5 Happy Things About The Pregnancy Experience

Pregnancy isn’t exactly smoothsailing for me.  I mentioned before that I have had to deal with diarrhoea, an extremely long period of nasal congestion/cough, giddy spells (always a nightmare and still is!) as well as breathlessness (in the third trimester, after eating or when I have poo inside me)… Putting all these aside, I think pregnancy is still a great experience as there are definitely happy things that you can look forward to throughout the 9-10 months!  So, what am I happy about? Hee hee…

1) I can do or eat anything I like.

I no longer need to do any laundry and the only housework I do is magic-cleaning the floor. It is fun and definitely a good form of exercise since I so seldom walk nowadays. As for eating, I just need to blame it on my baby making me have cravings and I get my way! This is the only time when I get to eat so much birds’ nest in my life, it seems to be of unlimited supply.

2) I have no period now.

Yay! Although having periods make a woman continue looking youthful and be able to conceive, I definitely don’t like the mess associated with it. Men won’t understand that feeling.

3) I get to see specialists instead of the GPs for the slightest illness.

The feeling of being protected and taken care of by a specialist definitely feels good. My respiratory specialist is always concerned about me, not just whether my cough is getting better, but also about my pregnancy and my giddy/breathlessnesss problem. She is very detailed when she asks me questions and does very detailed tests/checks just to ensure I am ok. Feels good having all that attention from someone you can trust on.

4) I can see baby move/dance inside my stomach.

Tell you, I think this is the HAPPIEST thing about being pregnant. Since the end of the second trimester, I could feel and see my baby moving inside my stomach. The bad thing is, each time she moves, I feel like pee-ing. But I don’t mind that as I get to know she is actively moving inside. I have captured many videos of my stomach bobbling up and down (and left to right or vice versus) but unfortunately can’t share with you all ‘cos there is too much of my bare skin in the videos (*shy*)… Hee hee.. I also like feeling her presence, which is in the form of some hard “object” pressing against the inner walls of my stomach. The hard “object” will move away after a few seconds, so I’ve got to catch her while I can. The hide-and-seek is really fun and satisfying.

5) I get to buy cute baby stuffs, esp. clothes!

Having a baby girl means I get to choose and buy pretty clothes for my daughter, and dress her up like a little princess. I don’t care if Yh and I dress sloppily and look more like her servants, but I would want her to look like a royalty. Hahaha. Most of the clothes I have chosen for her are mainly white and pink (nope, I don’t even like yellow or purple colours) and the joy of buying pretty baby clothes is similar to me buying Rosebullet clothes for myself. Can’t wait to let her wear them! Unfortunately I often have giddy spells, so I can’t spend too much time outside shopping for her clothes. Often have to rely on my family and close friends to do the shopping for me … Thank goodness I have these personal shoppers to support me during this while.

Baby, we are all waiting for you to come out!

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