I always heard about pregnancy brain, but never believed it. Now that I am pregnant I understand what it is, as I have had it for quite a while. I forget EVERYTHING and say random stuff ALL THE TIME. I used to get really frustrated with this, especially when it happened at work, but then I just started to accept that this is how it's going to be. At work I tend to apologize for not remembering the exact conversation from two months ago, or even two days ago. I found that everyone seemed to be pretty understanding with me. At home, Andy just laughs at me because he doesn't understand. That's ok because before I was pregnant I didn't understand either.
Well, this past weekend took the cake when it came to pregnancy brain. I was out shoe shopping and paying for my purchase at the register when the 20 year old cashier girl complimented me on my fedora hat I was wearing and asked me where I got it. My response: "Fascinations." For non-Arizona readers that is a porn shop here in Arizona. The girl looked at me funny and it took me a couple seconds before I realized what blurted out of my mouth. Where did that come from? Why would I say Fascinations? A porn shop...really? I had no idea where this came from. Once I realized what I said I immediately apologized and explained that I have no idea where that came from and I obviously did not buy the fedora hat at a porn shop. The 20 year old cashier laughed and said "I thought that was an odd response and assumed you can't buy such a cute hat at a store like that." I then blamed it on pregnancy brain, but because she is so young she probably didn't understand where I was coming from. Then I couldn't think of the name of the actual store I purchased it at. I shop at this store all the time when I am not pregnant. I started to describe the store and tell her it's located in Kierland shopping center. I think the young girl got a good laugh out of me on that day. It would have to be my most embarrassing pregnancy brain story to date. If I have more embarrassing pregnant brain stories I promise to share.
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Weird Things People Say
One thing I have noticed while being pregnant is that people not only start conversations with "How are you feeling," but they also say the weirdest things to you. This goes for family, friends, acquaintances and strangers. It's by far the worst coming from strangers. With family, friends and even acquaintances you just accept it as "it's ok because that is just so-and-so." It's a little harder to do that with complete strangers.
The other day I was working a seminar my firm was sponsoring and I received two really odd comments from strangers that I would like to share for entertainment purposes.
Odd Comment #1
The stranger approached the registration desk and he (yes, it was a male) immediately noticed that I am pregnant (how could you not notice?) and started asking the usual questions. After my usual answers (by now I am starting to feel like a broken record) he followed with "Good Job." Uh, ok! Good job on what? Having sex? Being fertile? Populating the earth? I was really confused on what this stranger was saying good job for, so I just awkwardly smiled and said "Thank you." I didn't know what else to do with that comment. I was just glad he walked away after that instead of continuing with more odd comments.
Odd Comment #2
Halfway through the day another stranger approached and started the usual conversation with me asking all the typical pregnancy questions. How are you feeling? When are you due? Is it a boy or girl? Those questions are completely normal as everyone across the board asks me those same questions every day, all day. Then she said "It's going to hurt, you know" and she said it with crazy eyes and a creepy stare. I really didn't know how to respond to this so I just awkardly smiled and laughed it off. I felt like the awkward smiled worked earlier in the day and got stranger number one to walk away, so let's try it with stranger number two. Yup, that ended that conversation...thank god. What I really wanted to say is "No shit! Don't you think that as a first timer I am already terrified of the pain and have no idea what I am in for, but I am expecting it to hurt and I do not need confirmation from a complete stranger with crazy eyes to tell me it's going to hurt." Instead, I took the high road and gave her the awkard smile and light giggle in hopes of her just walking away...and she did.
People, just think about what you are saying to a complete stranger so you don't come across as a total nut-bag like the two people mentioned above.
The other day I was working a seminar my firm was sponsoring and I received two really odd comments from strangers that I would like to share for entertainment purposes.
Odd Comment #1
The stranger approached the registration desk and he (yes, it was a male) immediately noticed that I am pregnant (how could you not notice?) and started asking the usual questions. After my usual answers (by now I am starting to feel like a broken record) he followed with "Good Job." Uh, ok! Good job on what? Having sex? Being fertile? Populating the earth? I was really confused on what this stranger was saying good job for, so I just awkwardly smiled and said "Thank you." I didn't know what else to do with that comment. I was just glad he walked away after that instead of continuing with more odd comments.
