Pregnancy

There are so many books/magazines/blogs and whatever else out there on the subject. I feel like even pregnant with my 3rd there is mounds of information waiting to be discovered. But luckily with the 3rd I no longer feel the need or maybe have the time to read it or really even to care what it says. I am tired of reading articles on the best way to do (fill in the blank). Because quite frankly it makes me feel like crap and makes me angry. No I don't watch what eat while I'm pregnant (or ever, ain't nobody got time for that) no I don't work out so that childbirth is easier, they make drugs for that. Yes I take prenatal vitamins, when I remember and not today because I'm already in bed and I'm not sure i can drag this chunky flabby body back outta bed to find one. I certainly don't play classical music to my unborn child, it's torture for me to listen to why would I do that to her? I am putting on lotion, not cocoa butter and not for stretch marks, but just because I can't sleep bc my skin itches so bad as it adjusts to my new larger and less fit self. I don't drink caffeine, well I don't drink it in excess, ok well maybe on somedays when my first 2 kids have pushed me over the edge to pure exhaustion and caffeine is the only drug/substance that is somewhat ok for me to have. Hey it's caffeine not crack people and some days it's what it takes to get through back off! I am pregnant and happy.
Well mostly happy, mixed with lots of inner complaining and a land slide of emotions that attack with no rhyme or reason when you least expect them. Ok so maybe happy isn't the word that best describes what I am at any given moment. Uncomfortable may fit better. My boobs (excuse the bluntness) hurt, bad! This is a new pregnancy symptom for me. I was told it only last a few weeks, I was lied to :( it's 23 weeks in and pretty much they still hurt most of the time. My belly seems to have filled out a lot faster this time. And by that I mean I am a whale! Which would be expected if say I were 35 weeks but 23 weeks, that leaves a whole lot of time to look a whole lot bigger! Which is fine really, it's not how I look that is disturbing it's how I feel. Uncomfortably big, and afraid it's going to get a lot worse. I'm only 5"4 and my last baby was 9 lbs 12 oz... There isn't a lot of room for all that in my short frame, which brings me to my next point this baby sits on my bladder. Yes that's normal so they say, what They don't say is how often you pee yourself with the 3rd pregnancy. Lets just say the heavy pollen outside leading to constant sneezing has only added to my already hefty laundry pile! Have I mentioned my back hurts, mostly at night and when I wake up. My feet hurt, they are slightly swollen... No big deal there ill just sit with my feet propped up like the book suggests, oh wait I have kids and a job and a household to run. But the worst pain, the one that sends you shooting up faster then lightening are the leg cramps... They often start about 2 am. Which is no big deal bc chances are you will have to pee so at least this got my fat A up and moving before I wet the bed! That is if you can make the cramp release in time to make it to the bathroom, always fun it's like my own little game of Russian rullet, ruelet, however the crap you spell that.
One of my favorite pregnancy tips was for what they call pregnancy brain, or the inability to remember crap! The tip was to make notes, nice in theory sure. Now if I can keep my kids from taking my pen or the pad and disappearing that's one thing, but if I can actually find the note and do the said reminder or remember that I made the note I would be doing good.
As if all of that isn't enough to make you slightly insane, you have crazy women who give birth at home in a tub,sans drugs writing articles on birthing plans. And how natural is the way to go, and how you are being selfish by exposing your child to possible harmful drugs... Yadda yadda yadda, whatever, bite me! Natural is great, if you can and want to do it more power to you! You are more women then I that's for dang sure! Now as for the tree hugging hippies having babies in kiddie pools while your midwife chants Don't judge me! You clearly have small babies with small heads and enjoy sitting in water that may or may not contain really gross stuff that i for one am thankful I can't see from the comfort of my hospital bed.
Pregnancy is great, no really I'm not leading into a sarcastic comment it is great. And the main reason is because you forget all about it when you are handed you precious angel for the first time. Ok well maybe not immediately after, that may still be the drugs talking, but soon there after you forget. The pain that once consumed your daily life becomes dull and all you remember is how wonderful being pregnant is or can be... Run now because you are liable to catch the fever for another one! Because the thing is that even though I'm uncomfortable, moody,and other gross adjectives often used to describe pregnant women, when I feel her move my world stops, not for long granted this is the 3rd one and we got places to be and things to do!
I'm not really sure what the point is here other than there is a lot of info out there, take it with a grain of salt and in nine to 20 months a shot of your favorite liquor, and go with your instincts and enjoy this crazy emotion train called pregnancy! Because we can form a whole person and that is pretty darn cool!