My Pregnancy By the Numbers
With only a few days to go before we welcome our son, I thought I would take a moment to reflect back on these last nine months of pregnancy – it’s a pretty wacky transformation, after all. Here’s a look at the good, the bad and the ugly by the numbers.
Number of prenatal doctor appointments: 16 (my dear husband attended almost ALL)
Number of purchased pairs of Fred Mertz-style maternity pants: 3
Number of weeks spent feeling like absolute garbage: 10
Number of weeks before I shared the news with friends: 14
Number of weeks before I felt the baby kick: 17
Number of weeks before I officially developed a pregnancy waddle: 34
Number of obscure vegetables to which my baby’s size was compared: 3 (anyone else have to look up the size of a jicama?)
Number of pre-selected names for a girl: 12
Number of pre-selected names for a boy: 3 (we’re having a boy, naturally)
Number of unexpected “fluke puke” episodes: 3 (not my finest moments)
Number of unsolicited belly rubs: Not nearly as many as I was warned about
Number of women (total strangers) who accurately guessed the gender of the baby based on how I’m carrying: 4
Number of prenatal massages: 2 (and they were glorious)
Number of pineapples consumed: 100?
Number of times I repacked my hospital bag: 3
Number of times people told me to get sleep now: 50?
Number of bizarre pregnancy dreams: Countless (my personal favorite involved giving birth to a bag of cat food)
Number of baby products purchased out of pure paranoia: 11 (I’m not exactly sure what gripe water is, but we need it)
Jillian Gordon is the Managing Editor of Mamapedia.com. A Los Angeles-based lifestyle writer and editor, her work has appeared in Beauty Launchpad, Nailpro Magazine, Saturday Night Magazine and Westside Today. She is also the former Content Manager of Mom.me. Jillian is currently expecting her first baby in late November, 2016.