Odd Comment #2
Halfway through the day another stranger approached and started the usual conversation with me asking all the typical pregnancy questions. How are you feeling? When are you due? Is it a boy or girl? Those questions are completely normal as everyone across the board asks me those same questions every day, all day. Then she said "It's going to hurt, you know" and she said it with crazy eyes and a creepy stare. I really didn't know how to respond to this so I just awkardly smiled and laughed it off. I felt like the awkward smiled worked earlier in the day and got stranger number one to walk away, so let's try it with stranger number two. Yup, that ended that conversation...thank god. What I really wanted to say is "No shit! Don't you think that as a first timer I am already terrified of the pain and have no idea what I am in for, but I am expecting it to hurt and I do not need confirmation from a complete stranger with crazy eyes to tell me it's going to hurt." Instead, I took the high road and gave her the awkard smile and light giggle in hopes of her just walking away...and she did.
People, just think about what you are saying to a complete stranger so you don't come across as a total nut-bag like the two people mentioned above.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
You Can't Choose Your Family, So Choose Your Friends Wisely
Many years ago a good friend once said to me "You can't choose your family, so make sure you choose your friends wisely." My friend gave me this advice because she felt like my friends at that time were no good. I did agree with her, took her advice and still live by it today, eleven years later . I have definitely spent the past decade surrounding myself around great friends that I truly appreciate. Friends all over the US, especially here in Arizona, Oregon and of course, back in the Midwest. I do not keep around the crazy friends as I just don't have time for people like that in my life.
With that said, I spent all day Saturday with a great group of my girlfriends celebrating AJ's upcoming wedding. I am proud that I got to host a special day just for AJ to celebrate her and her upcoming nuptials. We first started with breakfast at the Montelucia resort then followed it with a spa day where we all got treatments and then hung out by the pool and had girl time.
Here is to great girlfriends and AJ's upcoming wedding!
With that said, I spent all day Saturday with a great group of my girlfriends celebrating AJ's upcoming wedding. I am proud that I got to host a special day just for AJ to celebrate her and her upcoming nuptials. We first started with breakfast at the Montelucia resort then followed it with a spa day where we all got treatments and then hung out by the pool and had girl time.
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| The ladies after breakfast and ready to get to the spa for some relaxation. |
Here is to great girlfriends and AJ's upcoming wedding!
Sunday, May 19, 2013
25 Weeks
Well the once overly large maternity tank top that I purchased way back in January is now pretty snug at 25 weeks pregnant.
Sunday, May 12, 2013
24 Weeks
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| Looking BIG! |
Besides it being my 24 week mark, it's also Mothers Day! I hope all you mothers out there had a fabulous day. I know I had a nice day as I woke up to a nice surprise this morning.
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| My bouquet of flowers waiting for me on the kitchen table. |
I was totally surprised that Andy picked up a bouquet of flowers and made my favorite breakfast, his homemade pancakes with chocolate chips in them. He makes awesome pancakes! I am not talking out-of-the-box or made from Bisquick pancakes, but pancakes from scratch. He said "Happy Half Mothers Day!" How sweet! We never even discussed a mothers day for me, so he did this all on his own. I was very touched and quite surprised. I did ask him if this meant he would clean the house for me since it is a holiday for me and he said "Well, no, since it's a half mothers day." That's ok, I will take it! This time next year I will be a mother to a wonderful little boy and I am looking forward to celebrating my full mothers day.
Friday, May 10, 2013
My Feet are MIA
It's official! My feet are missing. In order to see my feet I have to bend forward a bit. When I look straight down this is what I see.
Yes, that would be my belly sticking straight out and my feet are nowhere to be found. I realized this when I was taking a shower and how it has slowly become harder to do things that I usually do...aka shaving! This simple task of shaving my legs (and other regions) has turned into a difficult chore as I bend and maneuver to get all areas. While I was doing this I noticed my feet were becoming harder to see (as well as my bikini zone). That's when I decided to look straight down and realized I have entered that part of the pregnancy. The part where my feet become MIA...unless I decide to bend forward. It's not like I can skip this part of my shower routine because I do live in a state where it's important to be in a skirt, dress or shorts this time of year (or any time of the year). It's not like I live in WI and can hibernate my legs. These puppies are out and need to be shaven. My showers have officially become longer now due to this ordeal.
