With my due date rapidly approaching (at long last, August 31 is in sight) I’m in that final lap of pregnancy. Has anyone ever entered this phase gracefully? Those stinking models that you see in the pregnancy magazines, do they really wear heals and have smiles on their faces right up until the end, ankles never swollen, heartburn never churning, is that possible? Or can I just assume they’re actually human, pregnant women that enter the last month of pregnancy like we all do - ready… oh so ready, to be DONE!

Even at the end of my first pregnancy which I described earlier as “all rainbows & kittens” I was done. I had loved the pregnancy journey I’d gone on but things just start to get so squished and uncomfortable during this home stretch. My recent check up the doctor confirmed that this little man was ‘in position’ head down and ready to leave the pod. We’re ready for ya! Come out any time now.

Let me tell you why this phrase (Preggo Brain Sushi) keeps popping into my mind lately, there are a few reasons.

First, do you know the first place a woman’s brain goes after she pees on a stick and sees that positive result on her home pregnancy test? I can tell you it’s somewhere along the lines of, “Oh god… I need a beer.” or some other such food and/or drink item she knows she can’t have anymore, like sushi, bagels with lox, a glass of wine with your pasta, etc. I’m not saying every woman is horrified by the positive result of course, many are thrilled after months or years of trying to see the stick of success in their hands. Still, what better way to celebrate then with a glass of champagne, well sure - if you can just wait 9 months or so. I’m not even a huge drinker but I’m already fantasizing about how delicious an ice cold Corona with lime is on a hot, hot summer day. It will remain fantasy until sometime in 2009 when I can sit down in the hot sun, not be pregnant and guzzle it down.  read more »