I'm not gonna lie, this baby thing is a trip. I am growing a human inside of me....whoah. Already I am at the end of my fourth month. And now that the nausea is gone? I feel much better and am just tripped out that this little pop out in my belly is welcomed. I often get asked, what is it like to be pregnant?
The first 3 months were like having 24/7 sea sickness. You don't want to eat, but doctors say it helps to eat every 2 hours. And for as much as I like eating, it suddenly becomes a chore to shove food in your mouth, constantly. Grant it, you don't actually "eat for 2"...you are only supposed to take in an extra 300 calories per day. Which, when you are feeling pukey is hard to get to your normal food consumption, let alone that extra calorie kick for baby. At the end of the day my goal was to keep the prenatal vitamins down.
Another comparison I make to my mental state was that I felt like I was in charge. It is like typing a letter, feeling like you are conveying your point...then suddenly you look at the computer screen and realize that your hands haven't been on home row. Yeah, you felt productive, but then find out that you have just typed a bunch of garble. That's when you go take a nap while you can because pretty soon there won't be that option!
Honestly I thought it would feel like being a whale...and even though I reserve the right to look like one by the end of this process...I don't even feel fat now. It is a baby instead of the standard issue beer belly. This thing is hard. Not like fun, I have rockin'-awesome-hard-abs, hard...just not blubbery fat that folds when you lean side ways. It is this cute little poke out from my body that will be our child that we get to meet in March! SQUEEEEE! :)
