23-4-2008 - WHOA

My mood while writing this blog: Exhausted

Still trying to get over this weekend-having some health issues...

SO-anyone who has ever been pregnant has heard this: "Enjoy your pregnancy." I HAVE to say...WHAT IDIOTS! Remind me again WHICH part I am supposed to enjoy? The CONSTANT comments from strangers-OR even worse the constant TOUCHING?? or the excessive weight gain? the swollen fingers, toes, feet, CANKLES, legs, etc? the constant focus on YOU-or more aptly described:your belly? or for SOME people the notorious "sneezepee" or "laughpee" how is that to be enjoyed? what about the backache, constipation, being hungry all the time, watching your body get fat and stretched out and PALE? Which part of that is happy? i'm supposed to ENJOY those things? THAT is NOT to say I don't enjoy feeling my little monkey squirming around in there or seeing him on the ultrasound monitor, but I have to say, those feelings are so few and far between compared to the discomfort of pregnancy. I have heard people say, "Oh, I LOVED being pregnant." I have seriously caught myself staring at these people while my mouth is wide open catching flies...then I have to think: OK, seriously...how long has it been for you? have you FORGOTTEN the crap you go through? Some lucky people don't have alot of this stuff...then again, SOME people have it WAY worse than others, and I have to think THEY could possibly dislike this even more than me. All that aside, the sheer agony of WAITING to hold my little boy...he's in there, I can feel him, I can even TOUCH him...but I can't SMELL him-you know that baby smell...milk, baby magic, and powder...what a wonderful smell. and I cant see what color eyes he has or what color hair he has. and I can't HUG him.

I have a NURSERY! I'm so excited. I got everything put away (DANG, there's a LOT of storage underneath the crib!) and all I'm waiting for now is to get the bedding and the carseat and I HAVE to pack my bags and then we'll be ALL SET!