What A Gift!!

I went pumpkin carving with some friends  a couple nights ago and met a new friend who is 12 weeks pregnant with her second child.  We exchanged pleasantries and I asked how she was feeling and how things were going with her pregnancy.  She smiled happily and said that she only gets sick once a day in the morning, “that’s great!” I say sincerely and then we both started laughing, to the astonished looks of the ladies around us (all without kids).  Clearly pregnancy is not all it is cracked up to be. I want to say this in a very positive way, somehow through everything I am still loving being pregnant.  My point is, no one tells you all the bad things about being a mother to be until you’re already pregnant, slightly unfair? Yes, but I think you just forget somehow.  And, somehow it is really not as bad as it sounds when everything is listed out.  I am only 26 weeks along and already the memory is fading of how awful it was to be throwing up every hour for the first 18 weeks of my pregnancy.  It is amazing! God has given women the huge gift of forgetfulness; I can only hope that this trend continues and that this great gift is also given to my wonderful husband.

November 1, 2010