Ain't We Got Fun?

Reasons why pregnancy is SOOO awesome...
1. Those stories about cravings?
So totally misleading!
So far, it's nothing like that. It's more, a thought of a food item flits across my mind and I think
"huh, ya, that doesn't make me want to vomit. Maybe I should try it?"
Supposedly there's still time for the cravings to really kick in full force, but so far...it's pretty much two categories:
things that the very thought of make me believe I might be violently ill, and things that I can stand to at least think about.
AND they're never the same one day to the next.

2. There is a treasure trove of things that you should and should not
do/breath/eat/take/drink/look at sideways.
Those of you who have ever ridden the "Winnie the Pooh" ride at Disneyland know that there are rides you can go on while you're pregnant. Surprisingly there is actually a large population which believes you can't go near ANY rides at Disneyland when you're expecting!
I installed The Bump app on my phone and there's a whole section titled "is it safe" and there are categories such as
"Are Deodorant and Antiperspirant safe to Use During Pregnancy?",
"Is Botox safe during pregnancy?" (a personal favorite),
"Is it safe to go to the eye doctor during pregnancy?",
"Is peanut butter safe during pregnancy?", is perfume safe, is stretch mark cream safe, is sunscreen safe... the list goes on and on.
I mean, of course, there's the legitimate questions like about different medications and sushi and carrying toddlers.
But, I'm sorry, some of that is a little ridiculous!
I feel like, if you go by all the advice and dos and don'ts, basically the second you discover you're pregnant, you should go live in the woods without human contact and eat berries (the "right" berries of course) sitting, naked, under a tree till you have your baby.

3. Emotions: EVERYWHERE.
You know those funny movies where the wife is pregnant and she's crying one second and laughing the next and then two minutes later she's picking a ridiculous and (after the fact) funny fight with her husband?
IT'S ALL TRUE!!
About a week ago Larry asked me why I was doing something.
When I responded with:
"I'm pregnant!"
he shot back:
"So what?"
Emotions said "Take off your ring and hand it back to him!"
Reason said "Don't be an idiot, I'm sure he didn't mean that the way I took it."
Thankfully, reason won out. But it doesn't always!

4. Ever heard of the term, "round ligament pain"?
Ya...ouch

5. Birth documentaries.
Just don't and say you did.
Trust me, you do NOT want to see that.
Turned that off REAL quick!
I'll put the emotional scarring off till the Lamaze class...

6. Cribs are ridiculously expensive.
I was just looking around one day online and I came across (I kid you not) a $4,000 crib. It was metal and shaped to look like Cinderella's pumpkin coach (picture above).
People actually buy that??
I held a brief fantasy of getting a cute metal crib with bunnies on it (kinda going for a Peter Rabbit/Beatrix Potter nursery idea) but that didn't last long!
A regular wood crib would be cute!
Hand-me-down might be even better!

I know there's more, but I can't think of it at the moment. (I guess that's another one, you thought wedding brain was bad when you were engaged and wedding planning?? Try pregnant brain!)
Anyway, there are some perks:
if I "crave" it Larry gets it for me (I'm getting spoiled!)
and people are really nice to you when they find out you're expecting.
And I guess there's the whole baby thing too.
That's kind of a big perk.

Less Than Three,
Sarah


P.S. Moral of the story, my husband is a saint and I do not deserve him!
He's getting spoiled for Father's Day!


(picture found here)