I’m normally the type of person who can sleep through anything. So now being THIS pregnant and waking up every time I turn over or have to pee (which is often) is very frustrating for me.
As I’ve been told, and I try to remind myself, it will prepare me for waking up all hours of the night to feed the baby. Maybe I’m just argumentative, but at least with the baby here I will have a greater purpose for waking up. Right now, I turn or go to the bathroom, then I cannot fall back to sleep because I am excited/anxious about the baby’s arrival.
I was like this at Christmas time when I was younger (not much younger, mind you!). Christmas morning I would be up at 3 or 4am – wide awake. Lucky for me “Santa” would leave me a really cool pile of gifts to unwrap in my stocking, which was left just outside my bedroom door. Once I had that taken care of I could go back to sleep for another couple of hours.
I wouldn’t try to wake my brother up until about 7am. He wouldn’t get up. I’m still not sure if he really wasn’t that excited or he was just trying to drive his little sister crazy!
Anyway, pregnancy is like Christmas for me. I can’t wait to see my present. The big difference is that there really is no definite date. Unlike Christmas, Baby may not arrive on the designated date. Actually, he most likely won’t arrive on his designated due date. Was my big brother just preparing me for this test of patience?
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