One piece of advice I've read is that women who are experiencing high anxiety pregnancies should map out their dream pregnancy -- what would be the best possible experience?
Well, I'll tell you.
First, I'll go to tomorrow's ultrasound, and the doctor will exclaim with delight as she sees either one perfectly formed gestational sac in there, or maybe even twins!
They will test my beta numbers, and they will be sky high, dividing like crazy.
I will be having one boy or twin boys, because, in this fantasy, I do not become nauseated when I am pregnant with boys. And Hub-D will have his wee football playerI may be a little tired, but otherwise I'll feel OK, and Chebbles and I can keep up our active, fun life, and we can eat nutritious foods together and have some good laughs.
I will grow big and round, but not extremely rotund -- it will be manageable. And Hub-D will get me a $1000 gift certificate to a "Motherhood" store, where I will go positively insane buying fun new maternity outfits, because, after all, I'm pregnant in different seasons than I was with Chebbles.
They will do the nuchal fold test on the earliest day possible, and it will be conclusively negative for any signs of Down's. Then I will be treated to weekly ultrasounds, up to and through the day we conclusively find out the gender(s), and I will feel the baby (or babies) kicking like crazy all of the time, which will be fun and reassuring.
Chebbles will get more excited about having a baby brother or sister, and we'll talk about it all of the time. She and Hub-D will delight in feeling the little kicks emanating from my belly.
I will go into labor naturally and on my due date, and it will be so surprisingly quick! Any child who issues forth from my body will score a solid TEN on the Apgar test, and did I mention they'll come out laughing?
I'll stay in the hospital as long as I'm allowed, stretching it until the last possible second, then we'll all drive home together, clucking and cooing to the latest Music Together CD.
Oh, and THEN I get pregnant shortly thereafter, with an even EASIER pregnancy, just so you know.
