Things I Love, Things I Don't

Things I LOVE about pregnancy:

1.  Feeling her move!  I LOVE it!  When I think about NOT having that feeling I feel like I could be pregnant three or four more times.  Then I slap myself and say, "Self, be serious, you're in your mid thirties and exhausted with no kids!"  Then reality comes back and I just enjoy feeling her move now :)

2.  The bond she has created between me and her dad.  If you remember back to one of my first posts about the decision to have kids, you remember that I was worried because M and I were rocking this marriage thing before kids and I thought a baby would mess up the balance.  The thing is, so far, she has just made things even better.  I absolutely can't wait to see him with her.

3.  My hair!  I only have to wash it once a week and that is rocking my life right now!!!  Almost makes up for having to wash it once a day (and probably NEEDING to wash it twice a day) in the first trimester.

4.  My boobs!  Am I allowed to even say that about myself?  They are in no way the huge that people talk about coming with pregnancy but I was SO TINY to start off with that I am kind of loving just filling my bra out. 



Things I HATE about pregnancy:

1.  People always paying attention to my stomach.  Again, this is the freaking area between my hoo haa's and my woo wah and, although people act like I'm a freak for thinking so, I just AM NOT comfortable with people constantly looking at it and talking about it.  I KNOW she's in there.  I get that.  But, I just wish people understood more that I can't remember anyone in my near adult life, outside of my husband, ever touching that area before and I just don't love it.  I am not complaining about the touching of my friends and family because I really don't want to steal their joy from them but I have asked them all to just give me a heads up before touching my stomach. 

2.  Feeling so big and uncomfortable.  I think every pregnant woman feels this way at one time or another but it definitely makes the list.

3.  The exhaustion, more emotional than physical.  I feel like no one gives pregnant women a break.  Is it too much to ask for nine months of your boss, family, friends, rude people at Target and just people in general to just back off a little.  A regular amount of stress just seem to physically completely drain me.  I can't get over things like I did before pregnancy.  I HATE this one because the Dr is always stressing how bad stress is for the baby and how she feels everything I feel.  Unfortunately though, just because I am pregnant, the whole world has not started revolving around me ;)  so I just deal with it like every pregnant woman before me has and try to remove myself from it when possible.

4.  My feet growing!  I have always been subconscious about my huge feet and now I literally need new shoes.  Not that big of a deal in the scheme of things but, I hate it none the less.