausea and throwing up at the beginning of this pregnancy) to only gain about 4 pounds in the first half, I have made up for lost time recently, and am currently sitting at about 40ish pounds gained. Yikes. Of course, I gained over 50 with Cade, so I guess this is just par for the course. Hopefully it comes off as easily this time as it did last time. No comments from the peanut gallery on that, please. :)
I am most definitely uncomfortable. Nothing fits right. I don't really have a lap to share with Cade. I have heartburn constantly when I'm laying down. I can't sleep longer than about 2 hours at a time. My side hurts when I lay down. My back hurts when I lay down. Baby girl likes to push really hard on my bladder. I'm tired all the time.
But.
Next week, I will have a baby girl in my arms. A baby girl who is an absolute miracle. And because of that, you haven't heard me complaining about any of the things above. Sure, if you ask me how I'm feeling, I'll be glad to tell you. But I am so incredibly thankful for this pregnancy that it's easy to put up with all of those temporary annoyances. I have several friends who would do anything to be able go through those things, and in spite of what we went through not even a year ago, I get to experience the joy of having my own baby for the second time.
So if you whine about being uncomfortable while pregnant, or hating being pregnant, or any of those annoying things, please don't expect me to sympathize. Remember what a miracle being pregnant is.
(Please note: this is not actually directed at someone...these are just my general thoughts...which have even less of a filter than usual :)
Hello out there!
9 years ago
