1. With your first pregnancy you take a pregnancy test every day for 2 weeks anxiously waiting for the words "Pregnant!" to appear.
With your 5th pregnancy you refuse to waste money on a pregnancy test and wait until you are 2 weeks late and throwing up before you finally give in and buy a test.
2. With your first pregnancy you call your OB the minute you get a positive test.
With your 5th pregnancy you call your OB when you finally have a minute without screaming children, the receptionist recognizes your voice, knows how to spell your complicated 13 letter last name, laughs and says "congratulations?".
3. With your first pregnancy you dream about how cute your baby belly will be. You look at your expanding waistline in the mirror every day to see if you are showing yet. You can't wait to look pregnant and wear maternity clothes.
With your 5th pregnancy, you look pregnant moments after conception, squeeze into non-maternity clothes for as long as possible and wear Spanx to suck in your gut.
4. With your first pregnancy you read all the popular books about pregnancy. You want to know exactly what part of your precious baby is forming during each week of pregnancy.
With your 5th pregnancy you frantically search online for blogs written by moms of 5+ kids hoping to find any little piece of advice that'll save your sanity over the next 18 years. You find that there's no hope and you reserve your spot in the looney bin.
5. With your 1st pregnancy you feel a tad nauseous and complain about how bad your morning sickness is.
With your 5th pregnancy, you vomit at even the thought of food and walk around like a zombie all while taking care of your 4 darlings. You contemplate death while you calculate exactly how many more hours you have to endure the dreaded 1st trimester.
6. With your 1st pregnancy when someone asks you how far along you are you know exactly how many weeks and days you've been pregnant.
With your 5th pregnancy when someone asks you how far along you are you say "uhhhh.........I can't remember!"
7. With your 1st pregnancy you glowingly tell inquisitive strangers (and anyone that will listen) that you are expecting your first little miracle.
With your 5th pregnancy, when strangers ask if it's your first baby you growl at them for asking such a ridiculous question.
8. With your 1st pregnancy you and your partner read all the baby name books trying to find the perfect, most fitting name for your bundle of joy.
With your 5th pregnancy you realize that no matter how perfect of a name you choose, people will make up dumb ass nicknames for the kid that will undoubtedly stick and the child will never be called by it's given name anyway.
9. With your first pregnancy you anxiously await baby's first kick. You wonder if every little gas bubble and muscle twinge is your baby twisting and moving inside you. You lovingly tell your partner that you think you feel the baby moving and he puts his hand on your belly to add to the joy of the moment.
With your 5th pregnancy, you feel the baby kick for the first time, tell your partner "hey, the kid just kicked me" and he responds "oh ok".
10. With your first pregnancy you thank God and can't believe that He has trusted you to be the mother of this amazing child.
With your 5th pregnancy you thank God and can't believe that He has given you 5 amazing children.
2 comments:
Love the humor and the grace.
blessings
I like #10. I am thankful you are so thankful to the Lord for your children, as they are gifts from Him. Some people (not to name names) DESPERATELY want their own children, let alone a wife or even a girlfriend .. and although it is hard at times to see people blessed in ways they/he longs to be, it is also a HUGE joy to see those people that live life to the fullest with what he yearns for.
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