But off to work we go after dropping kids at school ...
These steps are getting harder and harder to climb every day - with a 34 week preggy belly these steps are killing me. One would think that climbing them up and down several times a day every day since I fell pregnant that it would actually get easier as the pregnancy but trust me - it wears you out...
Before you even had a proper start to your day, you are exhausted and you just want to go home ...
All the pregnancy books tell you that regular exercise makes it easier - hell no - you need energy for the exercise first of all - and you cant get the energy since you are exhausted all the time and when you try sleep you are over tired and then still wake up all funny hours of the morning for a full bladder and then in some cases the nausea...
I been extremely lucky in that department since my better half has been getting the cravings, morning sickness and nausea all day ... I just have this unbearable exhaustion and extreme heartburn - no cravings, no morning sickness. I would have to lie if I had to explain what morning sickness feels like.
Apart from the symptoms that my darling hubby has been getting - he has packed on a few kg's (he is very self conscious about it) although it is only about 3 or 4 kg's ... and he eats the most outrageous combinations ... he would make himself a toast and egg, but spread the toast with jam first before putting the egg on top ... choc vermicelli and hundreds&thousands sprinkled over his cereal... a packet of mini liquorice all sorts emptied into a tub of choc chip yogurt ... really very weird when you are the one carrying the baby but someone else acting on the symptoms ...
We usually joke about it saying he is the pregnant one and I am just the surrogate carrying the baby.
Most men also could not care much about their partners being pregnant. Im not saying they are not excited and happy about it, but they respond to everything else in a normal way as they do every other day.
In my experience - I have a very helpful partner, we both work full time and normally share duties and responsibilities (he just doesn't cook "normally").
He wont let me hang washing (since stretching isnt good for me and the lines are too high) so only times I get to do this is if I happen to be off on a day he works or he works the late shift.
He runs my bath water for me - and he never forgets to bring my towel gown and slippers through to the bathroom.
He does cook (despite his "I don't cook" belief) when he can see I have had a rough day. The kids love his Mince on Toast ... and I have heard them tell him he makes it better than me and when I walk in they pretend they said nothing. :-)
He sweeps and vacuums.
He does the ironing while he watches sport channel.
This girl has absolutely no reason for complains ... and I won't complain. I am spoilt rotten and I would never be able to cope without him. No other man would be so helpful especially when he works longer hours than you do. I have found an extremely rare treasure and I plan to keep him forever as my life would serve absolutely no purpose if he is not in it.
He is like one of those people you meet and you ask yourself "how on earth did I survive up till now without knowing him/her" - the type that you wish you had met sooner in life ... and boy don't I ask myself the same thing often ...
Our kids are high achievers academically and superstars in my eyes - they are my pride and joy.
I have 6 beautiful kids and some people see this as "torture" and say "poor you".
I have 6 times the love and hugs and kisses returned back to me than what those have with only 1 child. So in a nutshell I am blessed, not punished ...
Well, enough for today - will be back with another post later
Well, enough for today - will be back with another post later
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