Well, apparently it's been over 4 years since I've blogged. How times change. But recently I've been thinking I should start up again. I have no clue if anyone is actually reading this... maybe Mark has this blog on his RSS feed. Guess I'll find out. :) But I'm actually okay if no one is reading this right now... it's just my random thoughts.
In the past 4 years since I blogged I got married, bought a bigger house, and had a kid. I suppose I'm living the American dream, huh? I have to say it doesn't always feel that way (especially when I'm home sick today) but overall, it's a very good life.
So now I'm a mom with this great thought to tell the world everything they don't tell you in the books about pregnancy, labor & delivery, and life with kids. Of course, in all of the sleep-deprivation I've forgotten half of what I wanted to say. But what can you do? But I'll start today with the first thing that no one tells you in the books about labor and delivery (and this is likely going to gross out some of you so read at your own risk... if you know me, you know that I always speak the truth even if you don't want to hear it). So did you know that you're just as likely to puke during labor/delivery as you are for things to come out the other end? Biologically, it makes sense... your body is trying to clear everything out so that you can focus on pushing that kid out. But nowhere in any book or online (that I've found... not that I've done an exhaustive search) do they tell you that it's highly likely you will puke while having contractions. Obviously it's totally normal because they have the kidney bean "cups" to catch your vomit sitting right next to the bed in the delivery room... of course, if you have eaten anything in the last few hours, that is nowhere near big enough to catch everything. But yeah. Needless to say, when it happened to me it did cause a bit of panic since I wasn't expecting it. Maybe they think that if they tell women it could happen, they would be even less inclined to go through labor and delivery?? But I'm somebody who just wants to know what I'm in for so that I can plan accordingly. So the fact that I had NO CLUE it was going to happen (and happen multiple times throughout the night) was freaky. It was only after the fact when I talked to some good girl friends of mine who actually tell me the truth that I realized it was completely normal. But I felt that I should just let the rest of the world know... it happens. If you've eaten relatively recently that food is coming out one end or the other. Just know that it happens, nothing is wrong... and everything will be fine in the end. But I did think to myself at the time... seriously?? Because contractions aren't bad enough? You have to add puking to labor/delivery?!?! I mean, seriously, you're sitting there with your body visible to anyone walking in, you've lost all sense of modesty, and now you're puking on top of that. I was actually in the process of pushing the last time I puked so they had to get me out of the stirrups to sit me back up so I wouldn't choke. Certainly one of the more glorious moments of my life. And I sat there thinking... why in the world do some people want their entire families in the room with them to see that? Yikes! Anyway... that's all for today. I'm going to try to keep these short and sweet (which is hard for me to do!).
Topics to come (that I've thought of while writing this):
Why you need girl friends who've been through it and tell you the truth!
I love my child so much more when I have time away from her
You're not a bad mom if you think this...
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