What no one tells you about being pregnant is that:
- some day in the future you may look at your daughter and tell her she's made out of hot ham & cheese grinders and ice cream, because that's what you craved. And ate a lot of.
- your ankles might disappear. Entirely. Especially if it's summer and you're eight months along. It's possible that the only shoes you will be able to wear to work are flip flops.
- your baby might be an iron-eating machine while he or she grows inside of you. I was taking 2 iron pills, eating Total cereal plus other iron rich foods every day, and I was still barely above the anemic level on both pregnancies.
- even if you've never had heartburn in your life, you might get it now. Plain water had me running for Tums, and I believe I helped stimulate the economy by buying so many. The good news? As soon as you give birth, the heartburn ends!
- if you care to find out the sex beforehand, you might be labeled by some as someone who "spoils one of life's greatest surprises". (Real quote from an almost stranger during my first pregnancy!) The controversy behind finding out vs. not finding out was one of the more curious things I came across during my pregnancies. We found out the sex for both at 20 weeks, because to us, it is a surprise no matter when you find out. I'm a planner, and I wouldn't want to go 40 weeks thinking it was a girl when it was actually a boy. More to the point- Who. Cares. Live and let live!
Last but not least, what no one tells you about being pregnant is that when it's all said and done, you might remember how miserable you felt on 90 degree days, but most of all you will remember the baby movements, the ones that ranged from a butterfly landing to full on kicks, and how it felt like you were never alone. You had a little baby growing inside of you; you were already a mom. You felt protective like you had never felt in your life, and when things seemed to be going to hell around you, you could put your hands on your belly and know that something had gone right in this crazy world we live in.
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