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The Girl Who Cried "Pregnant!"

"Do I seem pregnant to you?" I asked this afternoon.

 

I also asked the same question this morning, this evening and about 65 other times in the last twenty-four hours. I feel like a total idiot admitting this but not not trying to get pregnant is turning me into a preganoid weirdball. On Superbowl Sunday I took one sip of beer and "OH GOD! What if I'm pregnant. No! I can't! I shouldn't!"

 

Because what if I'm pregnant, you know? Of course, there's a good chance, I'm not. We're not really doing anything trying-to-get-pregnant people are doing. No post coital handstands or rocking my ass above my head, Big Lebowski style. No testing my ovulation. No all-day marathon sex. Just the occasional boot-knock-sesh and "goodnight!"

 

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Except for some reason, I have become the girl who cried PREGNANT, assuming that I must be pregnant at all times, even though I have a good week before I would even think to take a test.

 

"But my tits are HUGE!"

 

(Plth.) "Sorry! I'm so gassy right now."

 

"I feel nauseous! Wait... Never mind. Actually! Wait! Yes, I feel sick, again! I swear!"  

 

"Did you get that baby name list email I sent you yesterday. To me choice #1 is a no-brainer. But in the case of twins, perhaps we should have two choices for each sex, doncha think?"

 

"No. I'm not eating that. I have no appetite for anything leafy right now. But I will have another jar of green-olives..."

 

"I'm exhausted..." Yawn. "Early to bed for me!"

 

"I hate you!" Wahhhhh "Oh my God, I'm so hormonal"

 

These and about a thousand other annoying sound bites have come out of my mouth in the last two weeks. I've become totally delusional. I even stopped drinking my usual double-helping of cafe con (soy) leche in the mornings because I'm convinced my body is saying "No! There's a baby in there! Fill it only with organic non-controversial items!

 

Uh... maybe. But seriously, can I just shut the hell up and behave like a normal person? After all I'm supposed to be all laid-back-whatever about this whole getting-knocked-up (maybe) thing.

 

Except, for some reason... 

 

Aw, I think I just felt the baby kicking!

 

(Oh, for chrisskaes, I'm hopeless.) 

 

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Comments

 

Rachel F said:

Is it weird that I still want you to have a girl named Paper?

February 6, 2008 3:58 AM
 

Keri said:

LOL!  The dif between you and me is that my hubby and I *are* trying.  Every month, I'm just as delusional as you...it's tiring. =P

February 6, 2008 1:17 PM
 

knockedup said:

When I finally got pregnant, I had no symptoms (at first, until the evil, evil all-day sickness hit).  The months before - while we were trying - I was full of symptoms.  It was weird.  Potential pregnancy messes with the mind.  

February 6, 2008 1:34 PM
 

CoolAuntieTina said:

The first time we "tried", I swear I felt every symptom. Mood swings, cramps, sensitivity to smells, etc. I didn't believe the pee stick the three times I tested negative. Now that I'm 6 weeks along (yay!!!), I'm really feeling it (nooo!).  Oh, I wish I could stomach green olives right now. when do the nasty food aversions stop and cravings begin? and is it nap time?

February 6, 2008 2:45 PM
 

traceasaurus said:

Every month I'm "pregnant" even though I'm not trying, and doing everything in my power NOT to be with child. If my period is fifteen minutes late I'm knocked up, if I am tired (which I am, I have a six month old who hates to sleep) I'm tired, if I eat a bag of cookies it must be because I'm pregnant (not that I'm just a lard ass)

So yes, you're not the only one...

February 6, 2008 3:52 PM
 

Dwtintx said:

I'm silly like this too- I totally thought it was just me!  I switched birth control pills and on the new one I don't have a period (not on purpose; it just affects me that way.  Which: yay). I want to have another baby SO BAD but the timing isn't right, so I would LOVE to just "accidentally" get pregnant.  I'm constantly all, "Do my boobs look bigger to you?  Cause they kind of hurt a little too."  Or, "I'm feeling a little sick to my stomach today.  Maybe I should test!"  Never mind that I'm, you know, ON BIRTH CONTROL PILLS.  

