Pregnant in Cabo

January 25, 2013

When we booked our trip to Cabo many months ago I did not envision being pregnant while on vacation.  I had different expectations of how my trip would go.  I have a good friend who once said to me "After kids, vacations are different.  They are still fun, but just different.  You have to change your expectations of what a vacation is."  I remembered that wisdom from my friend after my pee stick was positive and Cabo was right around the corner.  I changed my expectations of my upcoming vacation by trading in my vodka tonics and wine for bottles of water and plenty of OJ.  My late nights and morning hangovers were now going to be traded for spa days and beach relaxing with a good book (aka What to Expect When You are Expecting).  Since I went into the vacation with different expectations I wasn't bummed at my low key vacation.  It turned out great because for once I truly got to relax and enjoy myself.

Deep Sea Fishing
Ok, nobody told me this is probably a huge no-no for a seven week pregnant girl, but this was pure hell.  Up until this day I did not have morning sickness, no vomiting and felt great (other than the swollen boobs and being exhausted 24/7).  After deep sea fishing I was sick the rest of the week.  I was constantly nauseous and everything smelled really bad.  I was dizzy quite a bit and I just never felt right.  It took a whole week to recover from that fishing trip.  I am finally back to how I felt pre-fishing trip.  Next time, maybe a warning that pregnant people should not go deep sea fishing...maybe I should have known that, but I didn't.

Partying
Ok, there was none of this going on with me in Cabo.  I was early to bed (10pm) every night and I had to get an afternoon nap in order to stay up until 10pm.  One night everybody went to Cabo Wabo and I was game for going, but right after I ate my dinner I was so nauseous that I couldn't go.  I told Andy to go with everyone and have fun while I went to bed.  He said he would not do that to me and came back to the hotel with me.  I felt so bad that he didn't go out one night while in Cabo, but he is such a great husband that he came back to the hotel with me while I laid down.

Reading
Since I have been missing the "mommy chip" my whole life I definitely needed to read up on what to do, so of course I bought the very popular book What to Expect... and my goal was to get it read by the end of the week.  I read through 50% of the book.  The book is big and I did a lot more people watching on the beach than actual reading.  I learned a lot about what has been going on with my body and how much weight I need to gain.  My favorite is that Andy is even reading the book.  It's so sweet that he wants to know what's going on too and not just leaving it up to me...wait, maybe he doesn't trust me..hhmmm!  The down side to him reading this book is that he constantly keeps quoting it by saying "Well, the book says...."; "I don't know if you should do that, the book says..."  That is very frustrating...but sweet!

My good friend was right.  Things do change after that stick reads positive, but they change in a good way and I have to change my expectations of how things will happen.  I did that with this trip and I had a nice relaxing time with family while getting some rest and reading up on pregnancy issues.  I feel this is our last vacation without baby/child!  It will be interesting to see what our next vacation will be like.