Purely Anecdotal

admin April 17th, 2008

I hope I don’t offend all those poor women out there who had or are going through horrible terrible times while pregnant. Just like getting pregnant on the first try, I am again screwing with the average.

I love being pregnant.

I love that I burn an extra 300 calories a day without doing any additional working out. I love feeling the little alien in my belly poke, bump, and roll around. I am not sick, short of breath, depressed, moody, or bloated. I finally have something to talk about to complete strangers. I don’t have stretch marks (yessss!!). Thanks to generous offerings from past pregnant women, I have an entirely new wardrobe that I didn’t have to purchase. People are friendly and offer to give me free beverages if I am waiting for someone in a restaurant. (I am hoping this is because I am pregnant, and not because I look desperate.) After all this time, I finally look pregnant, and I actually believe my husband when he tells me I look hot. I am so loving these pregnancy boobies. This is SO much better than I thought it would be.

My only real problems are some back pain (helped with walking, exercise and a $30 massage chair bought online) and apparently a low iron level. I will have to work on that iron, but this is easily fixed. Also, my boobs leak a little after sex, which is very odd, but oddly cool.

Now, of course, the evil jinx fairies will come in my sleep to get me. I know this. I will have stretch marks reaching my calves in the morning.

But I thought I’d put this out there. For all the poor miserable pregnant women, the likes of whom I might just be forced to join before all of this is over, there are some that get off easy. I am hoping to stay one of the outliers.

I am wondering - are easy pregnancies something that other women have, but just don’t talk about? I get the feeling that whenever someone has it good – whether a wonderful relationship, or plenty of money, or a job they love whatever – they tend to keep it secret. I suppose they don’t want to brag or jinx their situation. So, am I unusual, or do most people just keep their mouths (fingers?) shut?

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