- Strangers want to rub your belly. Not cool.
- Friends and family want to rub your belly. Generally cool.
- Wearing platform heels becomes a party trick. People are alternately impressed and horrified.
[caption id="attachment_194" align="aligncenter" width="225"]Exhibit A: Courtney's 'Mad Men' Birthday Party (with a very convincing Peggy)[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_198" align="aligncenter" width="300"]Exhibit B AKA you will have to pry these off of my feet kicking and screaming[/caption]
- People offer to carry anything that looks moderately heavy for you. (Most of the time I think this is a delightfully gallant offer, but occasionally it makes me feel like I should throw my hand dramatically against my forehead and declare I have a case of the 'vapors'.)
- You accidentally park in one of the 'reserved for moms-to-be' spots at the grocery store. Upon leaving the grocery store and realizing your mistake, you are horrified. Except, then you realize you are a mom-to-be (although not one far enough along to be parking in such a spot), and feel less bad. And also stick out your stomach more to look pregnanty-ier.
- After a night out, you don't look like a hot sweaty mess. No alcohol=improved make-up performance!
[caption id="attachment_199" align="aligncenter" width="300"]I was so impressed, I took a picture.[/caption]
- When having your picture taken, you instinctively put a hand on your stomach to indicate 'pregnant bump' and not 'unexplained abdominal weight gain'. At times, this can lead to you just looking like you have to pee really bad.
- After a meal, it is perfectly acceptable (and in fact, encouraged) for you to retire to a comfortable chair while everyone else cleans up.
[caption id="attachment_197" align="aligncenter" width="300"]No clean-up=all smiles![/caption]
- Your eyes are bigger than your stomach. Every time.
- Husbands that generally allow you out of various household chores do not, in fact, allow you to get away without helping prepare BBQ. You work for samples.
[caption id="attachment_200" align="aligncenter" width="300"]This is what our kitchen looks like when Nick BBQs. Luckily, he does his own clean-up.[/caption]
- You still aren't exactly sure how you got so lucky and pinch yourself on a daily basis. And then take a nap.
Monday, July 23, 2012
Things That Happen To You When You Are Pregnant, A List
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I love this post! Everything is so positive.
ReplyDelete#4 makes me LOL. A couple weeks ago we were at the lake with my fam and my dad asked me to go grab a small cooler and then was like “OH NO, NO, NO, STOP!” and then asked my step sister to get it. I was like um dad, I lift 3 times a week. I can lift a small cooler. He claims to be old fashioned and pregnant women shouldn’t exert themselves at all.
To go along with #6 – I sure miss beer, but I not being hungover is fabulous (although the exhaustion and headaches sure make me feel like I am hungover some days) Remembering everything that happened the night before is good too!