100 Things I Hate about Pregnancy by Kate Konopicky

Author:Kate Konopicky
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks
Published: 2006-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

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“First, you need to set new priorities. It’s hard to know what to do first if you haven’t sorted out what matters to you most.…Second, you need to be clear about what is absolutely essential to family survival, such as keeping your family fed, clothed, and clean enough to prevent disease or embarrassment…”

—Debra Gilbert Rosenberg, The New Mom’s Companion

49. There is life outside Baby Universe

I couldn’t entirely give up expressing opinions, of course. I may have been pregnant, but the rest of the world outside my womb was progressing as usual and I didn’t stop taking an interest. The trouble was that the most interesting thing about me was my condition, so I had to give a rundown (run and down being the operative words) on my state of health and state of girth before I could start talking about the state of the nation. I might have been bristling with fascinating insights into world politics or the latest New York Times bestseller but my blood pressure and sleep patterns had to be gotten out of the way first.

It was kind of people to ask, of course, but I wasn’t just pregnant; I was a wise and witty woman as well. Wasn’t I? Had I turned into a mere vessel, a walking receptacle for something that wasn’t even going to be able to speak, let alone have a conversation, but would be of more interest than its packaging? Naturally, having got myself into a state of high dudgeon because people weren’t taking me seriously enough as a person, I would be equally irritated if they failed to ask about me and the baby. “Yes, well, never mind about the fall of the government for just one second. What about me? Ask about me. I am pregnant, don’t forget!” I know you are allowed a few mood swings, but my illogicality reached new heights as my waist reached new widths.

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