One of the sweetest things to happen to me lately was receiving a letter in the mail from a colleague from work. The letter contained a card that read “For the Mother-To-Be” and was my first greeting for a Mothers’ Day. I’m almost there and next year it will be “official.” However, to be fair, I realize that I haven’t experienced the real hard-work part of motherhood. The twins, at this point, are pretty much on cruise control and auto-pilot. There have been some unique lessons and experiences, however, and with this Mothers’-To-Be Day, here are a couple examples that come to mind…
You know you’re a Mother-To-Be when:
- you only have 2 sleep position options left: the left side and the right side. Both make you sore and are very tiresome!
- you sleep in 2-hour cycles with a trip to the bathroom in between each one and a trip to the kitchen between every other
- you feel there’s an anchor pulling you at a 45-degree angle towards the ground
- you can no longer sit like a lady and skirts are no longer an option unless they reach the ground
- your entire stomach moves on it’s own and beyond your control
- your husband can no longer watch you dress without covering his eyes and saying, “Ouch!”
- you can no longer cut or paint your own toenails
- your husband has to shave your legs for you
- it takes strategic planning to get out of the bathtub or out of bed
- you can no longer reach when you “wipe from the front”
- you enjoy being barefoot and having your stomach rubbed with lotion
- you spend most of your internet time searching for deals on baby supplies and preparations
- when stretch marks make your belly look more like a tortoise shell than actual skin
- your girth is broader than your husband’s shoulders
- you’re thankful for sympathy weight because it means you don’t actually catch up to your husband’s weight!
- you start enjoying the color pink and buy the frilly dresses you swore you’d never consider
- you’re supposedly at the height of your “femininity,” but nothing you do nor any sound you make seems anything close to feminine.
Happy Mother’s Day to all who are actually mothers and for all the Mothers-To-Be, like me!
Friends of ours who will be celebrating a Mothers’ Day with a new child since Paul and I discovered our pregnancy:
Manny and Mary – Cheyenne born in November
Brad and Holly Ficarra – Jake Bradley born in November
Ken and Kristen Baber – Sonya Chanel born in February
Cameron and Lisa Gallaway – Brynn Bassett born in February
Jon and Melissa Mitchell – Cadence born in March
Ralph and Tiffany Lopez – Dean Walter born in March
Dave and Jill Berg - Spencer born in March
Dave and Becky Cingolani – Ava Margaret born in May
Todd and Suzanne Whyte – Shannon Kathryn born in May (on actual Mothers' Day!)
And the co-Mothers-To-Be celebrants:
Teresa Moss expecting a boy in July
Jennifer Kipp expecting a girl in July
Lois Silva expecting a girl in October
Yahna Boston expecting a baby in November
