24 weeks and counting
Ever since I was young I have always found myself using biggish words. Sometimes, those words get me into trouble when I think they mean one thing and Webster thinks they mean another. (Generally Webster wins since he's got a dictionary named after him.)
I have become a lot more cautious in the past years and instead of regurgitating words thoughtlessly, if I'm unsure about a word, I don't stop myself from using it, I just stew and fester until I've had an opportunity to look it up. Case in point:
I once told my friend Marianne that she was 'saucy'. From the moment I met her, I thought it was a great word to describe her...whatever saucy means, she is it (I'm telling you, she's fabulous).
Upon telling her this was one of the words I thought of when I thought of her, I became concerned. What if I turn to my trusty dictionary and next to the word saucy it says "Green tinged and warty"? Hmmm. Not so much the compliment I intended it to be.
I was relived to discover 'saucy' means 'boldly smart'. Awesome. That is exactly what I meant for it to be...and describes Marianne to the letter. Thank you, Webster!
So, it is after I looked up the word "Mojo" that I feel completely comfortable using it in the title of my blog. Fortunately, it doesn't mean "manly sense of masculinity" or "oozing with sludge-like liquid". It means, "Personal magnetism; charm" It fits. Since that is what I am currently attempting to force feed.
I am 24 weeks pregnant with my fourth baby. I'm pretty sure there are parts of my body that didn't look like this with my first, second or even third. Plus selective amnesia seems to be a powerful method of ensuring parents go through more than one pregnancy. When you hold that beautiful, sweet baby in your arms there's so much about the difficulty of getting that baby that no longer seems relevant.
Like the fatigue, weight gain, heart burn, etc. Accompanied with that lot, its hard to feel 'charming and magnetic'. BUT, for this pregnancy, I'm bound and determined to keep my Mojo. While it may seem silly and trite, I think it is making the difference because my spirits are high and that is how I intend them to stay.
It is for that reason that I've decided to make a list for my future reading during the seasons when my Mojo isn't feeling so groovy.
1. I made a commitment to exercise more and eat better this pregnancy. I'm curious as to what the difference will be; particularly later on as the circumference of my belly expands and I lose my hour glassiness.
2. I'm determined to wear fish net stockings when I feel a need for Mojo. I want to be able to say I wore sassy stockings even when pregnant.
3. Earlier, I decided to make Sunday dinners our fancy-schmancy chinaware dinners. It's more cleanup but who doesn't feel classier when eating on hoity-toity dishes in candlelight?
Sunday shenanigans...over the top, but fabulous!
4. I love makeup. I love it most when I feel fantastic. And while I still have days when I would prefer to go bra-less in a sweat shirt and flannel, snuggle in bed and pull my hair back...feeding the blah feeling of raging chemicals, hormones and nausea, I decided I would have more days when I feel pretty. Amazingly, I feel better when I make the attempts.
So what do you do, pregnant or not, to feed (force feed when necessary) your Mojo? I would love more ideas. :)
6 comments:
Would it make any difference if I told you that you look fabulous? 'Cause you do!
I felt so awful during my last pregnancy that it was a darn good thing my hair was so short. See, when my hair is short, I have no excuses not to do it since it takes about 3 minutes from soaking wet to done. If I'm going to make the effort to do my hair, I might as well put my contacts in, and since my contacts are in, I might as well do my makeup. As long as I looked good from the neck up, I didn't care what happened from the neck down, which was good since I spent so much time on the couch.
Another thing I discovered that made a difference was wearing jewelry. It was while I was pregnant that I discovered that if I wore something pretty up near my face, people didn't seem to focus so hard on my belly.
Hey, when would you be available to get together in July? I'm leaving for 6 weeks in Utah on Monday!
Beautiful Belly Trishelle! I honestly beleve that women are the most beautiful when they are pregnant, and you are a radiant example of that :)
Love You
Lindsay
I'll have to add another entry later about how I feed the mojo.
I just clicked on your blog and realized you are at the same week in pregnancy as a girl in Mont's program here. Hope this is a mojo filler for you. She's pregs with her first, has been put on bed rest and is not able to work until after she delivers. So if she goes to term and then takes maternity leave she'll have five months to make up after her scheduled residency is over. Yikes, that's a LONG time to make up. So mama, enjoy walking around, playing with your girls that are outside the womb and know that once you are done with this pregnancy it's not going to come back to haunt you like Dr. Irving. Take care!
I would suggest a pedicure with a bright color polish. That helps me:)
You look amazing Trishelle!! And you want to know one of the things that I love about you.... you always make things look beautiful when you make them. It's a gift I adore. :)
trish, this is a super cute post. love ya!
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