Waking Up.

Yeah, that pretty much sums it up. Crazy dreams, multiple potty breaks in the night, heartburn, sciatic nerve pain, hip and back pain, more crazy stress dreams, needing water, MORE potty breaks, round ligament pain, kicks, waking up on your right side and quickly flipping over to your left in fear... Pregnant women don't get REST at night. We work almost as hard through the night as we do during the day! Naps are pretty much mandatory. People like to say that it's practice for the restless nights you'll have once baby comes home. Those people aren't pregnant.
So please give us a break. Let us sleep once we are finally out. Don't wake us up early asking for something to drink. (Could someone teach my kids to read??) Don't be mad if we don't make it through the movie. And ESPECIALLY don't hold the crankiness against us.
As night approaches our stress level rises. We approach bedtime with the same reticence as Frodo beginning his epic journey to Mordor. We don't know if we'll make it, but we're sure going to try, for the good of mankind.