Being the information junkie I am, I had read several pregnancy books before getting pregnant. I read about all of the random symptoms you can have and was gearing up to be nauseous for 8 months (they say you will likely take after your mother in that, which thank GOD I have not!). Here are some of the things that the books did NOT prepare me for:
1. Sticky boogers. I have heard that you can get stuffed up because of swollen nasal passages or something, but my problem is more of the stubborn, sticky booger variety. They are there and they will not come out and all I can hope is that they are temporary and resume normal booger consistency after baby is born.
2. Cellulite. I know I am supposed to gain weight. I know that my body will never be the same (people LOVE telling me that). I did not know that cellulite would take over my arms and inner thighs. Inner thighs, fine, they don't see the light of day anyway. But arms?! Is that necessary?!
3. Insomnia. I have never been a good sleeper, so maybe I should have expected this, but not being able to sleep is MADDENING. I honestly don't think I have slept through the night in over three months, sometimes no more than 3 or 4 hours. Yes, I realize that after baby I will be sleep deprived, but I don't think it will help prepare me by depriving me of sleep so that I am harried before the baby even arrives. And I think the pregnancy edginess is not hormones, it is the fact that I am uncomfortable and hungry all the time and I am not sleeping. That would make you crabby, too.
4. Clear skin. What. The. Hell. From 13 on I have struggled with crappy ass skin and as soon as my hormones go wild it... clears up?? I am not complaining. In fact, I think I want to keep having babies if this is going to be a side effect for me. Cheaper by the dozen?
5. Unclear skin. So, I mentioned that my FACE has cleared up, but now I have little red dots all over my neck and shoulders. It seems like it might be more rash-like than acne-like, but to an average person on the street, it just looks like I am crazy broken out everywhere below my chin. Weird.
6. Food costs. You all know I am crazy about my Excel spreadsheets and had a detailed baby budget and savings plan before there was even a baby involved. What I did not figure into the budget is that our food bill during pregnancy would double. Not only am I hungrier, but I have aversions to almost everything I used to eat. I am trying desperately to give this kid some nutrients so I just try and get whatever doesn't sound disgusting and is closer to carrot than doughnut on the health spectrum. Funny enough, I have no aversions to eating out (EXCEPT the closest and cheapest and pre-baby favorite taqueria around the corner - what luck).
7. Hiking up the pants. Now, to clarify, I do not do this while standing/walking around...but when I sit down and am wearing stretchy pants, I find it more comfortable to have the pants OVER my belly than to have my belly hang over the pants. This means that the pants can get hiked quite high. Ray tried to make me feel better (after laughing himself to tears) by telling me it's cool until I start getting deodorant marks on the waistband.
More to come, I am sure...
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