Mom Vs. The Bed

So, if I put this pillow right there and position the pregnancy wedge exactly there, and fight off those 3rd trimester charlie horse leg cramps, I just may get 3 straight solid hours of sleep before I have to get up to pee... And so my nightly ritual goes.

If someone were to ask me what I miss most from my pre-pregnancy days it would be a tough call. Catch me after a hard day with my "challenging" class this year and I would say BEER! Ask me in the middle of the night, and it is definitely the ability to sleep on my stomach. I always have been a stomach sleeper and rolling over on this basketball is not the least bit comfortable. Of course, who am I kidding that I can actually roll over. I lost that aerobatic ability around the same time I lost sight of my own feet.

Yes, I know this is Mother Nature's way of preparing me for waking up in the middle of the night after the baby arrives, but.... what is Mother Nature doing to get my husband ready for interrupted sleep? I pondered that at 3:45 last night. At times I flop from one side to another with a little more "Umph...." than I should, just to stir him awake. Is that nice and loving? Probably not, but I look at it as just being fair. I don't want him to go from that sound peaceful sleep I have been listening to for the last few months into complete shock when the baby awakens him. Say what you want about Mother Nature, I am just playing Mother Spaite and preparing him for our future arrival!