9 things about my pregnancy

Doesn't 9 months seem like a reeeeeeeaaalllly long time? I mean, I'd like to say I feel like this pregnancy has gone by really fast, but even though I've felt great and have had no complications the whole time, I think back to when we first found out we were pregnant. That was 2 weeks before Christmas. And in 4 months, it's going to be Christmas AGAIN. It just seems kind of crazy to me. 

I've learned a lot during pregnancy though.

A lot, a lot.

Here are some things I have learned or want to remember about my first pregnancy!

1. I didn't start "showing" til about 28 weeks. When I was 28 weeks, I had someone at the school office ask me "So when are you due!?" And it caught me off guard because whenever I would tell people I was pregnant, they would say, "YOU ARE TINY!" or "YOU DONT EVEN LOOK LIKE YOU'RE SHOWING!" or the 10 year old at the daycare across the street said, "LOOK, I CAN LOOK MORE PREGNANT THAN YOU!" as she pushes out her tummy. Every picture I posted on instagram has some comment up until this about this time about me not showing. I would get annoyed because I FELT pregnant, and I wanted to at least LOOK pregnant because well..i WAS pregnant, and had been for the past SEVEN months.

2. I didn't feel the baby first move until 28 weeks either. My doctor would check the heartbeat and would ask me if I felt her kicking or moving, and I would tell him no. But the heartbeat was strong and he checked my ultrasound and said my placenta was in front, which means my baby had to be strong enough to kick through it before I would be able to feel it. It was discouraging when people I knew who were 21 or 22 weeks would tell me they felt the baby already.

3. The questions I get asked by everyone, 1. When are you due? 2. Boy or girl? 3. What is the name? 4. How are you feeling? 5. How far along are you? August 23rd 2013, girl, ivy, good, 38 weeks baby!

4. I've already talked on this little here space about how I think it's weird when people make their baby names all secretive and weird and stuff. But honestly, Wade and I haven't talked names since we found out it was a girl. It gets exhausting when you think of something you really like, only to hear something like.."yeah, i knew so and so..." or whatever...When we found out the gender, we agreed on a name and decided we liked that, and that's probably what it will be unless she is born and we come up with something else. On the other hand, I think it's weird when people have a name for the baby and then call the baby by its name throughout the whole pregnancy. Mixed feelings about it all haha. If you've asked us what the name is, we'll tell you what we tell everyone.. "We will probably name her Ivy because we can both agree on it and it's FREAKIN CUTE!" We think it's a good one, mostly because you can TOTALLY tell when someone doesn't like a name! We haven't heard anything like.."Oh, thats different..." or "what? how do you say it/what did you say?" or "how would you spell that?" or..""hmm..interesting, haven't heard that before.." So we're good to go.

5. People love to discourage any kind of positivity.That's always fun when someone asks about your due date, and then tells you.."oh, good luck if you'll REALLY go on that date, I was 40 days late.." (or whatever) Or they ask if you have bought diapers yet, and you tell them you just bought 900 cause you found a sale, and then they say, "awesome, that will last you about a month.." My favorite is, "when are you due?" "August 23rd" OH DANG, YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE SUMMER!!!! (yeah dude! i feel like i'm pretty aware of that at this point)

6. I can honestly say that I've enjoyed my pregnancy. I went though two semesters of school and worked part time and I think that made it go by somewhat quickly or made it feel easier because I wasn't so focused on the pregnancy all the time. I haven't had very many food aversions or morning sickness. I've been able to exercise and stay active throughout the whole pregnancy. The only thing I would complain about is the pain that sometimes happens right where my belt (if I was still wearing belts) would sit. So much pressure since about 24 weeks. It's gotten worse as the pregnancy has gone on, but nothing too unbearable.

7. Near the end of pregnancy, I've just gotten bored with it! Maybe bored isn't the right word, but I feel that that's the only thing anyone wants to talk about these days. Yes, we're ready for the baby, Yes, I'm hot because its the middle of august, yes, I can't wait to meet the baby, yes, I'm aware I wont be getting much sleep, yes, I do have a couple stretchmarks, yes, I am more tired than usual. but want to know what else?! I ran errands and went to breakfast with my friends and did normal stuff that normal people do too! And neither of those have to do with baby-ness! :)

8. Weight gain during pregnancy is a GOOD THING! At the beginning, i was fine, but the more and more time went on, the more I was like..."what the heck, I'm eating good and working out, why am I gaining so much weight?!" (even though the answer was obvious, and "so much weight" was actually not enough in the beginning!!) and that was just something I couldn't control! It was hard not being able to control it, and even though I knew the baby was growing, it was hard....For about a month...and then I just forgot about it.... And i kept doing what I was doing and the doctor said the baby is healthy. and i would it over and over and over again because BABY IS ALMOST HERE!!!!!

9. I finally learned after 34 weeks that maternity clothes are just so much more comfortable. seriously. I loved my clothes and all, but once I just gave in and bought maternity clothes, life has just been more blissful. The end.

man, that's so annoying to end a list at 9.