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Every woman is different. That is probably one of the biggest lessons I will take away from this, my first pregnancy. Another lesson is that you aren’t told everything about pregnancy. I’m not sure why it is such a big mystery. I always dreamed that being pregnant meant sitting with your feet up, a perfectly rounded belly, and literally glowing skin that would bring people to you, while you knitted baby booties.
I would like to do the booties, once I can sit straight upright without a bowling ball laying on my bladder. I also had some time in early pregnancy that those booties were on the to do list. Only if I could get past spending every waking hour finding a food I could attempt to eat, or just trying to keep it down. Who says that prenatal vitimans must be the size of horse pills anyway?
I started out by saying that if I got over the food thing that I would have a great pregnancy. Then came the frequent urination, the weird walk that I can’t stop doing, and not being able to bend over to paint my toes! I guess I forgot about the fatigue, and the hormones that allow you to have no normal schedule.
Outside of that, the doctor’s visits are just a little weird for me. Now I know that every office is different, but in mine, I go into the round tummy room where you will always see a “worst case scenario” of a woman pregnant with triplets, begging for it to be over. Then you are carted to the “hallway of bathrooms,” where you must provide your sample every time, then be weighed, then into the room where the other vitals are taken. The doc or midwife comes in to hear the heartbeat (good luck with that!) and tell you if you are still on target for your due date. Off to the front again to schedule another visit! Ocassionally you will get the ultrasound, or pelvic exam, but at 28 weeks I haven’t had too many of those. I have, however gotten pricked with the needle plenty of times!
I guess I am still waiting for my perfect round belly, and my glowing skin. Until then, my teeth remain un-brushed (gag reflex) and my bladder constantly full, but I am proud of the job I’ve done so far!