Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 22:14:15 +0000
From: XXXX@hotmail.co.uk
Subject: Re: Felicidades
Hi Suse
Thanks for that, is it okay being pregnant again? I remember Sarah saying that the first time was a wonder of the world but the second one she was just a bit fed up with it by the third trimester…
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 22:25:07 +0000
From: susie@XXXXX.co.uk
Subject: Re: Re: Felicidades
I didn’t enjoy it first time round and I’m not enjoying it this time round. The whole thing about you ‘blooming’ while pregnant is such a load of wanking crap.
First trimester: feel like you’re dying, feel sick 24/7 (yet strangely starving), utterly exhausted and worst of all you can’t tell anyone.
Second trimester: look fat, feel fat, bad skin, have to contend with the fact that people know you’re pregnant (cue unwanted advice; unwarranted belly-stroking) and also the ongoing, never-ending worry: will the baby be OK? But at least you don’t feel like you’re dying and, after the 20 week scan, you start to accept that yes, maybe things will work out.
Third trimester: can’t sleep, can’t breathe (lungs squashed by baby), need to wee all the time (bladder squashed by baby), weird dreams, worry about childbirth, can’t eat (stomach squashed by baby), can’t walk (baby’s head wedged between legs), can’t stand up for long (baby pressing down on pelvic floor), backache, acid indigestion, and generally going a bit mental. Last night I got woken up at 2am because I couldn’t breathe: it turns out I am anaemic and the buggers who were supposed to test my iron levels at 28 weeks plain forgot, leaving me to feel like the life was slowly being drained out of me for no reason other than a) I am old and b) I am pregnant.
All that, and half of the Mancunian medical profession thinks it’s perfectly OK to have a rummage about amongst your lady parts, usually without a formal introduction.
And then you have to give birth.
I’m sure some mothers do ‘bloom’ during pregnancy, just as I’m sure some of their newborns sleep through the night. If I ever meet one of those women I’ll probably hit them.
Bet you’re glad you asked now. 🙂
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2011 22:46:47 +0000
From: XXXX@hotmail.co.uk
Subject: Re: Re: Re: Felicidades
Well that does expand on “a bit fed up”. Whilst my sympathy is with you my thoughts are with Simon, the poor bugger must have suffered 😀
Thanks for giving me a laugh as I head out for a drink, if only I could print that out to take to the bar.. x
Hee hee, love it 🙂
This has perfectly described what I’ve been experiencing!
Oh you poor thing – well, hopefully the end is in sight for you? Our little Isobel finally arrived 8 days late…