You want to be done in one shot? Do you realize that means twice as much sleepless nights as with a single? Perish the thought, darling!
Besides, the fun of pregnancy is experienced more than once! Then you get to think to yourself, "Why did I think this was fun? Whose idea was this? How on earth did I tell myself that contractions weren't as bad as I thought?"
I'm sure all of us have really unique memories, so enjoy yours. Mine? Both times.... I loved hearing their heart beats. There was something sooooo wonderful about that monitor. I also liked the ultrasounds...
I have the "pictures" from both of my girls, and the best memory is one of D10. There is something infinitely special about the first (though subsequents are no less joyful). I remember sitting there in some discomfort (due to not being allowed to pee with about 10 gallons of fluid coursing through my body)... good thing it was scheduled early in the morning! Mr. Wonderful was standing next to me as we watched the monitor. The radiologist started to laugh and commented, "Looks like this little one is sleeping, and I need to wake them up so I get all the measurements." She gave my belly a prod and we saw something that made all of us laugh...
D10 punched my stomach with her fist! We have a picture of that feisty little girl retaliating for being woken up out of her slumber. Mr. Wonderful looked at me with a grin and said, "Somehow I think this portends what is to come." Yep, he was right. Our loved one still hates getting up... though she doesn't punch me.
PIB, enjoy. It's a wonderful, wonderful journey.
Stay well!
Betsey
p.s. I tell D10 all the time that the best present I ever got from her dad is her. And her birth still marks the happiest day in my life--hands down. Her dad says the same thing.
"There are only 2 ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle."
Do you realize that means twice as much sleepless nights as with a single? Perish the thought, darling!
Betsey
