We know that any minor inconveniences that come with pregnancy are worth it. We’re thankful we have healthy children. And we really do love our kids.
But if you’ve been pregnant, you know that even though the logical you knows that the morning sickness and cankles will pass (eventually), but it really doesn’t seem that way to your enormously pregnant self. So we’ve made a list of just a few of the fun things that we encountered during our pregnancies.
Small Prices to Pay for a Miracle
Swollen hands and feet : and by swollen, I mean approximately 3-5 times the normal size. I will never forget the nurse that asked me several hours after giving birth if my feet were still pregnant. Sure enough they were.
Fat face: mine was so bad, I can hardly stand to think about it.
Stretch marks: everywhere.
Fatigue it’s a darn good thing that Jenny and I worked in the same office (alone, I might add – great thinking, former employers!) while we were pregnant – one of us could be the look-out person while the other one napped on the conference room table.
Irrationality/emotional instability: our husbands will back us up on this one.
Charley horses: I have a really unfortunate charley horse experience that is too long to tell here, but would be the good subject of a future blog entry.
Projectile nosebleeds: what does pregnancy have to do with nosebleeds? Oh that’s right, NOTHING is sacred!
Dr. putting her hand up to her elbow in your hoo-ha: self-explanatory
Hips popping out of wherever they’re supposed to be: No, no, I’m good, I’m just gonna stand her until my anatomy corrects itself and I can walk again.
Being 9 months pregnant for TWO MONTHS: DO the math
Puking: it’s not always just in the morning folks!
Inability to roll over in bed: Having to wake your husband to roll you over is NOT good for your marriage.
Tailbone (aka BUTT) pain: don’t need to elaborate there, either.
Baby squishing your lungs: CAN’T FREAKING BREATHE
Heartburn: all the time, regardless of what I ate or didn’t eat. It was awful. (And for those familiar with this particular old-wives tale, my baby had a ton of hair.)
25-??? extra pounds: Those question marks should really be multiplication symbols.
So that’s what Jenny and I could come up with… but we know there’s a lot we’re missing! What “small prices” did YOU have to pay for your miracle???
You forgot the inability to hold your pee when laughing or sneezing. Post baby: saggy boobs, and more of the pee thing.
I should note that the postpartum list is coming tomorrow…stay tuned!!
Sciatic nerve pain + heartburn – couldn’t sit, stand or recline in any one particular position for more than 5 minutes – had to sleep in a recliner for the last 2 months with both boys! But Charles shared it all by sleeping on the couch next to me!
I know you think I’m crazy, but I honestly believe that every unwanted symptom of my pregnancy was indeed a small price to pay for my miracle. I count my blessings every day and some day (not too soon mind you) I hope I’m able to experience it all over again. 🙂
Sleep… what sleep? I have a four month old. I haven’t slept in a year!
Not being able to get out of bed!
I know you have hips on your list, but they cannot be stressed enough! The Hips The Hips!! Oy, It hurts to think of them right now.
Oh.. And the pain of the belly just sitting down.
For me.. gestational diabetes, major PITA!!
Dawn beat me to my addition, Gestational Diabetes. Just when you finally have an excuse for being fat and eating an occasioanl brownie/ice cream/whole chocolate cake you get gestational diabetes and eiola…no sugar for you!
REALLY bad Headaches that started right after 5 months of “evening” sickness stopped, Cold/Cough for 2 weeks that I couldn’t take medicine for that kept me up coughing through the night and then had to go to work the next day, then random boils (I won’t explain more and only some OBGYN’s heard of it), then constant yeast infection for a month….
This is good birth control for me in remembering…I was thinking about having another kid. NOT NOW! ha!