Once again it’s been awhile since I’ve posted on here. I’ll blame that entirely on third trimester exhaustion (because of course I’m never just unmotivated haha.) But anyway, right now Caleb is in bed, my kitchen is clean (that feels like a major accomplishment sometimes) and I have a bit of caffeine in my system (only a little, don’t judge!) so here I am to share some random pregnancy musings. I’ve been thinking back to my pregnancy with Caleb and am amused at some of the differences between that pregnancy and this one.
People…
The first time around, people’s eyes always went straight to my belly. KInda awkward. I mean, I know it’s normal because people are curious but who really wants people looking at your belly instead of your face when they say hi? Now I pretty much always have Caleb with me and I’m more than happy to let him steal the show instead of my belly.
Also, I got more advice from people the first time – and let me tell you, some of the things people would say were hilariously unhelpful! Maybe this time people figure I know what I’ve gotten myself into – I don’t know – but I’m not horribly sad to be missing out on all the advice.
Pregnancy updates
When I was pregnant with Caleb I signed up for weekly email updates about my growing baby. It was exciting to read about how he was developing and changing each week. This time though that never happened – I wasn’t sure of my due date at the beginning and then as time went on I just never got around signing up. Oh well, the fruit comparisons were kind of random anyway. :p
Birth stories
Before Caleb was born I spent a lot of time reading birth stories (which is something that I would recommend by the way!) I felt like all the birth stories really helped to prepare me mentally for the whole process of labor and delivery. This time around though I’m basically just trying to forget that labor is even part of the deal! Just kidding . . . sort of.
Weight gain
My first pregnancy was a bit of shock to my system as I watched my formerly thin self balloon to what felt like giant proportions. Although I was super grateful to be pregnant, I’m not going to lie; the whole weight gain/body changing thing was a bit difficult for me. This time though I guess I just feel like “been there, done that, no biggie” and I know that while I will never look exactly like I did pre-kid, I will be thin again.
Belly pictures
Even with my first I wasn’t super consistent about taking belly pics but I did manage to have Pablo take one of me every few weeks. It’s definitely gone down hill this time. I’ve taken maybe one on our actual camera but most have been not-so-great phone selfies whenever I happen to remember. But hey, the whole point is just for me to be able to see a progression and compare to last time; it’s not like I’m planning to make a wall collage of my belly pics ha!)
and just in general . . .
I don’t know exactly how to say this but I feel like my first pregnancy was just more all-consuming. In other words, I was pregnant and that’s what I thought about and talked about A LOT of the time. This time around I’m also the mother of a very active toddler and so yeah… a lot of my thoughts are diverted to keeping him alive and happy and out of trouble. 😉 Over all I think that’s actually made this pregnancy go faster so that’s pretty awesome!
But, despite being less focused on this pregnancy, I am super excited and grateful to be having another baby. I think it’s even better this time because I know just how much I’m going to love this little girl because I’ve already experienced it with my first. <3 <3
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