Straight From the Bottle

I'm hoping to soon join the masses of pregnant ladies! I'm getting my Mirena yanked on Friday and then it's time for getting knocked up. Whoot!

Name my baby? Our last name is Snow. Which rules out "Yellow"

Too funny!  I was the first of my friends to jump on the baby bandwagon...I remember being sooooo excited when my friends announced their pregnancies.  And it is so nice that there are some women who like being preganant -- NOT me, yet I have three.  Go figure.

BTW, I have a HOT tangerine-with-a-rhinestone-belt bridesmaid dress in my closet.  Why???

Kimberly

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I get all excited by mentally assigning the clothes, toys, and baby gear I can unload on pregnant friends, and speculating about who will have a girl that will look nice in my baby's clothes.  I totally get where you are coming from.  Maybe I could have just one more, I think, just one.  And then I slap myself silly and dream of getting more rest.

hmm..i'm long past ALL my friends getting married, and long past ALL my friends being pregnant. So if I get pregnant, I'm totally knocking on your door so you can be excited about it with me :)

I totally feel ya on this one, except for me now that my sisters little girl is born I have no one to harass with unsolicited pregnancy advice...LOL

I am totally pregnant and if you called me I'd be like, "Yes, I have been awake for two fucking hours already." Also I already have one kid so I'd just laugh at you if you tried to tell me I'd never sleep again because it was when we started sleeping again that I got knocked up again.

My baby is only five months old and I miss being pregnant.  I love being a mother so much, I want to do it again and again!

How I wish you were one of my friends! I'm the first to take the plunge and they could all care less. It's a little lonely out here. The only one who is trying to name my baby is my mother-in-law and Megan Bridget Irish names are not going to cut it. ;(

I'm 25 weeks pregnant right now, and give you full permission to call me. Except that you don't know my phone number, and we're in different time zones. But still. It's nice for people to be excited about your pregnancy when you walk around feeling like Fat Bastard from Austin Powers every day. It makes a person feel a little less disgusting. (Seriously, how much larger can my face get? My jowls are growing jowls.)

I get jealous of pregnant women even though we're done having kids. I think it's like realizing that you'll never get to have another first kiss on your wedding day. You forget that most of those first kisses SUCKED, and all you can think of is those good things you will never feel again.

I'm pregnant.  With my THIRD...five ever-loving years after my second was born.  Four years after getting rid of every baby and maternity item, because we were so done.  

You can totally be pregnant for me.  I'm over it.  

And names?  Don't get me started.  We cannot come up with a girl's name.  We named our daughter the only girl name we loved and now have nothing.  Ugh.  

Totally don't miss being pregnant but I love that you are so excited. I am almost as bad with my very best friend, because yes, I am excited for her! I want to give her my stuff, too, because I know what a drain it is, and someone should use it!

And let's be honest - you SO will not stop with the crazy! It only gets worse, doesn't it? Really? Because then there's the comiserating, the clothes-lending, the eyeballing toys your baby still plays with to see if he's ready to hand them over yet, and so on.

But I LOVE Reverie as a name. That's awesome. Nearly as awesome as the bridesmaid dress I wore last summer - of the two weddings we attended, I only had to be in the one with the good dresses. Lucky me!

You want them to name their babies Very Shabby?  Aw, now that's just mean, Bec. ;)

"OH GOD! I WANT ANOTHER ONE! SOB!"

WORD!

*sob*

Hmmm. I thought I would love being pregnant again. I remembered all those *wonderful* things from when I was pregnant with my daughter before. And I guess it wasn't all so bad until these last two months (I'm due right around Christmas) which feel like eternity... as I grow fatter & fatter & fatter & more uncomfortable by the day lol. I swear I would have 10 kids if I didn't have to be pregnant for so long!

I am such a preggo stalker myself!

OMG!  I was SOOOOOOOO jealous when my friend Becky got pregnant for a second time.  We had our first about 6 weeks apart - and I knew I could not have any more.  It was a medical miracle I got pregnant in the first place.  

I completely understand.

Me, too. All of it. And I hated, hated, hated being pregnant. I had a horrible pregnancy. On bed rest for 7 weeks from the week before Thanksgiving until New Year's Day when my son was born.

But I can't wait to do it again. If only it was that easy.

So, for now, I live vicariously and try not to lose my friends.

Love the old school "OPP" reference

I can't quite relate to the pregnancy jealousy, because of, well, my pregnancy. But I did want  to mention that there is a charity in Houston for old bridesmaid dresses - they donate them to high school girls who can't afford prom dresses:

fairygodmotherproject.com

I think they accept donations by mail, but there may also be a similar charity in LA. Anything that gets old clothes out of the closet...

