Need I say more????
Some awful person took these photos (without my permission) and e-mailed them to me. I'm just wondering where my boobs are? I thought I still had a trace of them but according to this photo they just don't exist anymore...huh.
I think I'll just write down a few reasons why I'll never be prego again...just in case I have some type of memory lapse in the future. I'll try to limit it to 10 but I think I could probably write a lot more! This is why journaling is so important, right? So history doesn't repeat itself.
Here goes:
1. I can't sleep. I mean really. I have a hard time falling asleep, I wake up a bunch of times every night and can't get back to sleep, sleep is not my friend right now at all. I am actually up writing this at 6:00am while my kids are still asleep when I could just be sawing some logs right this very second!!!
2. Gestational Diabetes. While I've never experienced this in any of my other pregnancies and feel grateful for that...I've had to deal with it this pregnancy. Although it's actually been a blessing in disguise for keeping me ultra healthy this pregnancy it's also been a huge pain! I miss chocolate cake and chocolate-chip cookies and have decided that I am just not complete without them in my life.
3. Ears clogged. How weird is that? Most of this pregnancy my ears have been clogged like when you have a bad cold. When I talk it sounds all echoey to me and I feel like I'm asking everyone around me to repeat everything that they say.
4. Summer Vacation Cut Short. I love my 2 1/2 months in the U.S. every year and that was cut way short this year. We went to Seattle on June 4 and it was cold, then to San Fran on June 18 and it was cold and then I came back to Singapore alone without my family. Although it all turned out fine it was not my favorite summer and I never want to have a baby in the summer again! (5 babies born in 5 summers is enough!!!)
5. Spider Veins. Just when I thought I couldn't get any more of these unsightly beasts here they are just cropping up all over my otherwise cute legs...one of my best features. Wonder how much it's going to cost me to get those removed after this pregnancy, not too mention dealing with the procedure, etc. Ho hum. This post is really getting depressing!
6. "Creatures" in my throat. I've had weird, white creatures living in my throat this whole pregnancy also. I'm definitely fighting off something but very slowly. As soon as the creatures disappear, new ones take their place. I've had this problem for years with my throat but it is magnified big time this pregnancy.
7. Swollen ankles. This could be worse and actually has only been back a handful of days during this pregnancy but the days that I have them I cannot stand the feeling. Ick!
8. Acne. Irritability. Don't think either of these need any explanations.
9. The actual delivery of the baby and the recovery afterwards. And the work of trying to get back into shape. Oh man...this could entail a list of 10 more reasons not to ever do this again!
10. 5 is a great number!
Although I have to admit now that this pregnancy has actually not been too terrible...for a 38 year-old even, and I'm sure it will all be worth it when that darling little girl joins our family but it hasn't been a hayride that's for sure!!!
