Pregnant!

also known as peppermints instead of perper mints or peper mints :-p

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Originally Posted by Holbeird

That and being angry at me seems to help ;)

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That's because...

IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT!!!!!

(hehehehehehehe) :P

What an awesome thread to find and read!! Almost makes me long for the return of the days of pregnancy and new babies! :O :P

All the best stuff has already been said...so I'll just say...

Congrats!!! May the Lord richly bless you and yours with a joyous and healthy pregnancy, delivery, and baby!!!

Jo's comments are SO true yet so funny! I have 3 children and I can remember feeling ALL those feelings! Sometimes all at once! LOL! Pregnancy is a crazy emotional roller coaster! but it is a "ride" you NEVER forget! :D

Good luck to ya ;)

Things to do or not do around a preggie wife:

1) Never look at non-preggie, skinny women when your wife hasn't seen her own two feet in a month. She'll remember this and you know we women never forget and will remind you regularily what a dog you are.

2) She may be thrilled when her bustline increases....she may also feel like a cow overdue for milking. You'll never know which mood she is in so best to just smile nicely and make no reference to Bossy the Cow.

3) Stretch marks are pride marks.

4) Pregnant women get gassy occasionally. A good husband takes the blame for all social misadventures (if you have a dog, blame it instead).

5) Learn how to shave a woman's legs. Do NOT mutter about "who cares about hairy legs when you are having a baby"....we care...nuff said.

6) References to waddling ducks or making quacking noises will get you in big truuuuuuuble!

7) Getting up at 2 a.m. to run to the store and buy chocolate bars, black licorce and bagels is not a sign your wife has gone insane....it's a sign you are smart enough to not comment that you think she's gone insane.

8) Waking up a 8 month pregnant wife to tell her that the baby just kicked so hard it woke you up isn't wise. She knows how hard it kicks and just finally fell asleep. Never wake a sleeping preggo...it's sort of like poking a tiger but scarier.

9) If you are at the beach and your pregnant wife is swimming make no comments like "dear the Greenpeace boat is pulling up, I think they want to tow you back out to sea".

10) When your wife goes into labor do not roll your eyes if she insists you help her vacuum the entire house at 4 a.m., wipe out the appliances, dust anything that isn't moving and scrub down the bathroom....it's called nesting (okay I did this one and Mike is still shaking his head about it 5 years later LOL).

O Jo...the stories we could tell!!! LOL! My water broke and I INSISTED we clean it up and I HAD to take a shower before we left so I could SHAVE my legs!!! LOL! I ended up being in labor (HARD LABOR) for 12 HOURS!

Well of course you did honey, don't want the nurses gossiping about "that lady in room 112 with hairy legs"...heck labor or not we women have standards!!!! LOL

I still laugh over Mike's face when I woke him up to tell him I was in labor (I'd been in labor for hours but why panic a new dad...it was his first...my fourth...so I figured I should let the poor guy have a few more hours of sleep). He figured it was time for the race to the hospital, which was all of about 6 blocks away, heck I could have waddled over really. Then I start dragging out cleaning products and the vacuum and I thought the poor man would have a heart attack! LOL He's trying to madly help me tidy up, muttering under his breath and probably figuring I'll end up delivering our son in the kitchen but have to give him credit, he dug in and didn't argue with the crazy lady in labor. :)

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

I still laugh over Mike's face when I woke him up to tell him I was in labor (I'd been in labor for hours but why panic a new dad...it was his first...my fourth...so I figured I should let the poor guy have a few more hours of sleep).

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LOL. My wife did the same thing when our second son was born. We ended up getting to the hospital with minutes to spare. :crazy:

My poor husband was desparate to get me to a hospital when my water broke at 3am. Instead, I decided to make phone calls but after an hour or so I took pity on him and let him take me to the hospital. I was lucky... sorta. I didn't have long, terrible labor. The only problem was that when he decided to come, he did it fast! I was only in labor for 3 hours, but didn't the epidural I so desparately wanted because of how fast he dropped. :doh:

My daughter was induced, and that was SOOO easy. I tried to be brave and do without drugs, but that lasted less than 30 minutes! :oops:

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Originally Posted by jeffnme

O Jo...the stories we could tell!!! LOL! My water broke and I INSISTED we clean it up and I HAD to take a shower before we left so I could SHAVE my legs!!! LOL! I ended up being in labor (HARD LABOR) for 12 HOURS!

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I remember hearing about how some woman would put all her makeup on before she went to bed. She did this around the time she was due, so if it was time, she was gonna look good for the doctors! :8: