Pregnancy Observations

• Maternity pants do not have pockets. I just stuck a dollar bill in my bra as I ran off to run errands around school. It was quite convenient, although I really do miss pockets. My maternity jeans, which do have pockets, have really shallow ones. I can't stick my whole hand in the pocket. If you haven't checked out my hands recently, they're pretty small.
• When you've been chubby about half your life, and worked really hard to "suck in your gut" on a regular basis, it's both odd and freeing to just give up, let go, and let that gorgeous belly hang out. I'm starting to get used to it.
• Ladies, if you are planning to be pregnant at any point of your life, and you do not currently sleep on your left side, start practicing. I am a life-long stomach/back sleeper, and I am missing those comfortable positions. Missing them like some women miss alcohol or cigarettes during pregnancy, I imagine. That first hour of sleep on my back after I give birth, ah, heaven.
• I've always wondered why pregnant women rested their hands on their tummies, or touched them, and now I know. It's a magnet. I cannot keep my hands off of it. I am my own Buddha to rub.