Everyone's a doctor

The woman behind the Burger King counter is positive we are having twins. “Yep, I can tell, that’s why you’re so big.” “No, I am sure it is not twins – we have had enough ultrasounds to rule that out.” “No, I am telling you, it happened to my cousin, one of the babies was hiding behind the other.” “Really, we would know if it was twins.” “Why have you been having so many ultrasounds, anyway? Is anything wrong?”

Um, can you just keep your opinions to yourself and get a pregnant lady her Whopper Jr.?

We have also been hearing from a lot of people that really have no experience in this field that it is a boy. The TSA guy at the airport, people at work, the women at the nail salon. It is hard not to believe it when so people tell you that it is definitely a boy, even if these people have no scientific basis for their opinions!

Benefits of being pregnant

Benefits of being pregnant:
-- Getting an extra piece of pork from the cafeteria worker (“for the baby,” he says with a wink)
-- When you start breathing heavy, your husband takes over laundry duties
-- Unsolicited smiles from just about everyone
-- Getting a seat on the bus (usually, although sometimes not, but that's for another post)
-- Getting told you’re beautiful all the time
-- Ice cream pretty much whenever you want

I have a feeling none of these benefits will continue once the baby comes. We will see how all of these people treat me next year when I have a screaming baby on my hip. Yes, in addition to that whole being-responsible-for-someone’s-life thing, I would be okay with being pregnant indefinitely.

Kevin, on the other hand, is so anxious for this baby to get here!

Might want to think before drinking that water...

I am not the only business development staffer at Debevoise to be blessed with a little one this fall. My colleagues Susannah and Sarah are pregnant too! We are all due within seven weeks of each other -- Sarah is due December 3rd and Susannah is due to have a Halloween baby.

It was pretty funny last spring when almost every day someone went into our boss' office to tell her she was pregnant. Yolanda took it pretty well (at least when she was in our presence).

But it has been very comforting to have women that are going through the same thing. Like when Sarah came to work freaked out because her gums were bleeding ("Not to worry, that's a pregnancy thing," Susannah told us). Or when I was afraid I was miscarrying in the first trimester because my boobs weren't sore anymore ("Don't worry, mine stopped hurting about two weeks ago," Sarah reassured me).

Here is a picture of us a while ago, I don't remember exactly when, probably sometime in July (me, Sarah, Susannah):



And now we are winding down. Sarah has decided to quit and focus on her pregnancy and baby (yes, I'm a little jealous), and tomorrow is her last day. Susannah is set to go out on her scheduled maternity leave in a week. We took another picture on the last day we are all in the office together (Sarah, me, Susannah):



We also had four weddings in our department this year, so I might not be the only pregnant one in the office for long...

Another heartbreak...

So I really thought this was the Cubs' year. No, really! Throughout the season, they were just so confident, every aspect of their game was superb. There was none of the waiting for the inevitable collapse like in previous years. And it would be so poetic -- winning the World Series after a 100 year drought.

Kevin and I had been so excited, making lots of comments about how this baby was going to be born into a championship household what with the (upcoming) Cubs World Series win and the Giants Super Bowl win last February. In fact, we even had names for the baby picked out based on the Cubs impending championship.

Until the NLDS. Who were these guys? Pitching was subpar, the defense was horrendous, and the offense was even worse. And they had NO HEART! It was so pathetic!

The worst part is, it has made me question my abilities as a parent. As many of you know, Kevin and I made an agreement long ago on which teams we would raise our kids to be fans of (every couple should have this discussion before things get too serious). We decided our future children would be Cubs fans.

But can we really do this to a poor, innocent child? Year after year of heartache? Like the Cubs management, Kevin and I have a lot of thinking to do this offseason.

And it looks like Fukodome Cohen will never be...