The Unexpected When You’re Expecting… And can a father-to-be get pregnancy brain, too?

Pregnant Jane is building one heck of a collection of pregnancy books and magazines.  They’re all stacked up on an end table in our living room a mile high.

A couple of weeks ago I noticed that I could still see the top of the table in one small section, so I decided to do something about it.  I asked Jane if there are any other pregnancy books she wanted and mentioned that she had heard about “The Unexpected When You’re Expecting” and thought it might be good.

Later that night I jumped online and ordered it for her as a little present.

Fast forward to today and we were doing some house cleaning and I moved her books and magazines to clean the table and remembered I ordered Jane “The Unexpected When You’re Expecting” awhile ago and I still didn’t have it.

Then I realized something else… I haven’t checked out mail for nearly a week!  I’ve been joking with Jane about her pregnancy brain and how she’s been forgetting everything, but now I’m wondering if I’m also dealing with pregnancy brain?

Father-to-be’s are known to have sympathy sickness while their wife is pregnant, but I never thought I’d catch this pregnancy brain!

Anyway, I walked to the mailbox a few hours ago and it was jam-packed.  I swear our postmaster enjoys seeing how much mail she can stuff into our mailbox.  I’m also convinced she enjoys hiding bills INSIDE of junk mail flyers and magazines.  We’ve thrown away several bills in the past before we learned she likes to hide letters inside advertisements.

I struggled for a good minute trying to pull the mail out with ripping anything.  No such luck. I then took the key to our house and poked it into the cardboard box that was STUFFED into our mailbox and put my finger in the box and pulled it out.

As I walked back to our house, I went through our folded, crunched, ripped, and mutilated mail.  Bill, bill, bill, Victoria’s Secret catalogue, bill, bill, bill, oh wait.  Victoria’s Secret catalogue… hmmm… ooooh.  Bill, junk, junk, hmmm… Victoria’s Secret catalogue…

I then opened up the Amazon box and was surprised to find “The Unexpected When You’re Expecting” I purchased for Jane.

Why was I surprised?  Because I had forgotten I ordered it after the dealing with our stuffed mailbox.  Or maybe it was the Victoria’s Secret catalogue that distracted me?  Either way.. male pregnancy brain strikes again!

You might also want to read:

1. Pregnant Brain has kicked into high gear for Pregnant Jane.
2. Father-to-be ramblings about Dadalings and soon to be happenings
3. Pregnant Thoughts From A Soon-To-Be Father
4. Father-to-be woken up at 5 AM with severe chest pain… Pregnancy stress?
5. New His Boys Can Swim Contest Launching Soon For Mom’s And Expecting Moms!

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