Pregnancy sucked. I’m just going to go ahead and lay out it there for ya. I hated being pregnant. Don’t get me wrong, I had some very beautiful moments during the 39 weeks, like hearing the heart beat for the first time, feeling the first kick, seeing him on the ultrasound, finding out he was definitely a “he”, feeling his tiny hiccups, but beyond those (and a few more) precious moments I couldn’t wait to get him out of me.
I used to say all the time, “I can’t wait to not be pregnant anymore.” And usually people would respond, “Honey, he’s a lot easier to take care of in there than he is out.” ha-ha very funny (sarcasm.) You don’t think I didn’t know that?! But I was vomiting for 35 straight weeks, 3 or 4 times a week, sometimes a day. I was also in grad school (made a 4.0 holla!) and was working a graduate assistantship position (20 hrs a week.) Heck, the 43 1/2 hours of almost ALL epidural free labor was worth just not being pregnant anymore. I’d take sleep deprivation from having an infant over pregnancy any day.
Anywho…all of that is a separate post for a different time. I want tell you a story that I tell people all the time. It was the moment that I realized that my “star had fallen.”
My mother and I were on a trip to NC to go visit family. Her phone rings, it was my little brother who at the time was 15, I answer it. It was just him checking in like the good kid that he is & in the background I hear all his friends. They’re talking and acting like silly kids & I hear one ask my brother, “Who are you talking to?” He responds with a simple, “My sister.” And that’s when I hear the shouting in the background. “You’re hot!” “We hear you’re HOOOOT!” “We want to your number!”
I’m not going to lie, it made me feel good. And as fast my little brother could spit it out, he says, “NO! NO! NO! You have the wrong sister. This is one is married & pregnant.” ::cricket cricket:: And then it got real quiet on the other end. I felt like the wind had been knocked out of me. They thought he was talking to our other sister, you know the cute, lil, blonde with a slammin’ bod that still holds the mysterious appeal that single women have.
My brother to this day SWEARS he didn’t mean it the way that it came out. All I could hear was fat, pregnant, boring, old, ugly, unappealing. Obviously, he didn’t mean any of those things. It was just me being a hormonal wreck trying to adjust to my new situation in life.
But, have no fear, my self-esteem has come back ten fold (make that 100.) Now, I’m a MILF….
**Todd says this story is sad. I honestly didn’t mean for it be. It just is what it is, slightly funny, slightly sad (at least it felt that way at the time, it doesn’t now.) But it is definitely honest.**
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| This was about 2 weeks before the NC trip–I was 10 weeks preggo. I had only known I was pregnant for 4 weeks. |
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| My cousin & me on the same night as the pic above. |
I don't think it's sad, I think it's funny. AND furthermore, you are HOT! Pregnant, not pregnant, married or not. So, no sadsies about that.
I'm UBER impressed, maybe a little even in AWE that you were that sick, in grad school, working AND got a 4.0. You are AWESOME!
I'm not even sick when I'm pregnant and I don't accomplish anything like that.
Hahaha yeah I think it's funny too, Kate! 😀 That must be rough tho' being sick that far along your pregnancy. You are one beautiful, mama! 😀
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I didn't like being pregnant either and those people who tell you easier in than out are liars. 🙂
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Haha, that's funny! 😉 But, I think you look lovely in those pictures!!! Stopping in from Sits. 🙂
Maybe your sister is hot, but you are hot too!!!
Beautiful shots as always! Rayne is SUCH a cutie, Carol looks aziamng, and I like Bruce’s mustache. The family one on the bridge with Roxy in the hat is the best!
Oh, I feel your pain! I enjoyed/felt fat all pregnancy…and then there was the fear of if I would lose the weight AFTER, which never happened fast enough. 🙂
Love the babies that come after the pain though, don't you?
I don't know how hot your sister is, but I've always thought you were GORGEOUS! Can I call you hot, too? Would that be inappropriate blogging behavior?
Ack! I would've felt the same way! Glad you've embraced your MILFness!
I completely understand! I didn't hate being pregnant, but my first trimester wasn't exactly a joy due to morning sickness. And it was summer time during my third trimester which made for one very hot and miserable Holly.
I went through 10+ years of infertility before having my miracle child so I relished every moment of pregnancy! It probably helps that I was NOT sick! (Though I was bed-confined with scary high blood pressure at the end.)
I suspect that your brother's comment was heavier on the *married* than it was the *pregnant* but I can totally understand hearing the opposite! I would have burst into tears right there on the streets of NYC! But it is funny in retrospect!
I am with you…didn't really love the pregnancy gig. Love the end result however!
Honestly, I think it's pretty funny 🙂 So something that would happen over here…
You are a MILF! 🙂 Own it, my friend!!
i wasnt a huge fan of being pregnant but now i miss it like crazy. this is a pretty funny story! i love your wedding pics. beautiful. thanks for coming by my blog to celebrate my sits day!
LOL, that was a little bit funny and sad at the same time. I loved and hated pregnancy there were so many cool things about it and so many things I hated at the same time. BTW you are a MILF LOL
I am so sorry that you had such a rough pregnancy, but I ADMIRE you for the work load you took upon you through those tough weeks. OMG, I thought the 6 weeks of nausea were bad, but you exceed that!!!
Your story made me giggle, but seriously, who are you kiddin' here? You're gorgeous!!! Don't let your lil brother's friends make you believe otherwise. They're still kids. What do they know?
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