Thirteen-five with some un-fun attributes

Amnesia.  That is what people say women have when they choose to have another baby.  I say, it's what you have during the pregnancy with the second baby.  I didn't forget what everything was like UNTIL I got pregnant.  I forgot that my morning sickness lasted into the fourteenth week (THANK YOU BLOG), and I forgot that I had gotten to actually SEE my little one at 12 weeks and not just hear a heartbeat.  Trying not to be too sad about that one.

We will get to see Deuce on September 13.  It seems like forever but it won't be long.  I am pretty excited about that day, though.  And getting pictures!!!

One thing that is happening now that did not happen last time is the perpetual constipation and, um, hemorrhoids that go along with it.  I feel like an old woman.  I feel like crying when I have to poop.  Sometimes I do.  I eat whole grains and cereals, fresh fruits and veggies, and drink copious amounts of water.  All to no avail.  The website I mainly go to for information, BabyCenter, has a tendency to make me nervous about bleeding and that I should call my practitioner immediately.  At ten o'clock at night!

Some other helpful (or not) advice I've seen is that I should not lift my 30+ pound toddler anymore.  Wow.  Someone should have told me that I would have to be a negligent mother to my first-born in order to have a second-born.  I feel so terrible!  How could I not pick up and squeeze my little cutie?

For the most part, I think discretion is everything.  As in, leave it to your own.  If you feel weird about something, ask someone.  If you feel okay, why stress over it if someone else says it's not okay?  Who makes other moms the subject-matter-experts on anything but themselves and their own pregnancies?  Now, if your doctor or midwife says, "Um, NO," then I would probably resist the temptation to be defiant.  But these websites are not created by doctors.  The good idea fairy bit one of them who said, "You know what we should do?  Make a website for pregnant women and new moms."  Thus, the website is born.  Now, professionals do consult on these sites, so all the information is not invalid.  However, you will find that some vast portions of medical information are cut-and-pasted directly from WebMD or other reputable sites.

So it's still not a hundred percent fun being pregnant yet.  I'm sure the second trimester (which will be here in just a few days) will lead to a wonderful change in my mood, my overall wellbeing, and my outlook.  For now, I keep checking for movement (I think I have actually felt it already since I know what I'm looking for), and trying to "feel" pregnant as much as possible.  Other than not being able to fasten my pants anymore.