I'm right there with you - I know 13 pregnant ladies and know of about 5 more - all due within a few months of each other.  I told a friend something was int he water and he said "no, something's in the air.  legs."  ha ha ha.  Anyway - am in total agreement with this post - I miss bring pregnant too and we've been discussing if/when we'd have a 2nd kid - wish we had decided that before the first one so I knew if it was going to be my only pregnancy.  Oh well...

i saw this this morning and want another one, too.

what? 4 kids and 8 car seats/boosters is totally normal.

www.jilliansdrawers.com/.../britaxchaperoneinfantcarrier

i'm sorry to do this to you, but now you'll want one even more.

My cousin is due TODAY!  I am so excited, but I'm not going to call.  She'll call me when it's time, which could be any minute now.  

I realized I wouldn't be wearing my bridesmaid and prom dresses again, so I gave them to GoodWill.  Maybe that way someone can have a nice dress to wear to the prom for really cheap or some girls can play dress up.  

GGC you are so awesome. I love how excited you are and how in love you are with the whole experience of motherhood!

I find myself nostalgic about my pregnancies (two of them - have a 5 year old and 1 year old) when I see other pregnant women, but I really think I romanticize them in hindsight. I never HATED being pregnant, in fact I loved feeling the baby move, the excitement of the time, the attention about the baby, etc. BUT, man oh man was I tired of being pregnant by the end of each. Plus, even though I loved what my body was doing by nurturing my babies, I got so BIG that it took away from the warm fuzzy feeling.

You wanna buy a house? There are tons of affordable ones right here in Ohio. Right down the street from me. AND, when you buy your house (you must do so in the next 5 weeks) you must come to my house and 1) name my unborn child 2) help me with the nursery 3) lend me your cute maternity clothes.

Sound like a deal? I make a mean chocolate chip cookie.

God I miss being pregnant too. I just LOVED it.

I too have lent friends bags of maternity clothes recently (and maternity bras!) and maternity jackets! and unused breastfeeding containers.....

Just tryin' to help! But I know exactly how you feel. I bet my friends hate me for being all "Your baby is the size of a blueberry right now!" I can't help it.

I personally hated a lot of my pregnancy, but loved the fun stuff like naming the baby and going on long walks at night- and drinking ginerale with lime because I CRAVED margaritas.... that was the next best thing!

I'm pregnant with my first. Seriously, name my baby. Fable and Archer are AMAZING names. And send me clothes because my jeans are getting tight! kthnx!

I am taking your post as a sign from the universe that I need to start making baby#2 tonight. And of course you can name my baby, because that is one thing I don't miss about being pregnant - arguing with my husband about the name...

Right there with you!  I have a 7 month old baby who is crawling around EVERYWHERE and I totally miss being pregnant.  Friday night, I would have sworn that I could feel a baby moving around in my belly (only to find out it was gas.)  I told my husband on Sunday that I was ready to be pregnant again and he replied with, "Did you take your (birth control) pill today?"  

There is truly nothing better than being pregnant (except for actually having that baby) and I really REALLY can't wait to do it all over again.  Now, I must go grab that baby as she's about to lap up our dog's waterbowl.

I just became el-preggo 7 weeks ago. I got the mirena out and 2 weeks later BOOM! I still can't believe it.

You guys are tempting me to set up a baby-naming service. I have PAGES of names like you wouldn't believe. It's embarrassing actually. I just figure - whatever names don't go to use on my children, I'll use for fictional characters.

Seriously. Let's do this. WHO NEEDS A NAME!????

One of my friends is trying to get pregnant right now and I'm on the edge of my seat at all times!!! I have a running list of presents I want to get her, books I want to buy her -- I even have a bag of things that I started collecting for her pregnancy. I'm not even kidding. I was the first one to get pregnant as well (I was 23, like you were with Archer I think) and while I don't want my friends to get pregnant until they're really, really ready -- I can't waaaaait!!!!

GGC!  I am pregnant with my second and I NEED NAMES!  sorry- didn't mean to yell at you I just got overly excited.  But seriously, don't tease me woman, dish because your names are genius!

Amen to that, sister.

This has nothing to do with babies, but I just noticed that your last GGC post was made on November 11th (11/11) at 11:11PM.  Was that on purpose, or was it just a freaky coincidence?  Either way, I like it.

Okay, I understand wanting another one, but missing actually BEING pregnant? Jack is six months and I still never want to be pregnant again. Maybe when I want another baby...

No. Even then I won't want to be pregnant. I'll just suffer through it because it is so, so, so worth it.

So are you going to have another one?

i need a name! i'm 29 weeks pregnant with my first and names are SO hard. i feel like this poor kid will be totally stuck with whatever i pick so i better make it good! and, therefore, we have settled on nothing and i'm starting to freak out. i'll take any suggestions!

Okay, Rebecca. Let's see what you got.

