What I Will Miss About Being Pregnant

As much as I’ve been complaining about my cankles and tiredness lately, I will miss being pregnant for a few reasons…

Eating Whatever I Want Whenever I Want
Yep, that’s what I do when I’m pregnant. Of course the first trimester was kinda dicey but after that, it’s Katy Bar the Pantry Door! (and the fridge door and the drive-thru window…) I try to eat healthily but if I have a craving for something that is not so, I will indulge it. And thank the good Lord above that I have a husband who doesn’t mind getting me what I want when I want it. Smart man. So yeah, I will miss this. Since I plan to breastfeed I will probably still be eating more calories than I normally would for a little while, but milkshakes galore may have to come off the list of things to eat. Notice I said “may…”

The Baby Moving Inside
Besides the occasional semi-painful rib and bladder kick, I love feeling the baby inside my belly. It really is just the coolest thing ever and I feel badly for men, that they never get to experience such a thing. And no guys, bad indigestion does not count! (which also makes me what to say “WHATEVER!!” to the women who never know their pregnant until they’re laying on a table screaming their brains out because that is SO very ridiculous – could you not FEEL the human being in THERE????) Ahem. Sorry, that just really bakes my noodle. I mean who doesn’t KNOW their pregnant until B-Day??

People Asking What Gender the Baby Is
I actually have a love/hate relationship with this one. While it is fun to answer that I am having a girl (because it just IS!), when I say it when out with my two boys in tow, everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, breathes a sigh of relief like I just told them that “NO, the world is NOT going to end today.” Like as if having another boy would just be the worst thing that could ever happen to me/us. I’m truly tempted to fib and say it’s a boy just to see what reaction I get.

And, well, that’s about all I will miss. I hope y’all weren’t expecting some long drawn out list because honestly, at this point, that’s all I got. I think the list of things that I will not miss is longer (and includes the swelling, exhaustion, people staring at my belly and not even looking me in the eye, painful boobies, peeing a lot, heartburn, stretch marks, waking up multiple times at night {oh wait, that’s still going to happen isn’t it?}, blah, blah, blah). Don’t you just love how I sneaked these into this post? Yeah, I’m sly like that.

On a different but VERY exciting note, go over and check out Around the Blogosphere in 5 Days, hosted by Moxie Media (which I am a member of…). You won’t be sorry that you did. It’s going to be a fun week!

Also, my baby/toddler book giveaway is still going on. Just leave a comment to enter HERE. There will be TWO winners! : )