Top Ten

Top Ten Ways My Life Has Changed in the Last 8+ Months:

1. I am never more than three steps away from a bottle of antacids.

2. I have no problem discussing my cervix with my co-workers.

3. I actually don't mind when Corey rubs my belly.

4. I don't mind when people break eye contact when talking to me to check out my changing shape.

5. I see pregnant women EVERYWHERE! I know it's just psychological, but it suddenly seems like the whole world is pregnant.

6. Edamame is no longer a special treat (not after being force-fed it in a vain effort to reform my marginal eating habits in a fit of nutritional consciousness in the first trimester).

7. I don't stress about wearing the same outfits over and over again. I do plan on burning some of them in the near future, however!

8. I get excited over things like little overalls with a stuffed pig sewn into the front pocket.

9. I'm actually looking forward to my first-ever real admission to the hospital (getting stitches in my finger and another minor surgery to remove a benign fibroid cyst in my breast don't count, since they were over within a few hours, didn't entail an overnight stay, and didn't require me to eat hospital food!).

10. I don't find it weird when people call me "Mommy".