The first trimester has been a breeze for me thus far. The wife on the other hand, has been experiencing severe exhaustion, hormonal mood swings, headaches, that
hungover morning feeling minus the enjoyment of a night consuming numerous gin and tonics and ravenous hunger. Non-pregnant wife has always been a small eater, happily subsisting for weeks on nothing but ice chips and lettuce. Pregnant wife on the other hand, can put away the grub. Thus far her predominant pregnancy craving has been
tacos. We actually rolled to
Taco Bell late one night because "Momma had a hankerin'" (the wife last made a
Run For The Border during her junior year of college a decade ago). Last week after our first doctor's appointment, we spent over $30 dollars at
Little Anitas on
just tacos. I pride myself on my
taco consumption and plan on matching the pregnant wife's totals anytime she sends me to an area
taco stand during the wee hours of the morning. This is a sacrifice I am willing to make on behalf of my unborn child. I think this is the definition of unconditional love.
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About a month and half ago, the wife decided to get off birth control to, "See what happens?" Three weeks later, the wife excitedly woke me up by waving a
positive pregnancy test in my face. My immediate response was, "Did you just
pee on that?" I spent the rest of the day like I think most men do upon finding out their woman is with child; praising my sperm and a youth spent rubbering up and then planning all the chores my child will perform once it is potty-trained. For the past few weeks I have been running the gamut of emotions; happiness, excitement and the crippling fear that I will soon be responsible for another human life. Later today we have our first doctor's appointment where a man twice my age will familiarize himself with
my wife's lady parts while I watch helplessly.
Operation Baby Thunder and nine months of a personal designated driver has officially begun!
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