20 Reasons I'm Not Liking Being Pregnant

Yesterday, I got my first dumb comment.  "Wow, you are unusually big for only 4 months!" 

I grimaced at her. "I hear it's rude to tell a pregnant girl how fat she is."

Scrutiny is the reason I haven't yet posted baby bump shots, my weight gain, or anything else about noticeable physical changes.  But today I remembered why I'm doing this blog thing -- most of the reasons are for me -- so I'll never forget the troubling and wonderful details of my pregnancy. 

Here's to all the future "you're so big" rudeness of the next 5 months of my life!! 

My favorite first baby bump shot.  It looks like I'm so pleased with what I'm seeing.  And I'm not.  But I am pleased with what it means.

And now... 

20 Reasons I'm not Liking Being Pregnant

1. Strangers making comments about how big I am.
2. When I sneeze, my belly hurts.  I used to love to sneeze.
3. I'm getting pale.  And I can't fix it. 
4. I’m getting fatter.  (See evidence above)
5. The paleness makes the fat more noticeable.
6. My boobs are too big.  I put on a maternity shirt I bought a few weeks ago.  The buttons at the top barely button now because of my boobs.  
7. The lady at the maternity store told me to buy new underwear in my pre-pregnancy size.  They didn’t fit.  I guess that means my butt is getting bigger too.  Later I went to buy the next size up.  They were too big.
8. I’ve started to exercise, which I’m actually very proud of, but I can’t seem to get my schedule under control.  Sometimes I’m up very early & working all dressed up, and I’m too exhausted once I get done.  So I take a nap then stay up too late.  I think that was 2 in 1.
9. Speaking of work, I need new shirts that fit, but I don’t want to buy them because of what if #4 gets even worse?
10. Also for work I have to wear these boots with heels.  I never liked heels before, but now it’s so much more painful.  Plus I heard that pregnant girls shouldn’t wear heels.  
11. I’ve heard a lot of other things about what pregnant girls shouldn’t wear, eat, drink, put on their skin, put in their hair, etc.  I feel like I need to change everything.
12. I want to have home-cooked food, and I’m okay with cooking it.  I just don’t want to go to the store to get the ingredients.
13. I can't breathe after climbing the three flights of stairs to my apartment, ESPECIALLY carrying groceries.
14. I can’t take naps on Hattie (the couch) anymore because she makes every part of my body ache. 
15. Sometimes (like last night) every part of me aches no matter where I sleep.
16. I’ve got pimples.
17. I definitely have baby brain, pregnant brain, mommy brain, whichever is the proper term.  It’s most noticeable when I’m on the computer.  I usually have around 10 tabs open, researching 10 different things at one time.  Now I can’t even remember why I opened a new tab.
18. I feel sorry for my boyfriend when I get really emotional.  I don't want to be that way.
19. I don't like when I can't do everything by myself.  But I'm having to learn to ask for & accept help.
20. And you know this one --  I have to pee way too much.  On the trip to be considerate to the family members, I didn’t drink anything a few hours before we left.  But I was soooo thirsty!!!  How do you travel long distances with a pregnant girl?

I think that's all.  For now. 

Now I would like to hear about your least favorite parts about being pregnant!  Post a comment & tell me about it! 

Comments

[Angelica]

The least favorite part of being knocked up (for me) was not being able to sleep comfortably after the 8th month. Looking back I realize that we as women give so much of ourselves to our children starting at conception! All those changes you are going through are moments in time you will never forget. Cherish them, pimples and the nice round butt because you can use it once they are old enough! The Guilt Trip is a mom's best tool! ;) I'm so happy to see you nice and round! Just means you are healthy. I love your blogs!

[Michelle Rozman]

I actually loved being pregnant, so it's hard to think of things that I didn't like. Maybe it's because I spent 3 years trying to get pregnant, I was just so thankful that I didn't want to complain about anything. Here are a few things I didn't like though:

1) Stretch marks. I started using lotion and belly oil on my abdomen at around the 6th month. I avoided getting them until week 38 and then I got just a few.
2) Achy hips. This started for me around the 4th month and continued through most of the pregnancy. Made it difficult to sleep comfortably sometimes. I HAD to switch sides while sleeping every 2 hours or so, even though the recommend sleeping on your left side. Sleeping with a pillow between my legs was very helpful.
3) Swollen ankles. This started for me at about week 24. It was very hot in Vegas that week when I was there for a conference.

I just pretty much ignored the comments. The worst one I got was from a coworker of mine when I ran into him in Vegas at 24 wks, which was, "They let you on a plane?"

[Jewel Kipapa]

Thanks for the posts ladies! I'm not looking forward to the later months of sleep deprivation, but the pillow between the legs has already helped a lot. Although I'm sure my boyfriend, too tired to ask, is wondering why all of a sudden have an extra pillow in the bed. Oooh, Michelle, that was a bad one. Why must people speak sometimes?

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