Saturday, May 25, 2013

Ways to Terrify a Pregnant Woman

Or this could also be titled "How to Scare Any Woman Out of Having a Baby."

So once we found out we were expecting, I signed up for a few websites and newsletters to receive during the week.  The main ones out there are The Bump, What to Expect, and Baby Center.  (The Baby Center always makes my computer freeze up, so I rarely check it. Bizarre)  Anyway, I mainly use them to see how big baby is this week or to look at the community boards for those due in November. 

Every day I get at least one email about the pregnancy from any of the three.  Usually it's "Week ___" and what you can expect.  What to Expect likes to send me newsletters about things way in the future, like
Week 13: Are you having twins?
No, but thank you for bringing this up and making me feel huge.  And normally by week 13, you would have had at least 1 if not 2 ultrasounds.  The technicians are pretty awesome at what they do and I'm pretty sure they would have been able to pick up on the fact that there are two in there or not.

or
Week 15: Tattoos During Pregnancy
This one made me laugh and I shared it on Facebook.  Seriously?  Who thinks to themselves, "I really wish I could do something that will remind me of this pregnancy.  Uh duh, tattoo!"  Come on, what would you even get a tattoo of?  And I'm pretty sure the child at the end of it all will be reminder enough of everything that you went through, oh and the stretch marks and added weight on your stomach, thighs, hips, and butt.

But those aren't the scary things that they send you.  I got this one this week:
Crotch Care 101
(I'm not even joking about the title.  Click on the link, that's the REAL title!

I'm not even going to go through every detail and every tear that will happen or how you will care for yourself and recover.  If you so choose, you can read that yourself. 

But here I am, 15 weeks pregnant, finally feeling good again and feeling ok about getting bigger and then this email comes.  I'm a little too far into this ordeal now, this baby has to come out one way or another, either through major surgery or the natural way.
Either way, it just makes me hurt.  And as of right now, I'm terrified of labor.  I know that every mom will tell me that it's so worth it in the end, and it will be, but right now?  Holy moly, that's just a little TMI for this point.

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