2. my water broke in a bar. things progressed rather quickly. and by quickly, i mean that when i called the nurse to tell her i was in labor, she began secretly timing my contractions. after two contractions within two minutes, she seemed alarmed and asked me if i could feel the baby's head. never ask a woman in labor if she can feel her baby's head. just a thought.
3. a few things i miss about being pregnant? big boobs and maternity jeans. the shiny hair and skin. oh. and people being so nice for no reason. a few things i don't miss about being pregnant? everything else. (i had a pretty rough go of it.)
4. i knew we were having a girl about seven weeks in. i had never been more sure of anything in my entire life. one morning before we had our sonogram, i woke up and shot out of bed, declaring to joe that her name was going to be marlo mclean. i told him that she would have green eyes and auburn hair and be an absolute spit-fire. he laughed me off and thought that i was being incredibly weird and hormonal and that i was projecting what i wanted in a child onto the idea of what our child could be based purely on genetics. i told him that he was being an asshole. well, i think it's safe to say that i was right on all counts.
5. would i do it again? abso-fuckin'-lutely.
2 comments:
Can't stop laughing at #2!
I love this post. it reminds me of my own pregnancy. I loved it so much. I took such great care of myself, had a real easy time really, and I, too, had the belly laughs. Happy almost-birthday to sweet Marlo!
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