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Hi! *belch*

Two days in a row, now, I have called Jaimie on my way home from work. A rough transcript of the beginning of each conversation:

“Hello, Jaimie Dawn.”

“Hi! *belch*

“You burped!”

“Yes. *giggle* Are you coming home now?”

Two days in a row. I’m eagerly awaiting today’s conversation to see if it happens again.

No one tells you about many of the hilarious side effects when you start down this road we call pregnancy. Some of them are expected, sure, but others… not so much. Three bathroom breaks in a single 45-minute episode of Chuck? Well, okay, that makes sense: Baby is probably having fun sitting on, kicking, or otherwise interacting with Jaimie’s bladder.

Likewise, the random mood swings are a well-known phenomenon, and something I was therefore prepared for. Again, they make sense: there are even higher concentrations of hormones flooding Jaimie’s body than ever before, and in less predictable ways than she is used to. Accordingly, all of her emotions are ginormous. Good things are amazing. Bad things are horrible. Again: no surprise here.

Though the mechanisms behind them are slightly less obvious, odd food cravings too are to be expected. My mother apparently asked my father to get her a Wendy’s hamburger with McDonald’s french fries… an eminently sensible combination going by taste, but amusing nonetheless. Jaimie’s cravings have included jello, McDonald’s Chicken McNuggets (and terrible chicken nuggets in general), fruit snacks, and water with lemons in it. This last one has gotten so bad that she can’t drink water without lemon juice in it anymore.

Again, these are all expected. Brain malfunction, though? No one told me that was coming. Nor did anyone think to give me any warning about the impending assault of belches. But here they are, and apparently to stay. Though the last few days are the only times they’ve been part of a greeting, we’ve certainly experienced them with much more frequency in general throughout the whole pregnancy.

So, dear friends and family with experience: what other delightful (?) surprises can I expect as we enter the final trimester?

Discussion

  • Ame thought to say:

    oh, it’s so much fun! i was a horrible pregnant woman – course i was sick most of the first pregnancy and had negative energy the second one. first pregnancy the one thing i could eat was watermellon, and i had to have it, all.the.time. i couldn’t smell anything or it made me sick – not coffee, no cooking food, couldn’t go to the grocery store or a restaruant. someone else had to cook for me, but not in my house. and i couldn’t eat chicken at all, or broccoli.

    second pregnancy i had to have avacados … till one day my husband bought something like ten, and then i couldn’t eat another one. from then on it was mint choccolate chip ice cream.

    both pregnancies i HAD to have water with me all.the.time. and that one has stuck w/me – i always must have water with me everywhere.

    first baby went past due date, and to find a way to mentally handle still being pregnant, i chose to believe i would be pregnant forever. then i went into fast labor, and she was born in 5 hours, and i was in a bit of shock that i was holding my baby.

    2nd pregnancy i made sure he induced me b/c i couldn’t have someone take care of my then 2 year old and get to the hospital in major labor and guarantee i’d be there b4 the baby was born as they say 2nd labors tend to go faster.

    after birth … there’s post partum and bone-tired exhaustion, so it just continues :)

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    • Oh, my… that’s quite a list of things to look forward to. :p

      Gladly, we’ve been spared the sickness. Jaimie was nauseous during her first trimester, and off and on through about the first 2/3 of the second, but she never threw up. Made it easier, though not any more fun of course. And her cravings were a good deal less focused than yours; she at least was able to have some variety in her diet. She has hated some smells – coffee is still iffy, for example – but that seems to be fading with time.

      I will be curious to see what our next plays out like (God willing that we should have a “next”). Most of the families I have talked to have commented that each pregnancy was quite different from the previous. At the moment, though, I think we’ll just focus on getting through this one.

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