Yes, that would be my belly sticking straight out and my feet are nowhere to be found. I realized this when I was taking a shower and how it has slowly become harder to do things that I usually do...aka shaving! This simple task of shaving my legs (and other regions) has turned into a difficult chore as I bend and maneuver to get all areas. While I was doing this I noticed my feet were becoming harder to see (as well as my bikini zone). That's when I decided to look straight down and realized I have entered that part of the pregnancy. The part where my feet become MIA...unless I decide to bend forward. It's not like I can skip this part of my shower routine because I do live in a state where it's important to be in a skirt, dress or shorts this time of year (or any time of the year). It's not like I live in WI and can hibernate my legs. These puppies are out and need to be shaven. My showers have officially become longer now due to this ordeal.
Monday, May 6, 2013
A Light and Fabulous Dinner
Last night I made a new recipe that turned out awesome so I have to share it. I am surprised Andy let me make it since it's healthy and involves Quinoa. He said he would give it a try and he actually likes it and said I could make it again. This dinner had many components to it so if you have a little extra time on your hands to make a light and healthy dinner I would recommend this one. It's a Food Network recipe that I found on Pinterest. Here is the link. I served the grilled salmon and Quinoa grapefruit salad with a side of green beans to get some veggies on my plate for Fred.
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| Grilled Salmon with Quinoa Grapefruit Salad. |
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
How Are You Feeling?
I have learned this is the first thing you say to a pregnant lady: "How are you feeling?" Rather it's a friend, coworker, family or a complete stranger, I get this daily and it is always the first thing anyone says to me. I have learned that this question must be the unwritten "etiquette" of how to start a conversation with a pregnant lady. I never knew this before, but now I know and will use this going forward. I get the question so often that I just always respond with "Overall I feel really good." Then the conversation leads into more details about the pregnancy. I have found that everybody LOVES to talk to a pregnant woman.
With that said I will share how I am truly feeling at 22 weeks pregnant.
Pretty Good
Overall, pretty good. When I look at the big picture I can't complain and therefore I always say pretty good.
Tired
I am not exhausted like the first trimester, but I tend to lose some steam as the day progresses and I am not able to do too much activity in one day without a nap taking place. Everyone says that I am supposed to have all this energy in the second trimester, but compared to what? The first trimester...yes, I do, but compared to pre-pregnancy I do not. I did find out recently by my doctor that I have been taking all my vitamins at the same time and that is a no-no as my calcium pills are deleting the iron from my prenatal. Ahhh....that might help explain the tired eyes I have ALL. THE. TIME. I switched it up and it's been about a week now and I am feeling better and not AS tired anymore.
Constipation & Gas
Ok, so I only asked for two things at the very beginning of pregnancy (1) no morning sickness and (2) no constipation. Well, this lovely pregnancy symptom kicked in around the 20 week mark...AWESOME! What can I say, you can't win them all. Of course you can't be pregnant without having gas right? It's another lovely benefit of pregnancy. I am happy that I only have that at night when I am home with Andy and the animals....which I can blame on them most of the time. HA HA!
Uncomfortable
I started to feel uncomfortable around the 20 week mark. My back hurts on a regular basis, sitting and standing are no fun, and I am just all over uncomfortable for the majority of the day. I went to a work function the other night and my back hurt so bad from sitting in the crappy hotel chair throughout the presentation that on the way home I turned on my heated seat while I had the A/C blasting on me to help relieve the pain in my back. It helped quite a bit that it's not uncommon for me right now to have my heated seat on while blasting the A/C because it's already 100 degrees outside. I never thought I would need that feature in my new car since I live on the surface of the sun, but thank you Honda for heated seats in my new car!
BIG
I also started to feel big around the 20 week mark. I understand that I am nowhere near how big I am going to be towards the end, but compared to where I was at the beginning I am feeling BIG. I try not to let this bother me, but some days it just does and I can't help it. I am up 8 pounds from where I started and I definitely don't fit into much (if any) of my pre-pregnant clothes. I wear bella bands for my work pants (which work awesome by the way) and I have purchased some new loose flowing tops for work as well as plenty of dresses. One thing that has made me feel better is to shop. Ok, the first time I went shopping it was definitely an emotional disaster, but since then I have come around and learned what looks good on me and found that jersey material is my best friend right now. I have fun getting creative in the store to find what will work with my fabulous new body and adding accessories to make it look better and not so frumpy.
