Pregnancy makes me grumpy. (Photo Credit: Steve Ford Elliott)
I didn’t realize how good I had it before I was pregnant and dealing with hyperemesis. In fact, I am beginning to understand exactly how much I took for granted. For example:
- Being able to cut my toenails in less than 1 minute instead of almost 10 minutes.
- Seeing my feet without leaning waaaaaay far forward.
- Taking a bath or shower without needing to lie down afterward to recover.
- Eating and drinking whatever I wanted without asking myself:
- How likely is this to come back up?
- How will it taste when it comes back up?
- How will it feel when it comes back up?
- Are the answers to the questions above worth actually eating/drinking it?
- Leaving the house without a small hospital’s worth of medical supplies.
- Actual silence not broken by the beeping, wheezing, and creaking of multiple medical pumps (which provide my meds and IV nutrition).
- Pooping. Enough said.
- Sleeping more than 90 minutes at a time.
- Taking deep breaths.
- Having a belly button.
- Being able to see below said belly button.
- Clothes that fit my whole body instead of just parts of it.
- A largely pain-free back.
- Feet that don’t swell or hurt after 5 minutes of standing.
- Enjoying the idea of being pregnant.
I’m sure this list will grow along with my belly, so I’ll add to it as it does.
What did you take for granted before you were pregnant? Leave a comment.