joys of pregnancy (part deux)
posted on 02/13/2008
when you first find out your pregnant (uaually b/w 3 and 5 wks) thinking ahead to week 40 feels like an eternity. time went by so slowly back then, i think i practically watched the clock 24/7 from 3 to 13 weeks; every hour was one step closer. i recall visiting my friend danielle in the hospital and feeling soooo very pregnant now that i was a whopping 8 wks.
ah, i wish i had cherished those slow moving days; enjoyed the ease of jumping off the couch without needing a hand or a shove, having an entire closet of, if i do say so myself, cute clothes to wear. those were the days where i could actually SEE all of my female anatomy, could feesibly paint my own toes and could still rock my sexy under garments. so today, my toes are naked, granny panties never felt so wonderful and areas of former “immaculate upkeep” have been completely neglected. oh, and not to mention – i’ve waited my whole life to have the victoria’s secret lady tell me i’m a “full C” and it’s finally happened. only that bra that i’m so proud of? yep, not so cute. justin saw it in our hamper and wondered how our 85 year old neighbor, greta’s, over the shoulder bolder holder ended up in our laundry…
since about week 20, things have been a blur. i am just now noticing that i am a full two plus weeks behind on the “baby bump” pictures, the weekly e-mail (that i used live for) from pregnancyweekly.com has backed up in my inbox from about week 25. i get into bed at night and look over at the 4 different prego books and remember the days when i would be on-track or ahead of schedule with my chapters…poor kid is growing leaps and bounds in my belly and i am sooo no up to speed.
sometimes i look at pre-prego pictures and feel like i’m looking at an entirely different person…i’m not sure i remember, really, what it was like before august 15th, 2007. and from what i’ve heard these last couple of months are the looongest; those pre-pregnancy pictures will seriously become fleeting memories…
but really, once you have a baby do you ever really remember what it was like before he was born? do you really ever question if 7 months of granny panties and ugly toes was worth it? nope. in fact, i’m sure all you remember was the day clear blue easy read “+”, maybe the day you threw up in the cvs parking lot and lastly the day your life changed forever, his birthday. this is why two years from now, i’ll be stading in the bathroom with a toddler running laps around the house and yet another ”+” clear blue easy in my hands…
