Standing in line at the supermarket, five months pregnant, wearing black sweat shorts and a long white fitted shirt, I was feeling comfortable and content. I glanced behind me and noticed a middle aged man in line whispering something to his middle aged wife. I thought nothing of it until I saw the way she then looked at me. With an absolute disregard for the feelings of someone she'd never met or even seen before, she said out loud to her husband, clearly so I could hear, "When I was pregnant, we covered that kind of thing." Apparently there was no reason for her to be subtle as I was no one dear to her. All I have to say to all those who may have the same mentality as this woman, who seemingly was ashamed of being pregnant back in her day... I am 24 years old, I've been married for over a year, and I have absolutely no reason to be ashamed of the growing baby boy inside my belly. I refuse to walk around in a tent to hide such a great thing. So if that's how you feel, either don't say anything at all, or at least spare the feelings of others by mentioning it out of ear shot. If I had been anyone else, I may not have kept my mouth shut and ignored this old woman. I gave her more respect than she deserved.
Well, aside from grumpy old woman, weird things happening to my body such as my taste buds falling off but fortunately growing back, and falling down the stairs yesterday, being pregnant has been a pretty smooth process for me for the most part. Brevyn is the only one who's thrown up and so far I haven't had any sort of complications. I can only pray things will continue to go smoothly. I'm starting to have an achy back and I have had ligament and gas pains, but I hear my achiness will only get worse which is what's to be expected.
I am overjoyed with the thought of our little boy and love to feel him moving around inside me! On a spiritual side, it has been a definite uplift for me and I owe all my thanks to God!
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