Krista Lauren

Time is FLYING by for me all of a sudden. I cannot believe I will be 31 weeks pregnant tomorrow.

I have done my best with a lot, but am also just always incredibly tired. We’re cleaning up the house to prep for Baby’s arrival, and still waiting for the big pieces of furniture to get here for the nursery. We did receive our glider, though, which is exciting! Yesterday, I read Baby “Snuggle Puppy,” and got a couple of little kicks. I know it was probably just a coincidence, but it could have been the rocking motion!

I’ve been learning as much as I can about postpartum because I am far more scared of that than pregnancy. I have had some difficulties along the way, but have felt fairly tough getting through everything. This makes me worry that I could be gearing up for more difficult times ahead. I think social media almost gives us too much information sometimes. Like, I don’t need to know all of the painful and scary things that happen to your body during childbirth and the after effects that can happen. I am big on “let’s cross the bridge when we come to it” when it comes to medical things because many situations you worry about never happen, then things do happen that you hadn’t even considered. This has been a lot of my pregnancy in general. I was terrified of throwing up, but didn’t have a lot of that. I did have a lot of nausea that happened all day long, rather than the poorly-named “morning sickness.” I didn’t have a lot of cravings, but had a ton of aversions. Pregnancy is just wildly different for everyone. From what I hear, it can even be insanely different from baby to baby.

It’s just hard to prepare for things that vary so much from person to person, but I am trying! Tired and trying.