What they don't tell you......

IVF that results in a pregnancy can also result in giant ovaries for months which causes fluid to pool in your belly which cause these most excruciating pain you have ever felt up to this point which then causes the RE to have to insert a GIANT needle into your vaginal wall to drain said fluid, but only after he tells you repeatedly, “it doesn’t hurt at all” but it actually IS the worst pain you have ever felt, up to this point.

You will soon be too fat for your clothes but not fat enough for maternity clothes. There just are not enough flowy shirts on earth to cover up the fact that my pants are held together with a rubber band on a daily basis.

You aren’t even out of your first trimester and your mom already wants to know what color the nursery will be, what you plan to name it, what it will call her AND has no qualms about yelling across a crowded store to ask whether you plan to breast feed. (CRINGE) You can TRY to tell her to take a deep breath, take a step back and not get ahead of herself to which she will reply with a text of 25 possible baby names. **sigh**

Said mother will also refuse to understand why you have no intention of decorating the nursery in pastel pink, baby blue, green or yellow. OH THE HORROR.

Your husband might still refuse to acknowledge and/or talk about all things baby. Why? Because he is scared out of his mind, that’s why.   It’s heartbreaking but at the same time makes me want to break his face.

The reaction you get from most people when you reveal you are 'expecting' is often not what you expected. I got accused of lying, being mean to wait so long before telling and tears from people who never cry and no tears from people who cry all the time. WTF.  Confusing and exhausting. 

People will be HORRIFIED if you reveal you do not plan to find out the gender. How dare you make it impossible for them to buy pink or blue.  I mean how selfish can you be!! (tee hee)

The constipation can be MIND NUMBING.  People, did I mention MIND NUMBING? 

  

The 2ww frenzy is NOTHING compared to the time between ultrasounds to ensure there is still a heartbeat and a baby growing in there. OMG if Wednesday doesn’t get here soon, I’m going to LOSE my mind.

The worry never ends. I spend every single second in constant fear that I will lose this child. I have a feeling birth does not end that fear.

                Making a decision to have a child--it's momentous. It is to decide forever to have  your heart go walking around outside your body. - Elizabeth Stone

And last but not least…..Men have NO IDEA how much cribs cost so the jaw dropping price tag you find on the crib you would die to have…yeah you can totally get it. : )