She said it better than me

A friend directed me to a new blog to add to my reader. This lady is about my age with a 4 year old (?) daughter and another baby on the way. She's an excellent writer and also posts amazing photographs, many with her dog in it. Lately there have been a few pregnancy posts that crack me up. She's blunt, even more so than me (fair warning for those that want to read her blog). And just in the last few weeks I've discovered what acid reflux (I think) is for the first time in my life. Here is a sentences from her blog yesterday that describes that feeling:

That horrible feeling, the one where the noodles feel like they're sitting at the top of my throat, where my pants are so tight that I can't maneuver into a comfortable position, where I feel like I might hurl if I move my head too quickly, that is what I feel like ALL THE TIME.
Food tastes phenomenal, yes, but during the two hours after a meal I have to assume the fetal position and remain perfectly still.

and another one that summarizes my feelings as well

I cannot relate to women who say that they love this, that they wish they could be pregnant for years, that they have never felt more like a woman. I don't know exactly why, but there are things about this that make me feel totally disenfranchised. I have no control over my body or appetite, and I cannot do anything to improve the way I feel. The nausea is constant, the weight gain already intimidating, and my face is a plate of what I like to call Pregnant Pizza: acne, fever blisters, discolorations, and unruly hair.

So I just had to copy a few statements (written better than I can) to remind people that yes so many pregnant women put on a happy face because they happy about what's to come, but getting there is still hard. I think Heather is having a tougher time than me, but I have shared her sentiment many times :)