I'm such a dork.

February 6, 2008 8:44 PM
 

WonderSpot said:

This was me last month, only I was more terrified than anything else.

February 7, 2008 1:14 PM
 

Candes said:

I think it's cruel that ovulation symptoms mimick pregnancy symptoms.

You know, even though my tubes are tied I wish I could blame this roll around my mid-section on "Oh, I'm pregnant.  It's supposed to look like that."  Alas, I cannot. Booo!

A bit of advice:  Resist the urge to feel yourself up... at least in public. *wink*  LOL

February 7, 2008 3:32 PM
 

Sheri said:

Maybe you are more serious about getting pregnant than you let on????  Hmmmmm.....  

Just get a few tests when they are on sale and get on with it, girl!!!!!!!

Here's to hoping!!!!

February 7, 2008 6:40 PM
 

jjlibra said:

hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!! you make me laugh so much!!

February 7, 2008 9:51 PM
 

Jenna said:

I KNOW I will be like this when we start trying for #2.  Having gotten pregnant the first time around without *ahem* really "trying", I know I will be a crazy person when we are seriously TRYING.

February 8, 2008 12:35 PM
 

Aline said:

I was at the doc recently for stomach pain, and she told me "You're pregnant until proven otherwise". I was otherwise, but I think a lot of women jump to that conclusion pretty quickly!

Sidebar: You are coming to Vancouver. I won't be here then. My heart is broken. :(  We have to go to the other side of the country to tempt ourselves into moving there, and since it falls during my semester break, it's the only time we can escape. I am, however, willing to get to one of your other readings. Are you doing Chicago?? I have a friend there who I can visit!

February 8, 2008 8:14 PM
 

Kate said:

I have thought I was pregnant pretty much every month since I got married over a year ago. Nevermind that I was on the pill most of the time. Now I'm off it, and we're "not trying", but I still think I'm preggers at least once a week. Doesn't help that my cycle is HUGELY irregular, and I had no period for two months after I stopped taking the pill. I threw up yesterday, and pretty much jumped for joy (the test came up negative). Of course, I'm living on the streets of Calcutta doing volunteer work, but did regular travel sickness come to mind? Of course not, it must be a baby. I'm such a dork.

February 9, 2008 4:06 AM
 

kittenpie said:

I'm the same as soon as we started trying, it was constant Uterus Watch 2007. I was making myself crazy and couldn't stop my brain.

February 9, 2008 4:18 PM
 

the weirdgirl said:

Since we've been trying a few months now, this is actually the first month I DON'T feel pregnant.  Watch it's the one where I'm knocked up.

February 9, 2008 4:25 PM
 

Alexa Young said:

You rock. This post is some awesomely good sh*t, and I am SO happy for you. Hey, I shall now call thee "Hooked on Embryonics." xo

February 10, 2008 12:23 AM
 

gabes_mom said:

Yes, i guess we all do this when not trying not to.... I thought I was just crazy! Its nice to know that there are others out there, thank you!

So i am currently in the same state, moody, sickly......and I just made an appointment at the ob-gyn to get my pills renewed. Right when I don't want to be, I could be. My husband and I BOTH just lost our jobs last week. What happens, happens I guess.

February 10, 2008 5:48 PM
 

mary catherine said:

i was EXACTLY the same way, and got much flack for it from my friends--until it turned out to be true. congratulations!

February 10, 2008 7:22 PM
 

Tokyo Rose said:

My mother was CONVINCED I was pregnant for most of Christmas/New Year's.  I practically had to wave used pads in her face to convince her otherwise (gross, I know, but she would NOT STOP).  I think there was something else going on there...

February 11, 2008 2:32 AM

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