Joyful for Jack: What I remember from pregnancy...Before pre-term labor started!

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

What I remember from pregnancy...Before pre-term labor started!

After walking the dog.

I remember...

Eating lots of ice cream...Ben and Jerry's to be exact. Ottawa hospital would keep a pint in the fridge for me when I was admitted there!
Loving fruit...pineapple, melon, juice.
Pop-Tarts. OSF would toast them for me when I was admitted there!
Sleeping for the first three months. I was SO exhausted. I would get home from work, take a nap, and then be asleep for the night by 8:00!
Waking up one day from the first trimester fog and realizing that my grade book was in shambles!
Putting the dirty clothes right in the dryer, not the washer.
Forgetting to turn the crock pot on one morning.
Feeling really good...like forgetting that I was pregnant good.
Heartburn. I went through so many tums!
No Pizza or fried food for this pregnant lady.
Loving every second of being pregnant.
Sweets...doughnut's from the local gas station, chocolate milk, scotch-a-roo's!
Laying in bed in the morning and watching my belly move.
Baby hiccups.
Reading "What to Expect" and seeing how big baby was each week.
Egg sandwich on the way to work with extra banana peppers, yum!
The first time daddy felt you move...it totally freaked him out, he jumped back in astonishment!
Mac and Cheese and all things dairy...I guess baby needed calcium!
Being excited to wear maternity clothes.
Not cooking, ever. And never being able to find anything good to eat.
Thinking "Why am I not puking my guts out?" and hoping everything was ok because I wasn't!
The dog loved to lay near me, and especially near my belly...more that usual, weird.
Loving the baby in my belly more and more each and every day.
Planning, and planning, and planning! Oh, how I love to plan!
Most importantly, LOVING being pregnant and day dreaming about labor and life with a new baby!