Being well into my third trimester now, I don't think much about being pregnant anymore. Yes, I'm still growing a person alright, and that's a miracle and everything, but I'm pretty much a pro at this point. Yaaawn. Yes, these days I expertly maneuver my giant belly around and pat the squirmy little critter when she starts a new game of "Hey mom, wanna see me poke your liver?". No, I don't think much about pregnancy these days. I finished the books, I passed the class, and I'm not too worried about the remainder of Nubby's days on the Inside. But, you're probably wondering, whatever will you worry about now? Oh please, I shall reply, there's always something for me to worry about and now it's all about when Nubby weasels her way to the Outside.
A baby on the inside is no problem. It's a cinch, even! But a baby on the outside? What in the heck am I supposed to do with one of those?? When you're pregnant and something is not right, the instructions are very clear: lie down, drink some fluids. When you're unpregnanted and something is not right, the water is much murkier: change diaper, fill with fluids, burp, swaddle, unswaddle, lullaby, do a dance...sacrifice a chicken?
Unfortunately the baby books aren't helping too much in this regard. I've been reading a book called On Becoming Babywise that someone recommended to us. But it just makes keeping your baby happy seem so complicated and it stressed me out a little and I had to put it aside for a while. I went back to reading Childproofing Your Dog and that's a lot easier to comprehend at this point. The dog is a known entity, even if I have my doubts about her childproof-ability.
Of course, according to an article I read this week (can't remember where) there's a lot of things that you will miss about pregnancy once you deliver your baby. So there's something else to worry about. They were things like being waited on and being able to take naps whenever you wanted. Who wouldn't miss that stuff? Some of them I was a little skeptical about though, like missing people smiling at you when you are out. This is totally true by the way: every time I go to the grocery store now, everyone just grins at me and it freaks me out a little. I don't think I'm going to miss drawing so much attention to myself. There were some things the article didn't mention that I know I'll miss though, like being able to wear elastic-waisted pants all the time!
Oh yeah, I finally heard back about my glucose test and it was fine. To celebrate I had a giant piece of cake!
And in other news, the nursery is now a lovely shade of green and ready for some furniture now. The coming of the Nubby is getting closer and getting harder to believe all the time.
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Baby on the outside will only be hard at first...but once you've been doing it a couple of weeks you'll know exactly what her different cries mean and you'll know how to keep her happy. Of course all of this is what I hear, you know I have no experience myself...but Lindsey assures me of these things and she's got two boys under the age of 3 at home. It'll be like driving a stick shift. At first you have to think exactly what the car needs for you to do in different situations and its stressful and it makes u cry when it stalls out and you dread stop and go traffic and hills...but then after you get used to it you can skip gears and downshift in your sleep :)
That wasn't over-simplification or anything was it?
And don't worry about Daisy, dogs always know when its time to chill out around babies I feel. My boss last year had this crazy crazy hyper lab/golden retriever mix (you remember squirrel from my graduation cookout right?) Well right when the baby came even she knew to cool it and was very gentle around the baby. And Daisy is no where near as hyper as Squirrel.
And don't worry, I'll still smile at you in the grocery store and make u feel awkward, that is unless the nubby is around. If she is around I will most likely completely ignore your very existence :)
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