My son is named Seamus. My husband I have agreed on a girl's name for #2, but can't agree on a boy's name. What goes with well with Seamus? I like Leif, but my husband is not so into it.

I just had my baby three weeks ago and i miss being pregnant so BAD. i swear i complained non stop while i was prego and now im dying to have him back inside me. i actually just made a post on my own blog about this today. its such a tough transition.

Yes please! Names!

I loved being pregnant and miss it. I was the first in my circle too.  And now everyone is having babies and I am so excited for everyone.

I totally need a name... maybe 2. I am 9wks and they think it may be twins again...My son is named Haven(he was a twin but we lost the other one very early in pregnancy). So names would be very very appreciated!!

I totally need a name... maybe 2. I am 9wks and they think it may be twins again...My son is named Haven(he was a twin but we lost the other one very early in pregnancy). So names would be very very appreciated!!

I loved being pregnant and enjoyed every minute of it, because I knew she would be my one and only (for lots of reasons.)  I didn't think I would miss it but she turned 1 in Oct. and I found myself becoming kind of melancholy, but I think it is some biological trick and I'm not falling for it!!  

Ditto.  It sucks.  My way of dealing with the jealousy, I mean excitement, is home projects.  Lots and lots of home projects to keep me busy and my uterus focused on not making a baby.

Reverie Shalom Beatrice... IS AN *AWESOME* combo.  You are seriously talented at this.  The Debussy piece is one of my favorites, but I'd never thought of it as a baby name before.  Too bad it could never work with my last name, but I'd love to see it on someone else's.  :)

I would like to see the bridesmaid dress montage. Serious. Do it. :-)

I told my husband we have to have like 10 babies just because I have really great baby names and it would be a shame not to use them.

Seriously, we should start a baby-naming blog or something.  ;o)

(And I get jealous of pregnant chicks too but I JUST got back into good shape - my son is 2 1/2 - and I don't want to get fat again.  How freaking lame is that?)

I totally feel ya on this one, except for me now that my sisters little girl is born

I get all excited by mentally assigning the clothes,  I can unload on pregnant friends,

I totally feel ya on this one, except for me now that my sisters little girl is born

I get all excited by mentally assigning the clothes,  I can unload on pregnant friends,

I love, love, love this post!  My younger child shares a birthday with Fable and I know exactly how you feel.  Is it wrong to want a third child just so I use another one of my favorite names?

I am the last hold out with my friends, and my mother uses them to call and remind me to get knocked up soon (we're trying damnit).  But I have definitely been the friend who was all over helping them run errands, making sure they were okay, etc.  It let me live it a little without having to actually get pregnant (I mean Jesus, I'm only 25).  

used to feel this way but lately....no way!! my 6 yr. old was up sick the other night and when i woke up at 12 and then 2 and then 4, the first thing i thought was THANK GOD I DON'T HAVE A BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So what's stopping you? Have another baby. Or two. Or three.
At your age, you can probably pack four more kids in before menopause. Think how much fun it would be to have six kids! Think how well they'd get tow know each other sharing the same bedroom!

Or maybe a larger family would inspire Hal to land a great-paying job and you can have the house of your dreams.

I say go for it.

I totally get this. After six kids, I'm still all "kiss the belly," and "steal the baby" and "smell the baby hair."

People think I'm weird and I'm so giddy I don't care. New Life is, literally, beautiful.

My husband no longer sits up interested (jealous) when I dash through the front door and declare "I just saw the most gorgeous baby in the universe."

He barely slows the strum on his guitar and suggests, instead, "That's what you said last week."

"I did? Oh.  I don't remember."

"That's because you want another one. You know, those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it."

And that, my friends, is how come we have six kids.

bridesmaid dressing. I asked my two friends to pick their own dresses. I thought black would be nice, but when they made the yuck face I told them to pick anything they wanted. They opted for hot pink and teal minidresses. One was too small while the other was too large. I'm so amused, that given the choice, they chose those. :)

Augh, me too.

oooh baby! me likey this post. no but seriously. as soon as my hubby finishes nursing school, we're gonna do it. as in get knocked up with our third.

Liam Oliver 7

Rowan Alexander 3 are gonna big big bros. and boy are they ever gonna love it!

then i'm gonna hit up your blog for a girly name.

Aisling Katharine? anyone???

Those of you looking for name help might want to check out www.nameberry.com. Great site. AND, the name Fable just happens to be mentioned in today's post! Weird.

Boy's names please.I just found last night that I have a penis in my womb.  I am very excited but we can not agree with the boys names.  

I just finished your book though I am not a mother yet, my mom was 15 when she had me and I am now 25 and doing some serious reflecting on the whole mothering culture I must say I loved the in depth description and love you put into your book I read it in 2 days and it was like poetry to me the way you narrate the chaotic force of a mothers  love ....