Pregnancy - Is Something in the Water?

As many of you have probably noticed, Hollywood has been ripe with celebrity births these past couple of years. It's almost as if babies are the latest and greatest Botox. They just gotta try it.

Well, as is the normal trickle-down effect, it's finally reached Hawaii. It seems like everyone around me has just had a baby or will be having a baby. Baby popping is all the rage at work, with friends and even family. I guess it's just that time in my life, you know, baby-making time. I mean, I am at that age where I should "settle down" and start a family. People at my age normally have stable jobs and can finally afford to have a family (that's if you're planning to have one. Unplanned is another story.).

I'm not sure what to think about this baby-making, settling-down time, especially since I'm a self-proclaimed anti-baby person. It's not that I don't like kids (well, at least I don't not like them that much) but more like I don't feel like I need kids. Yeah, some people have a burning desire to become a mom. That's definitely not me as I've said to one and all. Still, to each his or her own and I'm happy for the moms and moms-to-be that are in my life. I'm just not sure it's for me, and I haven't met a guy who could convince me otherwise (ie. make me lose my mind and agree to have one).

I feel a little awkward about things though. It's making me contemplate my life and its direction. I mean, when you have kids it's easy to decide where your life is headed. Obviously your life is headed no where . . . err . . . that is no where your kids' lives aren't headed. LOL! Let me restate that. What I mean is that your life is no longer yours and your main focus is your child (or at least it should be. There's no telling these days.). When you're child free you have all the options in the world. Guess that's where I'm at now and the world is a really big place to be.

10 Other Reasons Why Pregnancy can be Great

Yesterday I found out that a good friend of mine is preggers. I hadn't seen her in a while, and sho' nuff when I did she was already showing. Now, I'm not one of those who ooh and ahh over the miracle of birth, but I will give you this: pregnant women can get away with murder. With that in mind, I figured I'd make a list of situations during which being pregnant is as good as gold.

1. Never lift a finger again - Regardless of the fact that you can lift a tow truck worth of food to your mouth, anything else will be beyond your capability. Definitely have someone else handle such details as grocery shopping, taking out the garbage, cleaning the house, etc.

2. Choosing where to eat for dinner - Now you have a right to say you don't want to eat at the Thai place and would prefer fried chicken . . . yes, four nights in a row.

3. Anytime you exercise in public - People will admire you for even dragging your butt to the gym so whether or not you're actually working out is beside the point.

4. Shoe shopping or shopping in general - The ultimate excuse to purchase those overpriced pair of shoes = swollen feet. New wardrobe? Can't fit into the old one and surely people can't expect you to walk around naked, can they?

5. Overwhelming desire not to work anymore - Even if you're not sick or tired, you can always say you are so you don't have to come in to work. No one will question it unless they want to deal with the crazy, hormonal pregnant lady.

6. PMS attitude 24/7 - Don't even hesitate to blame it on the baby. This diamond here is worth the stretch marks and 18 years of legal indentured servitude.

7. Unavoidable situations with people you hate - Now you can excuse yourself and hide in the bathroom without drawing attention to yourself or outting the fact that you really, truly hate this person's company.

8. Female driving faux pas - You're a famale driver AND pregnant. People can't expect you to signal before switching lanes. If you're really lucky, you'll never drive yourself again. This is where your male (or even female) counterpart takes over and does all the driving for you. You can nickname him "Jeeves" and start lounging in the backseat like Miss Daisy.

9. TV remote control control - You'll finally have control over the TV remote because you'll spend more time on the couch than your hubby. Once it's in your hands, he'll never get it switched back to ESPN. From here on out, it's TLC's "A Baby Story" or "Jon & Kate Plus 8" - all day, every day.

10. Tango or no go, in the bedroom - Now you can save your "I've got a headache" excuses and wear the prenancy excuse out for a good couple months. No one will know but you.

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