"Preggo" is to Pregnant as "Hubby" is to Husband

I'm really into not being one of "those" women. And I guess pregnancy will be no exception.

Of course, I'm really excited, but there's a part of me that really fears being just another basic pregnant woman.

I finally experienced something when I had my first appointment that my friend had expressed to me a long time ago: The feeling of knowing you're just another patient to them.  In your mind, you've just made a life-changing discovery.  In their mind, this is routine.  I'm not saying anyone was rude to me or anything.  Everyone was super nice and attentive and informative, but it's this realization that you're nothing special to them.  You're just one of many.

So, on one hand I'm aware of the fact that being pregnant is nothing original, but on the other, it's original to me and I don't want to be one of many.  And that brings me back to the idea of not wanting to be one of "those" pregnant women.  Just like I didn't want to be one of "those" married women.

People who say "preggo" are the same kinds of people who say "hubby."  It's annoying, saccharine, cookie-cutter and trite.  And along with that are posts about your cravings and the emotional roller coaster you're on and belly pictures and ending everything with #preggo. Ugh.  That is not going to be me.

I was bummed when we couldn't see the baby with the ultrasound I had at my first appointment.  It's still really early and I was told that maybe I wasn't as far along as I thought.  When I go back in a few weeks, I was told we should definitely be able to see it.  It still feels pretty surreal, and maybe actually seeing it will make it more concrete to me.  But I swear, when we do get to see the little one, I am NOT putting an ultrasound picture on social media.  It just looks weird and ghosty and grainy and not even human.  Plus, like, I don't want the world to be able to see the inside of my uterus.  Ew.  Just like when people post pictures of their positive pregnancy tests...it's like, dude, you're plastering something you just peed on all over the internet.

But, I will admit that I am trying to think of a clever way to announce it once I get past my first trimester.  P and I have coffee mugs that say "Mr." and "Mrs." that we got as a wedding present, and I was thinking of taking a picture of the mugs alongside a sippy cup or a bottle or like a miniature-sized coffee mug with "January 2018" as the caption.  That would be cute, right?

Despite my aversion to being one of "those" pregnant women, I have to admit that I'm still a sucker for cuteness.