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[flippyshark]

That is such wonderful news. Mazel Tov, Omedeto, Felicitaciones, Glückwunsch!

Now, if you can just train Munchkin to change diapers.

[Moonliner]

Oh, and of course we need to quote the latest in parenting protocol... XKCD:

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Thanks to all of you! I'll mojo you when I can. Each post is like a reassuring hug.

Originally Posted by Betty

Any food cravings? (I thought icy cold cantelope was, pretty much, the best food there ever was.)

Any weird dreams? (I had a few strange ones involving kittens instead of babies.)

When do you start feeling the wiggling around? I forget. I don't think it's for another month or two is it?

The food thing is weird. Fruit is always appetizing. Often meat can turn me off. Most things I can eat anyway, I just stop looking at it and suddenly I'm stuffing it in my mouth like a chipmunk. I don't usually eat without thinking, now I do.

My initial hormone overdose seems to have mellowed out (or rather, my body is used to it now) so now I "crave" whatever I see. I see an ad for pizza, I want pizza. I drive by a chinese restaurant, I want chinese. I almost feel like pointing at the sign and saying "THAT!"

I have had some very vivid dreams (which I didn't used to) but I tend to wake up about 4am and go back to sleep intermittently after that (which I didn't used to either) so I forget the dreams in the process.

Wiggling won't be felt for a while. It's only about 3 inches long now.

Originally Posted by Moonliner

What to expect when your expecting

This was the first book I picked up, and I liked it. In reading reviews online and as evidenced in the conversation here, it seems that people respond to it differently (same goes for all other baby books). I prefer encyclopedic, biological books instead of emotional support ones, so I also picked up the Mayo Clinic book, which is awesome. I seem to be ok with reading about all the things that could go wrong - in fact I feel empowered with the info. My biggest annoyance with What to Expect was the cutesy conversational tone. Then my sis-in-law gave me a stack of her books, including the Girlfriend's Guide and Chicken Soup for the Crazy Pregnant Lady, so now I'm set if I have an emotional onslaught (which I probably will eventually).

Originally Posted by Alex

Also, as happy as I am for you, I'll find your children as uninteresting as I do everybody else's. So don't take it personally.

I would take it very personally if you thought my kids were interesting. It wouldn't be very Alex-like.

Originally Posted by flippyshark

Now, if you can just train Munchkin to change diapers.

If Nana can take care of Wendy, John and Michael...