The differences between one and two- first part of a many-parted series

For those of you who simply cannot get enough, I have a somewhat revised version of the Finding Out Story posted at Parenting.com.   

In other news, today looks like another glorious day of sunshine. I know some of you don't get the seasonal affective disorder stuff, but those of you who do, you know you are a whole different person when the sun is out. We've been to the park two days in a row. I got out of my house in the morning AND the afternoon, two days in a row! I'm thinking I might even go to Home Depot today and buy some primroses to perk up the sorry state of my front porch. Spring! It is nigh! (Except not, because this is Washington, and this is just the typical February Spring Tease.)

Anyway. Thanks for all of your good wishes, squeals of delight, stifled giggles, etc. I think I am past the Sick and Tired point, although I don't really know, especially because I never got sick with Jack until the second trimester. SO WHO KNOWS. But I'm feeling much better, a lot more like myself, and finding bits of confidence here and there. The only thing I'm really annoyed about today is that last night I had to bust out the Pregnancy Pillow.

Manda sent me this funny little forward about the differences between the first and second pregnancies (and the third) and what makes it even funnier is that, as far as I can tell, it's all true. For example:

First baby: You practice your breathing religiously
Second baby: You don't bother, because last time you remember that breathing didn't do a thing.
Third baby: You ask for the epidural in your 8th month.

Har har.

One of the differences is about maternity clothes. Your first baby you start wearing them right away because ooh, these pants feel snug and maternity clothes are so cute! Your second baby you wear your regular clothes as long as possible. (The third baby? Your maternity clothes ARE your regular clothes.) This one is definitely true for me. In fact, in pretty much every way, I am putting off the Actually Having To Deal With Pregnant for as long as I possibly can. Even though I dragged out my box of maternity clothes (only a month or two after I packed them up, SIGH), I was only hunting down my bella band. (I'm not anywhere near showing, but I am, alas, noticeably Chunkier.) And one of the things I thought I'd be putting off was the Pregnancy Pillow. It's this giant comma-shaped pillow thing my sister gave me for Christmas last year, when I was already, what? Four or five months along? I'm only ELEVEN WEEKS. I can't possibly need a PREGNANCY PILLOW.

Except I am sooooo uncomfortable at night. The other night Phillip even LEFT THE ROOM because he was so annoyed with all of the complaining. None of my pillows are the right softness and/or firmness. The covers aren't wide enough. The sheets aren't tucked in right. I can't really sleep on my stomach anymore (weep!) and I can't sleep on my BACK anymore either. (I remember when I first got pregnant with Jack, I immediately stopped sleeping on my back because I'd read all these things that said how bad it was for the baby. Like I have paid any attention to that this time around.) I am left with sleeping on my side and since 99% of me is sore and uncomfortable, I need some sort of padding and propping. Which required the reintroduction of the Pregnancy Pillow and oh, how bummed this makes me. Because you realize I will be sleeping with that thing until September, right? Me, Phillip, and The Pillow.

But! We can't have this burst of crankiness when there is SUNSHINE! I'm off to shower and drag the boy down to the lake where there are many many coffee shops who want to fill me with yummy high-in-carbohydrate breakfasty items.

Comments

[blog nerd]

uh-huh.

[Jess]

WHAT? You can't sleep on your BACK when you're pregnant? I CANNOT sleep any other way. It is just not possible.

I'm going to rethink this whole having children thing, stat.

[Jen]

Hooray for sunshine! I just moved to Florida from Idaho and now I have sunshine and warm weather all the time! (Believe me, I needed that after the Idaho winter we were having.) Want to come visit?

[Dooneybug]

Ok, I had to laugh about the packing away of maternity clothes. Even though I haven't worn mine since the first week my second showed up, I'm terrified to pack them away because of what happened last time! Haha! Like you, I packed them up and then about 2 months later I was pulling them out again.

Glad you are getting sunshine!! Enjoy it!

[Lisa]

I'm jealous of your sunshine. Today we had an ice storm, which forced me to miss ANOTHER day of work. Not that I mind a day home with the baby, but I only have two weeks left before SAHM, and tons still to finish at work. At this rate (we had a day like this last week too), I'm never going to get to "retire".

[Nessa]

If it makes you feel any better - I've been feeling the same way while sleeping. I just cannot.get.comfortable. and every joint aches, especially my knees. AND I'M NOT PREGNANT! But a pregnancy pillow sounds mighty nice right about now. If you want, we can commiserate together.

Glad the sun has been shining!

[Manda]

Hee hee, glad my dumb email forward made the blog! :)
I am glad to hear that someone else is having trouble sleeping so early. I confessed this to someone the other day and they were all "seriously? so early" and screwed up their face in a way that said SMACK ME. Oy. So yeah, I sleep on my back sometimes. And on my right side. Because sleeping on my left (the recommended side, of course) IS NOT EVEN REMOTELY COMFY. AHHH.
Where did you get that dang pillow?