I still remember. Review on Dealing with Pregnancy

It has been many years since I was pregnant but I will never forget it. I had only one child and was not very well informed on the changes that would take place in my body and in my entire life.

When my menstrual cycle stopped I went to the doctor to be tested and sure enough I was pregnant even though I was on birth control pills at the time. So you see they do not always work. I was scared to death. I had never even held a baby before much less take care of one and I was 20 at the time.

Some people get morning sickness. I happened to be one that had my sickness at night. Keep lots of saltine crackers on hand and drink water as you could become dehydrated other wise. Not much else you can do for the sickness except wait a few hours until it goes away. The good news it only lasts for about 3 months.

You may find yourself getting moody and crying. I am not sure if it is the chemical changes or the fact that I was scared. I got a fake baby and tried holding that and learning to do things such as change diapers in preperation and tried to cheer myself up as much as possible.

Eat good healthy food although you will crave some strange concoctions do your best. You are going to feel fat no matter what after awhile and it will be hard to even get up out of a chair. You will also have a lot of backache.

I was pregnant during the heat of the summer and so I had a lot of water retention in my legs and had to get some fluid pills to keep the swelling down some.

Read lots of books. If you still feel uncomfortable ask someone to show you some things with a pretend baby or even a real one.

Hubby needs to be in on all of this as there comes a time he will need to help with the care of the infant also.

Keep your suitcase packed and ready to go way ahead of time and the doctors phone number right near the phone because when the time comes hubby gets more excited so you need to just have him make a call and grab your bag.

Back when I had my son they kept women in the hospital for a week. Now its just a day or two.

Never having been in labor before I had asked the doctor how I would know and he said I would just know. He was right.

I was overdue and very swollen from fluid so my doctor put me in to induce labor. Once I was prepped and the water broken I got to pace the floor to try and bring on the pains. I started having some but they were in my back and the nurse said that was not labor. After several attempts of trying to convince them I was in labor to no avail I called my doctor and he told them to get me into delivery.

We will skip the pain part. It is the worst pain I have ever felt in my life but soon forgotten afterward.

You will also be depressed after your arrival home with the baby. As for 9 months all the attention was on you and once you have the baby it all shifts to the child but this too will pass.