I'm a Rookie

 

Disclaimer: I just felt like writing. So I got out my blog and started typing, This is what came out. I can't say it really makes a whole lot of sense, but I wrote it. Here it is: my thought today on being a pregnant rookie.

 I'm  pregnant, and I'm a rookie.I'm a rookie pregnant girl in a world full of newly applicable information. Everywhere I turn there's another tidbit, or variation of a previous tidbit. I turn on the TVor surf the web, and find that the experts say this, but 50 years ago they said that. Studies show this,  but raised this unanswered question. I read books and find that veteran moms say this,but other people say that. Then this person tells me that thing and another tells me another thing. There's so much information, I go to sleep at night with instructions in my mind.

"Eat this, but don't eat that."
 "Gain this much weight, but anymore than this is unhealthy."
"Do this,healthy thing but don't do that one."
"wear this, but not that"
"wiggle your body this way, but not like that."
"expect this, and this, and that,
"worry about this scary thing, but don't worry too much."
"listen to your own body, but listen to me first."

If I listened to them all, I might just go crazy. So, call me crazy, but here's what I think. Babies are resilient and I am too. Granted we're both a little more fragile right now but we're not made of glass. I figure there's no point in sweating the small stuff like eating no more than 300 extra calories than normal, missing my exercises some days, or having a glass of sweet tea now and then.

 I thought being pregnant would turn me into a health guru who agonized over every little thing that entered her body, or a fitness geek who figured out all the right moves to make her muscles stronger, all in the name of a healthy pregnancy.  but that's silly. I never was like that, and I never have wanted to be.Don't get me wrong, I'm healthy, and I intend to be in the best of health throughout my pregnancy, but I refuse to obsess. I refuse to obsess over my health because I don't think it's healthy.  The baby's going to be just fine, and so will I, I'm not going to freak out about doing everything just right unless the doctor tells me I'm doing everything wrong. 

 While the rest of the world obsesses over pregnancy for me, I will glean from their wisdom in peace. I'll eat sensibly, exercise reasonably, and take the best care of the little person that I can, but I'm not giving my self a migraine trying to be perfect. I'm determined to be healthy, and get that baby everything it needs in there, but I'm keeping my sanity too. I'm a happy person and my mind lives in peace. I intend to keep it that way.

Call me a Rookie, that's ok...I'll take it. I'm probably oblivious, but I intend be a happy (not too stressed) pregnant woman.