I've decided to chronicle the last few weeks of my pregnancy (yes, I'm gonna be a mommy), the only way I know how, by blogging about it. I'm in my 31st week now but most people don't know that I'm with child unless I've specifically told them. Mainly because I haven't Facebooked about it Lol but also because I generally don't look pregnant. Two weeks ago I went to the emergency room coz I had flu (being pregnant will put the fear of death in you, I read on Google that if you're pregnant flu can easily turn into pneumonia & you can die) & the doctor asked me when I HAD my baby :-/ So if I had wanted to keep this a secret from my mom I could have easily done so. Twelve years ago when we were much younger my cousin was in a similar position, she was pregnant but nobody could tell until she went into labour & gave birth to who is now my favourite little boy in the world. Of course this served her purpose because she was actually trying to hide it coz she was scared of her parents :)
Anyway I get rather upset that I have to remind people that I have a tummy dweller who doesn't drink alcohol, will not tolerate second hand smoke, stand for long periods of time, enjoys to pee, who hurts his mommy's back if sitting on uncomfortable church chairs for more than two hours & generally just needs to lie down alot. By the way I'm typing this on my phone at 4am coz I've been up since 3am coz "we" had to pee and now we're hungry so we can't go back to sleep. I just feel like nobody tells you about a whole bunch of stuff about being pregnant. It's always highly romanticised and pretty in their accounts...
Like nobody tells you that you pee yourself everytime you sneeze or cough (I was like what part of the game is this?! Of course my friends find this hilarious, I don't.) And on the subject of pee, man is there alot of peeing involved. I could pee now, go back to bed and 10 minutes later I need to pee again!!! And do you know why this happens? Because your bladder will be pressing you like you just drank 10 litres of water and you will rush to the toilet and all that comes out is a small drop in the proverbial ocean. And your bladder will continue to empty itself in this itty little bitty manner until it's empty (if it's ever empty). And all this happens because the cute tummy dweller growing inside you is pressing on your bladder.
And then there's the hunger that will strike at odd hours of the morning & you can try to ignore it coz you realise how silly it is waking up at 4am to eat but good luck getting any sleep after that. Your stomach will growl like you haven't eaten in days. The cuteness will be awake also at this time in your tummy and they will kick you and make you feel so guilty for not getting up right away to make a sandwich. I have been guilt tripped many atime in this here pregnancy into making sandwiches in the middle of the night. When I went for my checkup a few weeks ago and my doctor said I'm not gaining any weight I told him how that is impossible coz I'm hungry ALOT which means I eat ALOT.
*wait, I need to pee again*
Oh and say goodbye to comfortable sleeping positions coz not many exist, at the moment for me I actually have ZERO. A few weeks ago I had like one, I slept on my left side but now I can't do that either coz the cuteness will move around so much in my tummy I'm pretty sure I must be squashing him. So I just generally just sleep facing up. And pillows are like my best friends, I usually have one stuck between my legs (I don't know why that's comfortable but it is) and another one propping up my tummy on the side I'm trying to face and one supporting my back *sigh*. I've also recently found putting one under my legs feels pretty nice as well :)
And when the little bundle of joy decides that we have to sleep, little if nothing will stop us, and apparently that time is NOW ;) So goodni...............................................
