The Highs and Lows of Pregnancy

I've been thinking about this whole pregnancy deal a lot lately (although I don't know why I say lately...when was the last time I didn't think about being pregnant?), contemplating the good and bad things I've experienced over the past few months. I'm sure I'll add to this list, but here are my initial thoughts in no particular order:

BAD

• 2 weeks of morning sickness
• Heartburn from hell
• Swollen feet
• Worrying about every twinge and new symptom
• Itchy stretchmarks
• Leg cramps in the middle of the night that send me flying out of bed and hopping around the bedroom (and Mark sleeping blissfully unawares...he should be awake and feeling my pain!)
• Missing Gillian and Jonathan's wedding in Scotland (although a lot of that had to do with work and finances, and not just being too fat to fly)
• Feeling like I have a watermelon strapped to my torso, especially when trying to find a comfortable position to sleep in at night, having my hips crack alarmingly when I shift said watermelon from one side to the other as I toss and turn and not being able to sleep on my stomach
• Not being able to bend down anymore
• Feeling fat and bulky, and unattractive despite what friends and family say (although come on! Who's going to turn to a pregnant woman and say "Geez, you really are butt ugly when you're pregnant, aren't you?!")
• Imagining the sleepless nights ahead
• Worrying about whether these boys will be good kids or end up being drug dealers who ignore their mother's advice (but that's what Aunty Amber is for - she's going to teach them all about Hugs Not Drugs, right Amber?)

GOOD

• Only having 2 weeks of morning sickness and not 9 months of it
• Hearing the heartbeat for the very first time and realising I've actually got a baby in there
• Being told that its actually twins in there, seeing them on the ultrasound
• Being kicked by 2 pairs of feet - despite the strength and frequency of these kicks, I still love every one of them, its like the three of us are having a conversation
• Buying baby clothes - there is nothing cuter than a little onesie
• Buying baby clothes on sale -correction, there is nothing cute than a little onesie at 40% off
• Telling our family and friends that we're expecting, and then telling them its twins
• Getting the "Expectant Mothers" parking spot at the grocery store
• Not being able to bend down anymore, so Mark has to scoop all the doggy poop
• Having a husband who has to scoop all the doggy poop and does so and much, much more without complaint for 9 months - thank you for your patience Spark.
• Guilt free napping
• Guilt free snacking
• Imagining what our babies will be like when they come out and how much fun we're going to have with them
• AquaBellies!