Thursday, October 22, 2009

Ode To Pregnancy

Egg releasing, sperm reaching,
Period missing, Daddy kissing,
Bosom swelling, tears welling,
Face glowing, vomit flowing,
Appetite increasing, coffee ceasing,
Breasts sinking, no drinking,
Cells splitting, clothes not-fitting,
Fetus tumbling, tummy rumbling,
Belly expanding, hard standing,
Belly button popping, bits dropping,
Lungs wheezing, stomach squeezing,
Ankles puffing, breath huffing,
Brain exploding, life imploding.
Thoughts wondering, mind wandering,
Name thinking, time shrinking,
Breasts dripping, scales tipping,
Blood racing, muscles bracing,
Clock ticking, baby kicking,
Baby urging, hormones surging,
Labor pending, pregnancy ending,
Heart drumming, contractions coming,
Pain searing, faces peering,
Mummy screaming, tears streaming,
Baby loading, bum exploding,
PUSH, PUSH, PUSH.

~ Karen Peradon-Alaga

12 comments:

Momma Val said...

*So true, except for me the last line should be CUT, CUT, CUT and the part about no drinking should say WATER DRINKING, sheesh! Ha!

MrsMonicaLB said...

and where is the stretch mark part at??lol

Momma Val said...

Ha! So true but I don't have any for some odd reason? My legs are completely trashed though, I have vein disease and all the veins keep deteriorating since I was in middle school. So my legs look like somebody beat me with a baseball bat. Thank the LORD my hubby is NOT a leg man :) Phew! Funny, there are some medical aids at my OB office and one girl called in her coworkers to see my smoothe stomach, then they were all rubbing it with there eyebrows raised in amazement like it was a crystal ball! And did not speak english either. lol

MrsMonicaLB said...

thats great that u dont have them on your tummy!
girl i got them everywhere,even on my boobies and they aint all that big!LOL

Momma Val said...

BUT the trade off . . . . .
Your legs look nice :) It's easier to hide the stomach than it is to hide the legs. Believe me it is my constant mission. They make people gasp, seriously, they do. I do have some stretch marks on my boobs from breastfeeding I'm sure, cause when my milk came in they were like bowling balls. lol

Martha@A Sense of Humor is Essential said...

Whoa, Wow! I had forgotten about this little journey!

mrsofficer said...

and to think we are gonna do this again?wow my man better do it quick before I remember all this

Momma Val said...

Oh Mrs. Officer, I did not know that. Awesome!!! Yes, it is Mother Nature's Trick that we forget just enough to know what we are in for but not enough to discourage us from doing it again. So pretty soon I'll be reading pregnancy posts on your blog :)

mrsofficer said...

Myson just turned one so we got alittle time.:)lol I can't help it we have beautiful babies,the more the merrier right?sleep is for sissy's

Momma Val said...

Ha! Ha! Ha! Yeah right Mrs. Officer, who needs sleep? OY! Not looking forward to that part of it I begin to feel so neurotic when a new baby comes with no sleep. I even fell asleep at the peds office when my guy was a newborn and I nearly tipped over out of the chair. Ya know, I conceived when my son was 25 months and tons of people tell me that is the best spacing (roughly 3 years between) because they are able to do so much more for themselves and they can kind of comprehend what is happening and even help a little here and there. Oh, and thankfully he has still napped through my whole pregnancy . . . . AMEN!!! I'm glad it did not happen earlier cause I wanted to breastfeed beyond a year and then they go through that stage when they run in every direction, not when you want to be pregnant, at least me anyway :)

Natalie said...

Wow...that's visual! They also need something about sneeze-induced peeing, waddling, back aching, being woken up after FINALLY finding a comfortable side-sleeping position by the baby kicking the spine...well, you know all too well!

This was an awesome form of birth control, I can tell you! So many friends and family members are pregnant right now, and that's how it was with my last one, so it was nice turning into balloons with other familiar faces. I'm just not ready yet!

I agree that 3 years is a better spacing since my two are two years apart. 3 is a MUCH better number!

Natalie said...

P.S. SO sorry about the legs! Take care of yourself!