3 Things they don’t tell you…

Until you are actually already pregnant!

1.  Your hips will hurt.  All the time.  Apparently as the baby grows and your body is constantly shifting, your hips, and most likely your back, will bear the brunt of the changes, making them permanently sore and tender.  And speaking of tender ~ the chest area?  It’s a no go zone.

2.  Morning sickness.  Some women are blessed and never get it, some women can’t get out of bed because the nausea makes them feel like they’re on a boat….  Oh, and the name is a fallacy.   Morning sickness can visit you morning, noon or night, and sometimes decides to hang around for all three!

3.  You will feel like you have been hit by a steam roller, a cargo train, and a tanker ~ everyday.   Energy?  What’s that?

And basically that’s the summary of how my pregnancy is progressing.  Yay.   : |    But to end this mini rant on a positive note, all though I might be putting up with a host of uncomfortable sensations, it’s totally worth it.  

When you feel the baby move and kick inside of you, you conveniently forget about all the other things ~ there is a baby growing!  How cool is that?  And I am so grateful that I have the chance to be a mother.  Finally, I think I am growing up. 

xox,

bonita

Baby Talk

Ultrasounds.  EDDs {Estimated Due Date}.   OBGYN.  Stirrups {NOT the horse kind >. > }.  Fatigue.  Stretch marks.  Indigestion.  BHs {Braxton Hicks Contractions}.  Round ligament pain.  Head aches.  

……………….

It’s inevitable.   A life changing event sneaks up on you and before you know it, anything that previously occupied your brain space has been completely erased for the time being and replaced with brand new concepts.   Before you know it you are spouting all kinds of babble that not everyone will understand.

And this is where things get tricky….

I have tried to keep the baby talk to a minimum, but seriously, do you know how hard it is to hide the fact that you’ve lost your singleton student cool?  Even worse, that that cool has been substituted for a stuffed toy, pastel bubble baby mom, well ~ not cool.

You would never know, but slowly my blog reader has morphed from fashion/vintage/creative type blogs only to include *gaspshockHORROR* mommy blogs. 

No longer am I voraciously devouring and back reading blogs such as Keiko Lynn ~ who’s chic doll like style I adore, or Lulu Letty ~  with Maria’s lovely whimsical dreamlike vintage inspiration that is ever a favourite. 

As much as I still love all these blogs and more{and their amazing authoresses!} and still read them regularly, I find myself drawn more and more to mommy style stories.    And boy, they are just as endless as the fashion blogs! 

There is Suburban Turmoil ~ the authoress Lindsey writes about everything from soccer games and bad coaches/parents to the heavy pressures and expectations that all moms face to Be The Perfect Mother to the maggot/ant infestations she wages war with.

Or Baby Rabies ~ where wrestling with ruffles is just another obstacle on the road to the perfect nursery, or the gnawing ache of an empty womb is just part of the baby rabies disease.

There are stories about pregnancy, birth, newborns, babies, toddlers, children, teens ~ there are stories about the perfect dreams come true, and the world’s worst nightmares ~ sometimes all in one hit.  

And I must admit, I find the realness of living day to day with these Moms a great inspiration to me.    I found the fashion blogs to inspire my creativity, which is a gift I am really grateful for, but these mommy blogs inspire me to think about who I am and how I am going to raise the child that DH and I are expecting.

What will my priorities be?  How will I deal with the day to day ins and outs of choreslaundrypukeandpoop as one mom put it?  Will I succumb to the pressure to Be The Perfect Mother only to find out {much to my chagrin} that I never can be that?  And of course, the most pressing question in my mind is ~ will I be able to keep my house neat and tidy??? 

xox,

bonita

P.S. ~  I have more to post about on the subject of Baby Talk.  Keep your eye out for Baby Talk Part II ~ The Trials and Tribulations of Being the First Mommy in your Circle.