Hi Eli!
I don't think that I have experienced the full swing of pregnancy hormones but I think they are coming right now! You must be kicking out some strong juice because they are in full force. I am constantly irritated. I am beyond rationally irritated. Here are some things that are so bugging me I can hardly stand it:
1) Work - we are slow. I hate being slow.
2) Work - idiots. I hate having to answer the same question over and over. I just plain don't like dealing with people lately - even the ones I like.
3) The sound of licking. I know that sounds kind of kinky but it isn't. As I sit here typing this, the cats are laying in bed and licking themselves. The sound is like nails on a chalkboard to me these last few weeks. I want to kick them out of the bedroom and shut the door. This also applies to the dogs - they will curl up for bedtime and start licking. OY. Luke has also decided to begin sucking out Padi's brain through his ear every night. I don't know what is so tasty but the noise makes me want to scream and some nights, I do.
4) The dogs curling up against me then licking or scratching. I admit that I love the little heat balls sucking up to my back or between my knees. However, when they do that and start moving, it throws me into a rage. Last night, I moved Padi about 4 times and he kept coming back in the same spot and started licking again. OY! I almost picked him up and threw him off the bed. Obviously, that is hormones and not my normal disposition!
5) Hoobie's constant crying - maybe she is trying to prepare me for you? But, it also makes me want to scream.
6) My laziness - do you know that your dad has still not been able to start working on your room because my part of the work isn't done? I bet it would only take me one evening to do it and I still haven't done it. I am so annoyed at myself.
OK, that is enough complaining for today. If you could knock down the hormone juice just a bit, I might return to my "normal" self :)
Oh, interesting conversation with your dad last night. He will deny it but... I was talking about labor and how it was with Little M then how it was with Jacob, and finally with Xander. I was trying to decide if "size matters". For example, they were just little 6 oz babies so is labor (the actual contractions) easier than your labor of 8 lbs? We are guessing that it would be the same because the contractions themselves are the same. However, yours would be more painful as you get ready to actually be born. I told your dad that maybe I should try it without the epidural since I survived the first 3. He put his foot down. Absolutely, no way. He said I will be drugged up whether I like it or not. Apparently, he is worried that if I am not drugged up, I will kill him during labor. (OK, I made up the part about killing him but he is worried about bodily harm and vicious verbal abuse). So, he said it is all about him and his labor experience and that we will be getting the epidural. :)
