Friday, 07 January 2011
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Counting Down My Pregnancy
It’s true that like snowflakes, no two pregnancies are alike. And if you’ve done it once already, you’ll find yourself comparing not only other women's experiences to your first one, but all of your subsequent pregnancies as well.
For me, naming the biggest difference would be to state the obvious. I’m chasing a 2 year old around during this one. But that simple difference has had many, many implications.
Tonight, I was waiting on a pharmacy technician to determine whether or not it was safe for me to use over-the-counter nasal spray. Her first question should have been an expected one.
“How far along are you?”
Crap. “Three months?”
The fact that I phrased my response in the form of a question was a dead giveaway. (As was the toddler knocking Tums off the shelves). This was not my first rodeo.
If you had asked me that same question three years ago, my answer would have been something like, “12 weeks, 3 days, 8 hours, and 41 minutes.”
That is only a slight exaggeration. Just in case I might have forgotten exactly how far along I was during my first pregnancy, which was unlikely considering how obsessed I was with LMPs and EDDs, I set up a Google alert to email me the baby’s gestational age. Daily.
In case you’re wondering about the nasal spray, the technician looked at me with a critical glance towards my belly, pausing for a brief second before declaring, “No. No, it’s not safe.”
I knew what she was thinking. That baby needs all the help it can get without you spraying chemicals up your nose.
She may have a valid concern, but I am not tempted to go back to counting down my pregnancy to days and hours (these right here are the words I will be eating in six months, for future reference). My reasoning – for now – is that wishing away my pregnancy this time around would be the same as wanting Avery to wake up tomorrow having magically turned three.
I’m not ready to have a three year old. Avery will be thirty before I know it. And for that reason, I’ll hold on to these next few (six, is it?) months as long as I can.
How do you manage the pregnancy ‘countdown’?
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- From: BoogersAndSpice
- About Me: Proud mom to Avery (born June 2008), I work from home full-time. While balancing spreadsheets and potty training at the same time can be a challenge, I wouldn't have it any other way.
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I'm about 10 weeks (2.5 months) into my second pregnancy and I've noticed that I'm a lot different towards this pregnancy than I was with my first. I had my daughter at 17 so during that pregnancy, I wasn't able to enjoy being pregnant as much as I do now. I would try to conceal my pregnancy for as long as I could because I was afraid of what people would think of me and all on top of trying to finish high school and beat the odds that teen moms are able to graduate and proceed onto college, which are all of the things I've accomplished. My daughter is now 4.5 and will be 5 when the baby is due, I feel much more appreciated for being pregnant. I've been tracking how far along I am every day and the baby's progression. I've become such an obsessed preggo!
So true!
I just count the weeks... I cannot keep track of months... I will be 35 weeks tomorrow with baby #6 :)I can't keep track of how far along I am this time around either. I have it marked on my calendar - every week. So that I can look it up occasionally to figure it out. I've also certainly not been counting DOWN. I didn't last time either. I refuse to count down to something with an uncertain date. So i count up only. If I do "count down" I say, "3 months" for a month. Much easier than saying, "well, probably somewhere between 10 and 14 weeks depending on when this little guy decides to come out. In fact it could be any time for all I know. Maybe only 6 weeks but I hope not because I won't be ready for it at that point since we haven't started doing anything for this baby yet even though I had everything done for the first baby by this far along." LOL.
I'll be 17 weeks tomorrow. I have 4 year old twins. I'm just ready for it to be over with. I'm not looking forward to the last trimester and month and half recovery after my c-section. I'm just ready for this little one to be here and part of our daily life.
This is only slightly related, but I know someone who believes its okay to smoke during pregnancy and will proceed to do so if pregnancy arises. To that I must say...if its not safe to "spray chemicals up your nose" how on earth is it safe to smoke????
this is ture i am a mother or three a 6 1/2 year old girl who was an easy pregnancy, then I have two boys who are 4 1/2 years old and 2 1/2 months old and their pregancy we very different my older boy was a 33 1/2 hours of labor and the youngest was 6 hours and i can tell you from experience with this raising each one is a different task every day, but i love every min of it.
I could have written this post. I always knew exactly how many weeks and days along I was with my first, and I always knew exactly how many days were left before my due date. This time around, I just tell people I'm due in April, because I have no idea how far I am. I get a weekly email from Babycenter, but I often don't even bother to read it. If it weren't for that subject line in my inbox, I wouldn't know how far along I am this time. I think I'm 26 weeks? I should probably go check. When does the third trimester start again? Meh.
@mevlink@xanga - lol, it is horrible that I get that email from baby center and rarely look at it - this is my first pregnancy. I looked at it for the first few weeks, but quickly became more interested in information about how to actually care for a newborn.
I am 3-ish months, but I am not sure which side of that I am on. I think my boyfriend knows the weeks? I hope the doctor doesn't ask me, LOL
I haven't ever been pregnant yet, but I'm pretty sure for my first one I will be doing the whole count down thing simply because I do it with everything else as well. Birthdays, anniversaries, etc.