Baby Jitters

After all the daily doses of prenatal vitamins and DHA supplements I have been taking, my body should be a fortress when it comes to advancing bugs and germs. Sadly, this is not the case. Don't worry, folks, it's not the (shhh.....Swine flu). It seems that I have picked up a virus that's been floating around my office for the past week or so. No fun. And since sitting upright has become a job in itself, I have decided to take the next couple of days off to rest. Great, right??

Wrong.

Watching Erin Brockovich this morning was the highlight of my day. I started drinking hot tea with honey first thing, being that this is the only healthy sore-throat remedy that exists when you've got a baby in your tummy. The irony is that baby doesn't like said "tea." The nausea set in within minutes. It was all I could do to change the channel. Which I shouldn't have done....

Enter Baby Story and Bringing Home Baby and Listen to Mommy Scream Bloody Murder during Labor. For the first time I began to genuinely fear D-Day. I had to distract myself. I grabbed my laptop and began surfing the web. I had seen a commercial for a Nashville-Mom's networking sight and decided to log on. Maybe I'd get my sense of hope back about the miracle of birth.

Nope, wrong again.

Here I was overloaded with product placement ads and the general consumer-goods push of "What you need for Baby" marketing tactics. It was overwhelming to say the least! Boppy's and Bottles and White-Noise Emitting Teddy Bears, OH MY! We haven't even started thinking about these things yet! Here were thousands of people posting what color scheme they're using for their new baby's coordinating carseat and onesies and I'm still trying to figure out if I look pregnant or if I just look fat!

Maybe I'm overthinking things and I'll start becoming more Mommy-minded once we find out IT's gender on Monday. Either way, the Baby Jitters have definitely got me rattled...

To be continued...