I haven't done jackspice since I found out I have a bun in the oven.
I mean, I haven't even opened the document where my WIP lives -- not since last Wednesday, which I now refer to as the-last-day-I-lived-in-innocent-bliss.
I'm so preoccupied -- already. Is this normal?
I can't stop: thinking about baby names, touching my belly, weighing myself, staring at my belly, contemplating the absurd amount of housework there is to do before a living infant can move in here, reading about foods to eat, reading about foods not to eat, generally bitching due to a (not complete) lack of nicotine and caffeine, telling random people I'm pregnant, worrying about money, worrying about having a miscarriage, worrying about the baby not being healthy and wondering if I will crumble and feel like it is my fault if the baby isn't healthy, freaking out about the thought of giving birth, feeling anxious every time I cough, like something inside me might become detached.
Etc.
Again. Is this normal?
Why don't I feel like writing my story?
Why do I feel like clicking delete and starting over, as if I know more now than I did less than a week ago?
I mean, I haven't even opened the document where my WIP lives -- not since last Wednesday, which I now refer to as the-last-day-I-lived-in-innocent-bliss.
I'm so preoccupied -- already. Is this normal?
I can't stop: thinking about baby names, touching my belly, weighing myself, staring at my belly, contemplating the absurd amount of housework there is to do before a living infant can move in here, reading about foods to eat, reading about foods not to eat, generally bitching due to a (not complete) lack of nicotine and caffeine, telling random people I'm pregnant, worrying about money, worrying about having a miscarriage, worrying about the baby not being healthy and wondering if I will crumble and feel like it is my fault if the baby isn't healthy, freaking out about the thought of giving birth, feeling anxious every time I cough, like something inside me might become detached.
Etc.
Again. Is this normal?
Why don't I feel like writing my story?
Why do I feel like clicking delete and starting over, as if I know more now than I did less than a week ago?
Comments
Of course you're distracted, etc. You have something growing in side of you! Go with it and enjoy!
Congrats!
:) Happy for you, glad to not be doing that again.
@ Jenna - SEVEN pounds of bananas? Did you have a craving?
@ Yvonne - Well, I'm glad to know it seems normal! I was thinking, when I first found out, about how I could get all this writing done when I go on maternity leave. Somehow, I don't envision that being a very productive time for me now, either!
@ Talli - Thanks. I am enjoying this odd feeling... it's kind of strange and wonderful all at once.
@ Ashley - Are you two thinking about kids? Hmm... I would like my little one to have a playdate, so why don't you get busy?! LOL. Wait and see about your role on GLEE first. One preggo character is probably enough on that show.
@ Emcogneato - Ha! You HAVE missed a little news over here. :)
@ Charity - Thanks for the encouragement. I won't be deleting. Or cutting off my hair anytime soon. When it's August and I'm several months along -- now, that may be another story. ;)
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YOU'RE Stressed no wonder you can't work on your wip, love, you have a ton going on!!!
Thanks for your insights on my YA novel yesterday. I really appreciate your help.
I love you.