“My Next Pregnancy” List
Now that Blake and I have come to the end of our first pregnancy experience, we’ve decided that there are a few things we want to do differently with our next pregnancy. I’ve made a small list describing what these differences are with some explanations behind the choices. 
Things We’ll Do Differently The Next Go’Round:
1. I will definitely get a belly/back brace. I never realized how much pain I would be in walking around with a huge lump on my front side. I knew it wouldn’t be exactly comfortable, but ignorance is bliss sometimes.
2. Blake decided he didn’t want to be around me for the first trimester and a half for the second pregnancy. I was difficult to live with I’ll admit, but there were some underlying circumstances he chooses to ignore… 
3. I’d stitch my mouth shut for the majority of the pregnancy. I didn’t use foul language or anything, but my attitude was foul and I was snarky. That I would like to change.
4. I would keep my eyes closed whenever I wasn’t alone. The eyes can say a lot that the mouth respectfully doesn’t say by choice, and that can be a bad thing.
5. I think I would try to get out of the house more and try to suck up the negatives (such as fatigue, bloating, gas, etc.). That way I don’t turn Blake into my hermit pal again and we can still feel like normal people living their lives.
6. I’d take more pride in the way I looked for my husband, even though the nice “do” and make-up wouldn’t reflect at all how pukey I felt. Even though all he sees is the beautiful mother of his children, he deserves to actually see it from my best attempt, too.
7. I’d try to stay on top of exercising a little bit better. Even though my diet was pretty well balanced and mostly healthy, the exercise will make me feel healthier, too.
I’m sure there are things I’m leaving out but I guess one of the most important things is to learn to relax and enjoy the ride. We’ll be planning more responsibly next time we decide to try for our second, but until then we’ll be able to enjoy our lives with our first born!
Did you or are you learning a lot from your first pregnancy? Do you think your next pregnancy, if you decide to have another, will go more smoothly since you’ll have been through it before?
Hey Jessica!
After I gave birth to Nora I definitely had a list of things I wanted to do differently the next time around. Namely for me they were: 1. Sleep on a real bed (I slept on a mattress on the floor until I was 9 months pregnant because we didn’t have bedroom furniture) 2. Buy a maternity pillow -one of those huge ones that wraps around you and 3. Buy a belly brace for exercising. Thanks for sharing your next time list! The next time you’re pregnant I’m sure you’ll be glad you wrote it all down -now you really can’t forget it!
Kelly
hahaha I hope I don’t forget everything since I have it written all down, but you how pregnancy brain can take over lol I look forward to reading about how your second pregnancy goes. I like how you mention things about your first pregnancy in some of your posts, it gives us comparisons!