A Seasoned Newbie
You know how sometimes something in your life changes and all of the sudden you realize that really it's more common than you had once thought? For example, when I was little my mom got this car. The dealer called the color "Champagne." I remember when I heard that, I thought it was ridiculous... and that I had NEVER saw a car that color before... who would think to color their car "Champagne" anyway? Well, after we had the car for less than a week, I realized "champagne" wasn't such a crazy color, and it seemed everyone and their mom had a car that color... or at least everyone's GRANDMA did LOL!! Then it wasn't so weird anymore.
Fastforward to today. I open up my Internet Explorer and the first thing I see on msn.com is a impregnated tummy (with no stretchmarks and a perfect belly button mind you... they have to keep SOME kind of glamour about them)... followed by three or four pregnancy articles. Most of them seemed to be written with the "first time mom" in mind... not towards the seasoned mom who has already birthed four watermelons... but I read them anyway.
One article made me remember all of the things I was so afraid of as a first time mom. I was worried about how bad it would feel? What would the hospital be like? Would my boyfriend be able to handle the stress of me being totally irritated and possibly screaming like a lunatic? Would the baby be healthy? Would he or she cry right away? What if I had to get an amnio done? Blah blah blah... the list goes on.
And then I realized... I have to go to a different hospital this time. The hospital I went to had closed their maternity ward (I cried when I saw it on the news... all four of my children were delivered there)... so now I actually have to tour another hospital. I hate hospitals. Absolutely abhor them. And now I have to tour one. Thank gawd I will be able to keep my same OB. I totally love him... even though he DID pull a sequin off my ass.
Just makes me think how many OTHER things are gonna change with THIS pregnancy? So much is new already, and we are still only in the first trimester.
Fastforward to today. I open up my Internet Explorer and the first thing I see on msn.com is a impregnated tummy (with no stretchmarks and a perfect belly button mind you... they have to keep SOME kind of glamour about them)... followed by three or four pregnancy articles. Most of them seemed to be written with the "first time mom" in mind... not towards the seasoned mom who has already birthed four watermelons... but I read them anyway.
One article made me remember all of the things I was so afraid of as a first time mom. I was worried about how bad it would feel? What would the hospital be like? Would my boyfriend be able to handle the stress of me being totally irritated and possibly screaming like a lunatic? Would the baby be healthy? Would he or she cry right away? What if I had to get an amnio done? Blah blah blah... the list goes on.
And then I realized... I have to go to a different hospital this time. The hospital I went to had closed their maternity ward (I cried when I saw it on the news... all four of my children were delivered there)... so now I actually have to tour another hospital. I hate hospitals. Absolutely abhor them. And now I have to tour one. Thank gawd I will be able to keep my same OB. I totally love him... even though he DID pull a sequin off my ass.
Just makes me think how many OTHER things are gonna change with THIS pregnancy? So much is new already, and we are still only in the first trimester.
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