On Being a Husband to a Pregnant Wife (Installment 1)
For myriad and obvious reasons, it has been a joy to be a husband to my wife whilst she is in the family way. Like the Grapes of Wrath character Rose of Sharon and her husband, Connie, during their first pregnancy, 'the world had grown close around them, and they were the center of it, or rather Rose of Sharon was in the center of it with Connie making a small orbit about her.' It would be hard to identify even one aspect of our life that has not been touched by Becca's fruited womb.
It has perhaps been most fun to watch Becca's brain occasionally liquefy and ooze out her ears. We are both convinced that it has to be Harold's fault and are having fun with it. Beyond the 'ricocheting emotions' so aptly described by a recent baby update email, the entertainment value of being near Becca when the circuits connecting her tongue and brain has yet to crest. Two-syllable words escape her grasp at any and every moment. Her attempts to explain otherwise inexplicable actions are priceless.
My favourite occurrence of prego brain to date took place last night at 2:00 am:
B - Honey, wake up!
S - What's the matter?
B - Do you smell that??
S - No, what are you talking about?
B - You don't smell it? It smells like garlic bread!
S - You woke me up to tell me it smells like garlic bread? (!)
B - Will you go downstairs to check it out?
S - No. Go back to sleep.
4 comments:
how do I sign up for email updates????
Becca signed up at babycenter.com You punch in your due date and it will send you a weekly email with "This is what's happening to your baby this week" "This is what's happening to you (mother) this week" and "What to expect (husbands)." It will compare the size of the baby each week to a different piece of fruit/food. We have been the size of a lentil bean, blueberry, kidney bean, and grape.
So the 'richocheting emotions' reference was from one of the babycenter.com emails, not one that Becca or I sent out. They said "husbands, beware of richocheting emotions." They were spot on.
That's pretty awesome. wow.
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