Emotionally
So this one is a dousie! I am all over the place with my emotions. I have days where I am really down and question becoming a parent and then I have other times where I am so excited for our little boy to come into the world and just can't wait for September. These emotions are so all over the place that it can happen multiple times in a day. It makes me feel crazy and like I will be a bad parent...Andrea Yates style! In reading my books I have learned that these emotions are completely natural for any pregnant woman...whew...I am not a bad/crazy person...I am normal (sort of)!
That sums up how I am feeling at 22 weeks along! Now you know why I answer that question with "overall, pretty good." Can you imagine me saying that 10 times in one day...every day? Me neither. I will just keep it at "overall, pretty good."
With that said I will share how I am truly feeling at 22 weeks pregnant.
Pretty Good
Overall, pretty good. When I look at the big picture I can't complain and therefore I always say pretty good.
Tired
I am not exhausted like the first trimester, but I tend to lose some steam as the day progresses and I am not able to do too much activity in one day without a nap taking place. Everyone says that I am supposed to have all this energy in the second trimester, but compared to what? The first trimester...yes, I do, but compared to pre-pregnancy I do not. I did find out recently by my doctor that I have been taking all my vitamins at the same time and that is a no-no as my calcium pills are deleting the iron from my prenatal. Ahhh....that might help explain the tired eyes I have ALL. THE. TIME. I switched it up and it's been about a week now and I am feeling better and not AS tired anymore.
Constipation & Gas
Ok, so I only asked for two things at the very beginning of pregnancy (1) no morning sickness and (2) no constipation. Well, this lovely pregnancy symptom kicked in around the 20 week mark...AWESOME! What can I say, you can't win them all. Of course you can't be pregnant without having gas right? It's another lovely benefit of pregnancy. I am happy that I only have that at night when I am home with Andy and the animals....which I can blame on them most of the time. HA HA!
Uncomfortable
I started to feel uncomfortable around the 20 week mark. My back hurts on a regular basis, sitting and standing are no fun, and I am just all over uncomfortable for the majority of the day. I went to a work function the other night and my back hurt so bad from sitting in the crappy hotel chair throughout the presentation that on the way home I turned on my heated seat while I had the A/C blasting on me to help relieve the pain in my back. It helped quite a bit that it's not uncommon for me right now to have my heated seat on while blasting the A/C because it's already 100 degrees outside. I never thought I would need that feature in my new car since I live on the surface of the sun, but thank you Honda for heated seats in my new car!
BIG
I also started to feel big around the 20 week mark. I understand that I am nowhere near how big I am going to be towards the end, but compared to where I was at the beginning I am feeling BIG. I try not to let this bother me, but some days it just does and I can't help it. I am up 8 pounds from where I started and I definitely don't fit into much (if any) of my pre-pregnant clothes. I wear bella bands for my work pants (which work awesome by the way) and I have purchased some new loose flowing tops for work as well as plenty of dresses. One thing that has made me feel better is to shop. Ok, the first time I went shopping it was definitely an emotional disaster, but since then I have come around and learned what looks good on me and found that jersey material is my best friend right now. I have fun getting creative in the store to find what will work with my fabulous new body and adding accessories to make it look better and not so frumpy.
Emotionally
So this one is a dousie! I am all over the place with my emotions. I have days where I am really down and question becoming a parent and then I have other times where I am so excited for our little boy to come into the world and just can't wait for September. These emotions are so all over the place that it can happen multiple times in a day. It makes me feel crazy and like I will be a bad parent...Andrea Yates style! In reading my books I have learned that these emotions are completely natural for any pregnant woman...whew...I am not a bad/crazy person...I am normal (sort of)!
That sums up how I am feeling at 22 weeks along! Now you know why I answer that question with "overall, pretty good." Can you imagine me saying that 10 times in one day...every day? Me neither. I will just keep it at "overall, pretty good."
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