The food is absolutely amazing!
Everyone treats you a lot nicer, OK to cut in long line for food, barista give you free drinks, people bring food to your desk at work or lunches, husband treat you out as much as you crave for certain food, sweet kisses from parents and husband, you look absolutely gorgeous due to the new glow without make up on, people smile when they see you, prenatal vitamins make your nails/ hair soft silky smooth strong and only a strain or two fall out a day, husband does most of the cleaning and cooking, work from home option, boobs get about three sizes larger (this is actually a con for me), mom cut my toesnail, husband rub my feet, massages every week, feeling baby move, growing a life, feeling a love that is so true and selfless, rubbing my belly, tickling little one and he reacts, having husband kiss/ read to baby every night, grandparents are thrilled, fun baby shower, maxi dresses, having a reason to be fat, feeling proud of my giant belly, I take better care of my body like eating more greens drinking more water and checking out the ingredients on food, baby kicking during a horrible work meeting makes me smile and careless again and no one knows our little secret, baby kicking at night and poking out his knee or feet and then I touch him and he hides away, his little hiccups, following the pregnancy growing chart and seeing his fruit size of the week from blueberries to watermelon, I make body parts on a weekly basis, holding my belly while I waddle, hearing his heat beat on the Doppler or seeing him on an ultrasound, anticipating what his future life will be like or his personality, caring very little about how everyone sees me because all I care about is his well being, my husband and I grow closer knowing we are creating a life together, my extended family is stronger as we prepare for the arrival of the little one, naming our baby, making better decision for ourselves due to our influences on his future, the incredible nesting urges which causes me to clean and organize my house, discovery of new foods that are good for my body like coconut water that relieves cramping, diy projects to keep my house clean and without using toxic chemicals such as vinegar and dawn to clean bathrooms or natural laundry detergent that costs a lot less, his little butt sticking out when he rolled, I can teach myself a lot by reading and learning about motherhood and pregnancy through blogs articles published medical journals ... All other fears/old wives tales are nonsense, it is only 9 months, it happened and it is a miracle, the immense pressure on my pelvis when he is close to term... He is ready!
The only downfalls to being prego are missing out on parties with alcohol, not eating sushi or oyster shooters, morning sickness isn't in the morning... It is at night, morning, noon, it is whenever the body smells something foul like garlic or onion, getting really fat, stretch marks, can't travel anywhere on a plane after 25 weeks, reading about miscarriage or any old wives tales, swollen feet and hands, can't see my own toes, can't put on socks without help, can't clip own toenails without help, visiting the bathroom every hour, excessive sweating at night while sleeping, dreaming about sweets but can't eat them, the horrible glucose test, the many vials of blood tests, hormonally charged...cry at every sad movie scene, leg cramps, horrible and weird pregnancy dreams, incredibke sense of smell ... I smell everything good or bad, waddling instead of walking, back aches, side aches, whole body aches, can't stand / be in one position for long, can't do hobby like painting, can't bend over to pick up stuff, and takes a long time to do anything, rolling in bed with a giant belly is a workout, can only sleep on my sides with tons of supporting pillows, dropping everything, horrible memories, lost for words during a conversation, people telling you that you're having twins when you know for sure that there is only one kid, when everyone becomes an expert on your pregnancy and start to tell you when your baby is due or that your having twins, when your mother starts to tell you that you look bigger than when she was pregnant or that your belly button looks gross compares to when she was pregnant, when everyone tells you to eat for two while your doctor or midwives told you to slow down on the food or else baby will be too big for natural delivery, very blowed and gassy, when there are cake in front of your face but you can't have two zlices , can't eat alcohol infused cake, can't eat raw cheese, when you're hungry you feel like you have starved for days, you can't lift anything above your shoulders, freak out at every new thing your baby didn't do or did according to the weekly pregnancy expectations, freaked out when they give hour false positive test results, shots and vaccination, a very unbalanced body or your center of gravity is way off, having lots of cravings but can't eat everything since there isn't much room in the tummy, and last but not least none of the cute shoes or clothes would fit anymore!
