A Letter to any New Momma-to-be
A Letter to any New Momma-to-be - I'm about to write to you what I wish I could have read while I was pregnant. To the pregnant hormonal momma reading this: this post is dedicated to you - I'll never forget the first time I "pregnant" bawled over the most stupid thing. Want to hear what it was? I drove myself to the grocery store to get ice cream. I was craving it so bad, but was trying to behave so I got myself some Halo Top! I drove back home to sit on the couch and eat it in peace. When Matthew arrived home from work, he came over to the couch and goes "Oh give me a bite!" He took a small bite and I lost it! I bawled and yelled at him for ruining my peaceful moment of watching my show and eating. I got up, went into our bedroom - slamming the door might I add- locked it and ate on the bed. Keep in mind, for the past 5 years at that point we always snuck bites from each others' plates. This was our normal. Pre-pregnant Rachel would have never been upset over something so trivial. With that said, for the hormonal pregnant lady reading this, you might have some (or a lot) of these moments and I hope you know it's completely normal! I promise you, you are going to look back and laugh about it all. I'll never forget how paranoid I would get while driving. Not kidding, I drove 20 miles per hour everywhere. I already felt such a fierce love for those precious babies inside my belly and refused to put them in harm's way. If I saw a person texting and driving, I would actually honk my horn at them while shaking my finger - like a little ol' granny. Pretty much, I was the pregnant police. I would easily get full of rage if I saw someone driving recklessly. Didn't they know there was a vulnerable pregnant woman driving?! I drive so differently now. I'm always wondering about who is driving next to me or behind me. If someone is driving extremely slow, it doesn't make me mad anymore. I always assume there is a good reason why now. Ohhhh and don't get me started on how I was the worst passenger ever! My poor mom and Matthew. [...]