Thursday, March 18, 2010

Note to self: Make sure this makes it into the baby book

The Pretend Husband and I were walking down an aisle in the supermarket the other night as we chatted and I rubbed my growing belly (Nice try, SJ, but I'm still not saying "uterus"!) He asked me why I was rubbing my belly and I told him it was because it was a bit sore. As I kept walking, I tossed out over my shoulder, "Get used to it. I'm going to be doing a lot more of it as this baby grows."

And then it hit me. There's a baby in there. Right there in the soup aisle was when I finally made the connection between "pregnant" and "baby." It didn't happen anytime earlier in the 15 weeks I've been pregnant. Not when I took a pregnancy test and it came up positive. Not in the 10 weeks since. Not as my clothes have gotten tighter or when I shopped in a maternity store for the first time. Not when I saw the little kid with the big head on the ultrasound. Not when I heard the kiddo's heartbeat for the first time. Not when the PH and I nicknamed the fetus "Herbie" and began talking to him or her through my belly.

Nope, it took the soup aisle and a half-sarcastic comment to get me there. I'm just grateful it happened before the baby actually arrived. What a surprise that would have been!

9 comments:

Gucci Mama said...

Hahaha! That's awesome. You totally rock. ;)

Soda and Candy said...

hahaha, you are a cute preggo!

Kellie said...

Sometimes I STILL forget there is a baby in there! It's weird isn't it? B/c really we should realize we are growing a little baby but it's hard to grasp the reality of it all I think.

sj said...

ditto to soda and candy - and also: it would have been much more appropriate if you were in the pasta and sauce aisle.

get it?? preggo. hahahahhah.

sorry. that's not that funny. it's just that i've been drinking at work. a smoothie, but it has the same effect.

KAT's little sis said...

Wait until the baby actually comes out and you are holding him/her in your arms.....then it will hit you. Then it will hit you again as you leave the hospital, thinking all the way, "I can't believe they are letting us take this baby home....what are they thinking?!?"

Give that belly a little rub from Auntie!

KAT's little sis said...

Just wait until the baby comes out and you are holding him/her in your arms...then it really hits you. Then again, when you leave the hospital, thinking all the way, "I can't believe they are letting us take this baby home....what are they thinking?!?"

Give that belly a rub from Auntie!

jal12771 said...

funny KAT! I actually recall being the same way. It just HIT me all of the sudden.. OMG I am going to have a baby.

SJ-- I thought that commment was VERY funny..

Srg said...

Something similar happened to me when, after almost 2 weeks in the hospital due to his preemie-ness, we finally brought B home to introduce him to the cats. We placed the car seat carrier on the bed and just looked at him. Then it hit me - "omg, this isn't just a baby, this is OUR baby!" Then I asked the most important question ever - "what do we do now??"

That's when I learned a very valuable lesson - let sleeping babies lie!

Stella said...

I broke up next to the frozen veggies in Whole Foods once. Big moments happen in aisles.

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