2 TYPES OF PREGGOS:
I have found there are two major types of pregnant women. One type, we will call Pregnant Polly Perfect (PPP). She has dreamed of babies since she was one, she always felt the warm & fuzzies over new born babies and pregnant women. PPP never gets sick during pregnancy and rays of sunshine are literally shining from her beautiful pregnant body. She will often tell you about how she loves/loved being pregnant and how she would do it ten times if she could. When you are pregnant, PPP will stare at you with a look of whimsy on her face like you are the cutest puppy in the whole world. She will even say "Don't you just love being pregnant? I loved being pregnant". This makes the other type of pregnant women (me) feel worse than they already feel from morning sickness and back pain! It makes us think we are bad pregnant women because we aren't like the PPPs of the world. The other type of pregnant woman is me, Hot Pregnant Mess (HPM). I love kids! Babies are cute! I always knew I wanted a family some day, but it was not my focus as a child! When my cousin was pretending to be pregnant by stuffing a blanket in her shirt while playing house with her baby doll collection, I was crawling around on the floor pretending to be her puppy or kitten or even a veterinarian. I have always been more likely to get all warm & fuzzy over animals than humans and that remained my preference until pregnant with my first child. Even now, I don't stare at pregnant women or newborn babies (unless they are my close friends of course). I DO NOT LOVE BEING PREGNANT. I had morning sickness and many other icky side effects with both pregnancies and will share them all on this blog eventually. Don't get me wrong, I love being a mom! I love my 3 year old and my new little bun-in-the-oven. I love the idea of my 2nd little one coming out and seeing her for the first time, holding her, breast feeding her, getting to know her, etc. I just really really really don't enjoy pregnancy! I am starting to think its genetic! I come from a long line of pregnancy-haters! Anyways, if you are a PPP, you probably won't appreciate my blog... If you are a HPM or somewhere in the middle of the two, you may at least find it useful or it may even give you that "ok so this is normal" feeling of relief in a crazy fit of pregnancy panic. Yes, as a pregnant woman and new mom, you will panic more than you think!
I am about 32 weeks pregnant with my 2nd daughter right now. My older daughter is 3 years old and I am still in love with her! She makes me smile and laugh every day (sometimes yell and cry, but that is 3 years old for you). I will share a lot about her in this blog too!
I got the idea to blog around week 10 and starting typing up some ideas in Word. I was so sick all the time that it was just a pipe dream that never came true. I will try again now that I am no longer vomiting constantly. The purpose of my blog is partially therapy for myself because writing things out and finding humor in life makes me feel better when things are crappy, and partly because it would be cool to be able to help other moms and make them feel like they aren't alone out there in the crazy world of being a new (or veteran) mom. Also, if you are a HPM, I want to help you feel good about yourself and less spiteful about the PPPs of the world.
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