Pregnancy

So here I am in the home stretch. Only a few more weeks until the arrival of baby boy and I have compiled a list of some of my favorite things, to help me remember what this process is like before putting myself through this again.

Dear Brittany please remember:
- the solid three months of nausea and vomiting
- the excruciating pain in your chest every morning as those things grow as big as cantaloupes
- the veins...eww
- the round ligament pains
- feeling like your baby is going to drop out every time you stand or walk for extended periods of time
- feeling like you can't breathe no matter what position you are in
- fighting your baby for space for your ribs, liver, and lungs
- finding cellulite in places that terrify you
- watching your body swell up like a balloon
- gaining weight uncontrollably no matter how much you exercise or healthy you eat
- the contractions that are constantly present from 34 weeks on
- worrying about if the baby will make it to full term
- the inability to workout at the end for fear that your baby will come too early
- the back pain, oh please remember the back pain
- the chocolate, buffalo wing, and hot sauce cravings
- waking up at two, then four, then six in the morning for no apparent reason at all
- going to the bathroom and then three seconds later feeling an uncontrollable urge to pee again
- The clothes, wanting to wear sweat pants and Leon's old T-shirts everyday (not good Brit, not good)
- Feeling so tired you could die after simply just folding laundry
- The naps (you waste so much time taking naps everyday)
- charley horses in your calves every morning if you try to stretch your legs a certain way
- That little girl who thinks your bump is just natures way of giving her a seat to ride on while you carry her everywhere
- not being able to paint your toes or shave your legs because bending over is nearly impossible (Leon is horrible at painting toes don't ever ask him again)
- the constant abuse your uterus gets as your maniac child tries to fight his way out

But please also remember:

- the little piece of heaven that is the end product of this whole process
...worth it