Oh my God, this might be one of the best things about being pregnant. Duh, we think about how great it is when we aren't pregnant, but pregnant women rarely talk about it. They are all tightly wound around the really horrible symptoms of pregnancy.
I, for one, truly appreciate not having periods. 1. For the obvious reasons...no mess, no tampons, no ruining pants, NO CRAMPS!
But for me there is a bigger reason. I'm happier. You might think, well, with all those perks of not having a period, of course you're happier! Not so my friend. And here's why: Those other tightly wound women are right...parts of pregnancy suck the big one. Taking away a few monthly problems and replacing them with daily ones that are sometimes worse is not what made me a happier person.
No, the answer is in the hormones. I've cried maybe 2 or 3 times in the last 6 months whereas before I'd cry several times a month. My period hormones gradually became worse and worse until I was chewing people out, marathon crying, bloating until I looked like an effing blow fish, and going on a monthly roller coaster ride of emotions. Now that my hormones are always high, I'm actually physically happier. I smile more. I have less negative things to say. I LIKE my job! No more marathon crying either!
Some random guy at Stone Age saw me teary eyed one morning and proceeded to let me know that it was normal for someone as hormonal as a pregnant lady to experience a lot of crying for no reason. I can honestly say that of the few times I have cried in the last 6 months, only one of those times was I not brutally aware of the exact reason why I was crying. None of those times lasted for any longer than 5 min. or so. The last time I cried before I was pregnant, I literally couldn't stop crying for about an hour, maybe more.
I explained this to him in less detail. He then said "Oh trust me, you will," as if to tell me that because he knew one pregnant lady who cried a lot, that I too would experience the 'hell of hormones.'
If I took to heart anything anyone has said thus far about these kinds of things, I would have worried myself into an anemia. Like I said, listen to your midwife...and to yourself. Heck, don't even listen to me...if you need to cry for no reason, no shame. It's just not my style.
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