When will you find out the sex? November 11th. I'll be 20 something weeks pregnant at that point, and I will find out if little Banjo is a boy or a girl. Everyone we know thinks it's a boy. We have better girl names picked out.
Have you gained, like, a ton of weight? By my standards, yes, I have gained more than enough weight. By my doctor's standards, I'm right on track. I'm 16 weeks pregnant and I have gained 9 pounds. The odd thing is, all of my pants still fit, so I can't figure out where it's going. Maybe my face. My face does look fat.
Did you puke all the time your first trimester? No. I'm a pregnant woman who should be hated by most pregnant women. I was nauseous for about 4 weeks, but I only threw up once. It was amazing. I was eating a banana on the way to work, and I bit into a soft spot. Something about the texture hit me the wrong way, and I pulled over on 16th street in East Nashville and threw up out of my car door.
Are you tired? Not really. I was during my first trimester, but now I just feel normal. At 13 weeks I took a 5-day camping trip that involved three intense hikes. Sometimes I forget I'm pregnant.
Are you nervous about what it will be like to have a baby? This is a stupid question. The answer is yes.
You better get ready! The first few months are hell! So, this isn't a question, but it's a frequently made comment, and it's obnoxious for a few reasons. 1) Obviously a newborn comes with little sleep and lots of diapers. 2) Your hell doesn't have to be my hell. I think we need to rein in our language a little bit. Were you in a concentration camp the first few months of your baby's life? Were you going through an experimental cancer treatment? Was your baby extremely sick in the NICU? If the answer is no, then stop talking about this.
Just wait. Your marriage is going to suffer. Again, another comment. Your marriage might have suffered, and maybe mine will, too. But I know lots of couples who love having a baby together and feel that having a kid has given them a stronger bond. Plus, these people must not be married to Daniel Howard, the most patient and kind man in the world.
Will you go back to work? I will go back to work at least part time after 3 months. I'm going to try to swing working from home on nights and weekends from months 3 to 6. Then, we'll just let the Universe decide what needs to happen. With input from us, of course.
Does it make you nervous to exercise? No. I makes me nervous to not exercise because I want to be strong enough to push a baby out of me.
Do you even have room for a baby in your house? Yes. Yes, we do. In fact, people who live in one-room huts in Haiti have room for babies in their houses, too! Our house is small and it only has two bedrooms. But! We can put a baby in one of those bedrooms! As always, when you live in a small house, you have to limit how much stuff you buy. But rumor has it, you only actually need about 12 things to keep a baby alive, and two of those things are attached to my body.
Are you going to move to a county with better schools? No. At least not in the foreseeable future.
Do you think you'll send your kid to private school? No. Do people actually know how much that costs?
Do you plan to homeschool? No. Nobody in this household has patience for that.
Are you nervous about sending your kids to public school? Not really, since our kid won't be in public school for five years.
Will you get an epidural? Maybe? I don't know. I don't know what labor is like. My mom had two kids naturally, and my mother-in-law had three kids naturally. I have friends who had an epidural and friends who didn't. I plan to make a game-time decision, because, honestly, I can't make a decision about that before I know what I feel like in the moment.
So, did you want to have a baby? This is an offensive question. Yes, we wanted a baby. It was planned. And by planned, I mean that I decided I was ready to have a baby, and a few days later we conceived a child after the words, "No, we definitely have time to do it before the movie starts" were uttered by my husband.
More to come soon, I'm sure.
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