25 GREAT Things About Being Pregnant!

I came across this awesome list of the 25 GREAT Things about being pregnant! I totally could've written it, but someone got to it first! Read and enjoy! By the way, these are in no particular order.

1. You're guaranteed to stop traffic whenever you cross the street.

2. People look at your stomach and can't help smiling, as if the mere thought of your being pregnant actually made their day a little bit brighter.

3. You can eat a whole pint of chocolate-chunk ice cream and not feel guilty. Every night.

4. You can--no, you must--take naps! Lots of them!

5. Getting to name another human being.

6. Watching your hubby turn into a father when he kisses your belly good night, reads to the baby in the utero, or stays up until 3:00am putting the crib together--just incase the baby decides to come eight weeks early.

7. For once in your life, you're neither worried about getting pregnant nor trying to get pregnant. You can have sex for the pure fun of it! (sorry about this one...)

8. Buying a bathing suit. It's not about hiding your flaws; it's about flaunting your belly!

9. Those wild, intense, amazing pregnancy dreams in which every remote person from your past makes some sort of appearance.

10. The amazing anticipation. It's like all your previous birthdays and holidays rolled into one.

11. Imagining the possibilities.

12. More personal space! And you have to qualms about claiming it.

13. You eat healthier, drink more water, and carefully read the ingredient labels. Suddenly, it matters more to you what you put in your body.

14. In the middle of a boring meeting or a meaningless argument, you feel your baby squirming inside you and the sensation takes you away. It's your own secret communication.

15. Getting to hear the swish swish swish of your baby's heartbeat on the Doppler.

16. Playing "Guess the part sticking out," usually at bedtime, when your baby starts moving furniture around whatever it is he does in there.

17. The extra attention you get from everyone--your hubby gives you more footrubs, and your friends call to check in more often. neighbors offer to help; coworkers volunteer to get lunch for you; little presents ( a bottle of water, an afternoon snack) mysteriously show up on your desk.

18. The pregnancy package: thick, silky hair; long, strong nails; beautiful skin; big boobs.

19. Getting to skip to the front of the line in the public restrooms.

20. Shopping for a person you haven't yet met: tiny clothes, all-new furniture, and adorable room decor.

21. Dreaming about the first time someone calls you "Mommy" and the first time you hear someone call your hubby "Daddy."

22. Baby showers! They remind you how speacial your friends and family think you are.

23. A continuous sense of accomplishment. You can answer "What did you do today?" with cool things like "I made ears" or simply "I'm making a person. What did you do?"

24. Spending immeasurable amounts of time trying to remember all those nursery rhymes, children's songs, and lullabies.

25. Knowing that all the bad stuff--the heartburn, swollen ankles, backaches and the rest---doesn't last forever. And that in the end, it's all worth it!

Copyright 2001 Heather Moors Johnson.

CAN'T WAIT!!!!!