Here’s Jane’s 16 weeks pregnant belly. It’s been fun watching and documenting her pregnant belly grow and grow and I can’t imagine how big it’ll get in the weeks to come.
Pregnancy week 16 so far has been pretty good… although as I recently mentioned in a blog post, Jane’s hormones are flaring up a lot more, and her mood swings are up and down faster than a crab fishing boat off the Alaska coast battling a severe storm in 21-foot seas.
Headaches, morning sickness, nausea, mood swings, cravings, emotions, and more are all coming together in pregnancy week 16 to create a dangerous mix of pregnancy hormone stew. I’m often walking on egg shells and dare I forget to do something or leave something out by mistake.
To give you an idea, let me tell you a little story about…
Pregnancy Week 16 And The
Fire-Breathing Dragon
This morning Jane asked me to take out the trash. It was only 1/4 full, but she could smell something that was in it and was causing a little nausea to set in. I took out the trash, got sidetracked, and forgot to put a new garbage bag back in the bin (as I did this weekend, I should have learned never to forget a new bag!).
Soon after I took the trash out, Jane went to throw something away and I hear her let out a deep breath of frustration. I dared not look up from my computer. “You didn’t put a new trash bag in?” Another hugh sigh followed. I remained silent knowing that with pregnancy week 16, the potential for the fire-breathing dragon to leap out of the dark cave is high. “You put the trash bag in. It smells over here.”
Without saying a word, I got up and put a new garbage bag in. I sat back down and less than 38-seconds later, Jane let out an even louder sigh of frustration followed by, “Why do you keep putting your stuff over here? Your stuff is always in my way!”
I thought for a moment. I knew I needed to choose my words wisely, so I settled on just 2 words… I’m sorry.
Whew. I managed to avoid the 16 weeks of pregnancy induced fire-breathing dragon, and I avoided being scorched by the fire… this time.
A few minutes later I softly said to Jane, “Babe, we really need to take your pregnancy week 16 picture. Could we take just a few seconds and do that now so I can post it on the blog?”
She agreed and it seemed that her mood swing was back under control. We then went over to the spot where we always take the pregnancy week by week pictures and I snapped a couple of photos. As usual, Jane wanted to seem them to let me know which picture to use.
“They are horrible. This is stupid. I hate doing this. Why do we have to do this? I don’t like them.”
What the hell? Before I knew it, I was kneeling down in front of the fire-breathing dragon fueled by 16 weeks of hormones raging through her blood stream. I knew for sure I was about to be destroyed by Pregnant Jane’s words of fire.
“OK babe. We don’t have to do this any more. I’ll take down all of the other pictures we put on our pregnancy blog. It’s OK.”
She then went into the bedroom and came back out 10 seconds later. I have no idea what she did in there. She then stood in the spot and lifted her shirt to expose her 16 week pregnant belly.
Without saying a word I snapped a couple of photos, gave her the camera, and she said, “I like this one” and gave me back the camera. I have no idea what happened there. I’m completely confused, but as I’ve said before, I know not to attempt to find a reason or explanation for Jane’s mood swings, or why they sway from one end to the extreme to the other at lightning speed. I know if I tried to figure out what in the heck is going on or spent even one second trying to understand her right now, I’d go insane and find myself in a white room with padded walls.
And finally, as we sit here in the second trimester, I sit here one frustrated guy. Everyone, come on, say it with me… “Awwweee poor Tarzan.”
Jane’s hormones are not activating any and I mean ANY of those hot and steamy I want to attack you right now 53 times juices you hear about with pregnant women. Sex is all but a distant memory. I feel like I’ve lost my best friend. I’m stuck with walking 4-9 miles a day (a few times a week) and eating ice cream every single night to ward off my male frustrations.
On the other hand, who would want to get busy with a fire-breathing dragon that wants to kill you anyway? Besides, the last thing I’d want to do is have my manhood exposed in the open air with easy access for the fire-breathing dragon. I plan on using it again someday and don’t want it burned off.
But you know, I love my 16 week pregnant Jane. Yeah, things are tough right now with everything going on. Stress levels are high. Mood swings sway with the wind (hurricane-force at times), and I know that Jane doesn’t do or say anything with the purpose of being mean to me or upset me.
I know her body is going through massive changes that I can’t even comprehend the magnitude of. And I know that even though she turns into a fire-breathing dragon at times at the drop of a hat, I love my little fire-breathing dragon a lot. Like a really lot.
I know I can’t do anything right, right now. But that’s OK. It’ll pass… IT BETTER!
And I know that all these hormones, the lack of sex, mood swings, nausea, the lack of sex, morning sickness, cravings, the lack of sex, and other things that 16 weeks of pregnancy brings, will all go away soon and I’ll have my Jane back 100% of the time.
When that day comes, I’m going to be a very, very happy man. :)
But in the meantime, I’ll just be a good husband and deal with these ups and downs like a champ. Besides, I know I can be a fire-breathing dragon at times as well. And maybe… just maybe… a fire-breathing dragon only likes to mate with another fire-breathing dragon? Ha! Wishful thinking.
P.S… Before I posted this, I did ask Jane if it was OK if I lovingly called her a fire-breathing dragon on this blog post when referring to her pregnancy week 16 hormones and mood swings. She gave me the thumbs up…
Oh.
Wait a second.
That wasn’t her thumb.
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- 11 weeks pregnant belly picture
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