Sleep

So since being pregnant sleeping has been very different for me. I am tired and so I think "I will go collapse and take a nap", or "YAY I will get to sleep in tomorrow!"..But the truth is that even though the baby is not here yet I'm already used to getting maybe 5 hours of deep sleep...maybe.
I remember the days when I did not have to go to school or work and I could easily sleep till the break of noon. Now however even though I am more tired and need sleep more then I did then, I can never seem to catch it!!! From my back hurting to wanting to sleep on my belly ( I have always been a belly baby) or the baby having a 8 am dance party and of course my favorite, the need to pee every 2 hours. Sleeping in is a gift that I will forever miss....however on the upside of all this, whenever someone gets to talking to me about having a baby so young one of the 1st things they bring up is "well your never gonna get any sleep once that baby gets here". My response is "well actually I have not been getting sleep for the last 5 months so I feel really prepared for the nights ahead" and its true! I think is Gods way of easing us into the no sleep life. Weather its getting up every 2hours to feed the baby, clean up vomit or scare away a monster under a bed.
I'm looking forward to getting up with my baby and holding him/her every 2 hours or 30min if need be, because I know even though it all may be tiring now, one day when my little one is all grown up I'm gonna wish I could do it all over again.

-YM