I was leaving NikkiZ’s daycare earlier and I heard the director, who is VERY pregnant, talking about her leg cramps from the night before. I froze in my footsteps and gawked at her saying, “Oh you poor thing, I remember those.”
But up until that moment? That was one of those many NikkiZ-pregnancy horrors I’ve blocked from my memory. That and the mysteriously itchy arms, the gas, the bloat, the uncontrollable ass-sweat (now it’s at least a rare occurrence) and worst of all? The shortness of breath. My god - I couldn’t breathe for the entire last trimester, how did I forget about that?
I think I have forced myself to forget those things so that I can get in the right mindset to start TTCing again. We’re not actually NOT trying right now, as in - we’re not using protection. But, I mean, really? Is that necessary? Of course, we’re also not actively “trying” right now either because I would like to maybe enjoy some alcohol on vacation and at Blogher. Especially considering it’s been since LAST FEBRUARY since I’ve had a real drink of any kind. That way, when we jump on the damn “Let’s Make a Baby” roller-coaster of emotions, I’ll have the recent memories of a few good drunken nights to fall back on when things get sad.
After fertility problems with my first, we did the not NOT trying thing too and voila, three babies and only one of them was the true drunken-abondon, swinging from the chandeliers variety conception, the others were “eventually, if there is no condom, things figure themselves out”.
But that leg cramp thing, I forgot about that too. Hurts like a sonuvabitch.
Oh I’m so looking forward to all of this. Crazy as that makes me sound. I went all old school on my fiance and cut him off from sex about 3 months ago and told him he has to wait until our wedding night on August 5th, but from that night on we are full fledged trying to get knocked up. And since I already have plenty of boob sweat… I’m partially prepared!
Please tell your daycare provider to put a bar of (unused!) Dove soap between her mattress and top sheet. I swear, this will eliminate the leg cramps!! Even if you’re not pregnant, people! Try it.
oh yeah the leg cramp. i remember those from time to time. worst than the puking, worst than anything during pregancy.
I think Nature makes us forget most of the unpleasant parts of pregnancy, as otherwise nobody would ever have more than one child.
Watch that NOT not trying! That’s what we were doing when #3 came along! And to think how much I had been looking forward to sitting out on the back patio this summer after the kids had gone to bed, sipping beers with the hubby. Oh well, there’s next year, I guess…
NOT trying is how I ended up with my now 35 week old fetus, and why we had to come back from Amsterdam :o) We had lots o fertility issues, so we stopped “trying” and started “not trying”. We’re guessing she was conceived after a night of a few (5) magaritas and possibly a car-bomb (shot of baily’s and whiskey dropped in a half glass of guiness) (or three) on my part and a few (like 6) G&T’s on his part.
i wouldn’t trade that night for anything, but watch that “not trying”…
And also - I’m HATING the ass-sweat, the shortness of breath, Boob-sweat, crotch-sweat, and fat, swollen swollenness everywhere.