As my time being pregnant is quickly running out, I decided it was time to put my feelings on pregnancy in writing...
Dear Pregnancy,
It's time to break up. It's not me, it's you. You've got to go. We've had some great times together and I can't thank you enough for those. Getting a positive on that little stick, seeing our baby on the first ultrasound, hearing his heartbeat and finding out he was in fact a he, feeling him kick for the first time, and mostly every time after that; these are moments I will treasure forever. True blessings of being a pregnant woman who is able to experience these incredible things. Thanks for all that, pregnancy, it means so much that we were able to share those things. But it hasn't all been heartbeats and flowers, and that's why our time together must end. There were the first weeks of exhaustion and nausea, the not one but two glucose tests with all that blood work, not cool. All those (ahem) stomach issues...seriously yuck. At times, it felt like you were suffocating me, pushing all my organs around really messes with my breathing. There's the weird little red dots on my chest, a rash because gaining almost 30 pounds isn't enough, really pregnancy? All the jabs of little feet in my ribs, and lately the head buts to my pelvis, I get it, you're done too. And then there's the H-word, hormones, yikes! This break-up is especially emotional for me, my poor husband doesn't know if i'm going to cry or yell at him lately, and it's all your fault. So pregnancy, we are done, I want my body back. And most of all you've been hogging my little boy for 9 months and now it's my turn. I will always love you, and someday I hope we meet again, but for now we're done!
Love,
Soon to be new-mommy Kate
PS. To everyone else, it's quiet time for the Blinn family as we await the arrival of our Jackson. If you are lucky enough to be part of the Grandmother texting chain you will get updates along the way. If not, you all get to wait for the super exciting instagram/facebook announcement once we are home with our little bundle. We so appreciate how excited everyone is for us and we can't wait to share our joy with you, after we have kept him all to ourselves for a little bit ;)
