"and I know it's probably my fault that both of them are night owls like me..."

You can take comfort in the recent findings that circadian rhythms are apparently genetically-influenced. That means that 1) you can't do anything to change them, and 2) those smug morning people are pretending to virtues they do not possess.

Now I don't know about you, but that makes me feel a bit better.
alala | Homepage | 01.22.07 - 9:49 am | #

We sure are a lot alike. my gyno told me I was like the women in "The Good Earth"; I could push 'em out and go back to hoeing in the fields all before noon. I also loved being pregnant, and if surrogacy had started while I was still of age - I probably would have done that.

Hope your quizzes graded themselves and you feel better now.
kenju | Homepage | 01.22.07 - 10:57 am | #

I am jealous. I am completely jealous. With HG it took 17 hours of tough labor and then still she wouldn't come. With HB they decided to do a c section right away.
Now the c sections were a breeze in comparison. I also did not have a doula. I think that would have made a difference.
Hula Doula | Homepage | 01.22.07 - 11:51 am | #

Now I LOVED being pregnant. I felt great-- no morning sickness, didn't give a damn about the stretch marks, loved watching my stomach move around in a possessed-by-aliens- way that usually only men see body parts doing.

First labor and delivery: almost died, but it was an idiot resident's fault, and they finally called my doctor, who came in, threw him out, asked me what happened, and saved my life. I love her.

But after that, not so bad. Last baby: five pushes, and hello, world!

I am still in the process of screwing up my kids-- I mean raising my children and making them need therapy-- I mean, love me for the rest of their lives. Somday I'll be where you are in the great parenting journey. But right now, I just want to know: Is there a mother anywhere in the world who is not exhausted? Or is it just me?
Ms. Cornelius | Homepage | 01.22.07 - 5:29 pm | #

Yeah, that was a rambler, all right -- but it was a sweet ramble. Thanks.
Old Horsetail Snake | Homepage | 01.22.07 - 7:21 pm | #

I love being pregnant, also. I had the good fortune to be BIG pregnant in the winter all three times, so no issues for heat. And cold? Can a person be pregnant and cold? Everyone around me would complain of how cold it was, and I was sitting comfortably. Never hot, just comfortable. No morning sickness, no issues at all, except that I could only sleep on my back with my last.

Now deliveries? I cannot deliver a baby to save my life. And, after the first one and the mistakes that were made during the emergency c-section, I have been told it really could kill me. I'll shut up now.

I love being pregnant, and I love having babies. Just can't do that in-between thing.
Angela | 01.24.07 - 4:56 pm | #