*In your first pregnancy, you carefully watch the amount of caffeine you have. By the third pregnancy, you realize that there is a NEED for caffeine, who cares how much.
*"Enjoy being pregnant! It's the only time in your life it's okay to gain weight," is what everyone tells you during your first pregnancy. By the third you realize that all that weight you gain isn't just baby weight, and maybe you shouldn't have another cookie (or pizza roll!)
*During your first pregnancy, you know that it is best to sleep on your left side so the baby gets the best amount of oxygenated blood possible. During your third, you're just thankful you get to sleep, who cares what position it's in!
*When someone asks you, "How far along are you?" during your first pregnancy, you can tell them exactly how many weeks, days and hours along you are. By the third, you're lucky to remember your due date.
*During your first pregnancy, you lay in bed carefully waiting for those first few flutters of baby movement. By pregnancy #3 you realize that your baby has been moving for quite a while, but it's taken you till 20 weeks to figure that out!
*You avoid deli meat and hot dogs like the plague, just in case they're contaminated with listeria. By the third pregnancy, you know hot dogs are an unavoidable park of your life, you may as well enjoy it! Plus, isn't Subway better than Mc Donald's?
*Picking up a toddler is a danger to you and your unborn baby, during round one, and should be avoided just like deli meat. But your third round, you can carry two toddlers and three bags of grocceries, and not break a sweat.
*While preparing for your first, you carefully research everything from diaper wipes to teethers, then make your purchases carefully and after much consideration. In preperation for your third, you knock the dust off all your old baby equipment (unless of course it's only been a year since you last used it).
*In preperation for your first shower, you register for all those carefully researched items. For your third child's shower all you want is tons of diapers.
Being pregnant is always an adventure, no matter if it's number one or three. What I've learned this time, it that what I thought would be a predictable pregnancy really has held quite a few surprises!
5 comments:
FUNNY! Is it my sense of humor and your mother's writing talent, or Mom's wit and my writing skill...or possibly all of only one of us?!?!
Glad I was there for the first...and second...and I wish I could be there for the third! Sounds like you've got everything down pat, and compared to most pregnancy stories, you make it actually sound enjoyable!
But don't worry, we won't be experiencing that any time soon. ;) Maddie is quite enough for now, and I can leave her for 12 hours at a time and (sometimes, very rarely) forget to feed her and she doesn't make a peep.
i assume you meant carry 2 toddlers and three bags of groceries filled with hot dogs, deli meat and various forms of caffeine or ambrosia as some would say--oh and applesauce of course!!
Da, I'm not sure what deadly combination made me such a great blogger... but thanks for your contribution!
Amy, yeah dogs are a wee bit easier. But I'm thinking of trying the whole leaving them for 12 hours without feeding them, and see what my kids do. :-) Just kidding!!
Mom, you nailed it!! I can tell you've been to HEB with me!
Glad to be here...
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