Well I'm getting there... on Wednesday I will be 29 weeks along in my pregnancy. So far I have had a great pregnancy, just the usual pregnant girl complaints, sore back, don't like gaining weight, and anxiety over the new little girl about to enter our lives!
While being pregnant many things have changed {duh} but the most interesting things I've noticed? I think while pregnant, women get some natural instincts back, now this may seem strange, but many can be compared to those of an animal. For example, whenever I open the turkey my dog is in the kitchen in two seconds flat, no matter where she is or what she is doing, why? Because her amazing sense of smell. Well, the other day I was on the couch fighting off this awful cold and all of the sudden knew my hubby was cutting into an avocado... it smelled awful! Now before I was pregnant I never even associated a certain smell to an avocado, but I sure do now, must be those natural instincts coming through and enhancing my senses. Not convinced? Well, pregnant women graze like cows {we do...we eat a little of everything...all the time}This is especially true the bigger we get since our tummies don't hold as much so we have to eat little meals throughout the day. Our hair begins to grow in thick like many animals {only for us to shed this hair after the birth, lovely} We have a need for things to be clean {nesting anyone?} just like cats will clean themselves a million times, never feeling "clean". Ever notice how many spots your dog sleeps in every night? A pregnant girl finds it just as hard to get comfy as they do, we are changing positions constantly! Here's a good one, have you ever been calmly petting a cat and they just adore you, then a second later they are attacking you??? Well, you just had a crash course in pregnancy hormones...it's very true, us pregnant folks can be quite moody.
I think my Mother put it best, while we are pregnant we are back to basics, back to our instincts. And animals are always acting on instinct, okay maybe not always, if they are well trained, but they sure act on their instincts more frequently than not. So I'm not sure why I decided to compare myself to an animal, but it makes some sense, right?
Kelly Callahan
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