pros and cons of pregnancy

Things I really miss:

• espresso. not for the caffeine, for the taste. decaf = bleh! working at a coffee shop while pregnant is such a good way to practice self control!

tell me you don't want to gulp sip this.

• bending over without either pain or acid reflux. also flexibility in general.

no one warned me that putting on shoes would be this difficult.

• being able to think straight. pregnancy brain is a real thing.

• subs. hoagies. call it what you want, i miss deli meat! but since i don't want to risk getting listeria poisoning, i'll wait until January to gobble one down. in the mean time, i need to find a sub shop that makes their own delicious bread and a killer italian sub so i'm ready when the time comes.

Mmmmm.

• being able to roll over at night without having to wake up and struggle for eight minutes. now i see why whales live in water where they can be weightless and graceful. :p

Steven misses it too.

• not worrying about whether or not my shirt is riding up on my belly.

I've mentioned a lot of things that aren't so great about pregnancy - mostly because they're humorous and people don't talk about the annoying parts of pregnancy very much. But just so you don't get the wrong idea... being pregnant is awesome. Here's why:

• You can rest as often as you want and no one can legitimately call you lazy because it's doctor recommended. This also applies to exercising - or just walking across the parking lot. Sometimes you just need to go a little slower and take a 5 second breathing break every 100 feet.

• You can eat what you want. kinda. and it tastes SO good.

• You don't have to hold it together anymore. cry if you feel like it. 

• Oh yeah... and you get a sweet little baby at the end!

Watch this clip to see just how much you can get away with while pregnant!