When I was expecting, I didn’t tell people until I was 6 months pregnant. Why? Don’t even get me started.

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1. I enjoyed serious conversations with people I wanted to talk with already, but all the people who just want to ask the same old stuff… ugh, that got old. The worst time was when someone (I felt I needed to be polite to) stopped me outdoors in the summer heat and went into this long rant about how she didn’t think anyone anywhere in any situation should ever have an abortion because babies were just so wonderful… Regardless of my opinions, abortion was the LAST topic I wanted to discuss while pregnant.

   Comment by Isha — June 11, 2009 @ 7:27 pm

2. People just don’t think about it, but some subjects shouldn’t be ever brought up in a conversation with a pregnant woman. And abortion is one of them.

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Speaking to my friends who don’t have kids yet, I often imagine this picture – there is a one-way door leading to a passage, childless couples are standing before it and those who have babies and kids are on the other side.

There is no chance what so ever for people “before baby” to understand what the heck those freaky parents are talking about before they walk through that door. But then they can’t get back to the way they were thinking before – it’s a one-way door.

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1. This post has made it to the Carnival of Skeptical Parent crossing #8 at the wonderful Babylicious http://figur8.net/baby/2009/05/22/skeptical-parent-crossing-8/ - thanks for including me!

   Comment by Emma — May 23, 2009 @ 8:39 am

2. When I was still pregnant with my son, my brother announced he was getting married in Shanghai. The wedding was to take place 4 months after I delivered so I could attend. Hubby and I made plans to have a little side trip before the wedding since I’d never been to China before.

   After my son was born, I ended up changing our arrangements so that we only attended the wedding, and all I got to see was the airport and the hotel! I just couldn’t bear to be away from my son for so long!

   Comment by Shen-Li — May 23, 2009 @ 12:45 pm

3. I found that the going back to work was not as bad as I thought it would be. I only work 2 days a week and my self-employed husband keeps our little girl. This is so much less stressful than turning her over to a stranger. I really thought I’d just bring her along and not change my schedule much. That is more true now but less true than I thought it would be when she was first born. Ahh, the changes.

   Comment by Stacie@HobbitDoor — May 23, 2009 @ 8:23 pm

4. I know a couple of moms who would so envy you! Being able to keep your baby girl at home and still work is awesome.

   Comment by Emma — May 23, 2009 @ 11:50 pm

5. That is so true! The choices you make before and after the baby are worlds apart, aren’t they, Shen-Li.

   Comment by Emma — May 23, 2009 @ 11:51 pm

6. You hit it on the nose. Kids change your entire life and it’s impossible to understand all the ways it does until you’re on the other side.

   Comment by Kat — May 25, 2009 @ 8:14 am

7. That before and after picture is so unbelievably, quietly beautiful…

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My second step was the plan. I am not good at getting (or even accepting) help, which is why I was going to do it myself. No classes, no doctors, no tablets, no patches.

I started to smoke fewer cigarettes a day, from 10 down to 7, then to 5, then to 3. I cut down

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Quitting smoking was the greatest sacrifice I’ve made for my baby. If you’re a smoker or an ex-smoker, you know what I’m talking about. I have been smoking ever since I was 18, for over 12 years and really enjoyed it. Cigarettes were a part of who I was and I had no desire to quit during my smoking years, not even once. What is more, I considered smoking to be one of the pleasures of life, and giving up the cigarettes would make me feel deprived of that pleasure, like I was giving up something important that nothing else can replace.

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Did I mention how busy I was? I am a working mom, and that means that I work 2 jobs, actually 3 - my paying job, caring for my baby and managing the house. Ever since my boy was born, saving time became my religion. Every 15 minutes are utilized to perfection and for a good reason - with my levels of busyness I can’t afford to lose time, at all.

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I didn’t have a clue what clothes to buy for my baby. I don’t like shopping all that much, not to mention shopping with no idea what babies need. Luckily my colleague gave me 3 bags of clothes left from his boys.

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There are a lot of things I used to love, which I don’t have any more:

Rock climbing – I miss it the most. It gave me this incredible sense of achievement, something I don’t seem to get out of anything I do these days.

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I got pregnant because I promised Rob we will have a baby. It was the only reason, honestly. I knew full well all the reasons against it – because with a baby you loose your identity to become just “a Mum”, because it ruins your health and your figure, because you will never have a night of unbroken sleep - and the list goes on. But I knew he would be never happy without a child and that was enough for me to give him one

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