Volatile, stroppy, tired and snappy

Speaking to a friend's wife, she reckoned that in some ways it's tougher for men than women during pregnancy.

Her pitch was that her hormones prepare and defend her against the demands of growing a baby, the external result of which, in many cases, is a volatile, stroppy, tired and snappy wife. (Read "partner" for "wife," if you like.) So much of her behaviour is now outside her control, that the men can no longer figure out what is going on. The best the men can do is hang on for the ride.

Not an argument you hear much in the pregancy books.

Volatile, Stroppy, Tired and Snappy; weren't they the Lost Dwarves?

Pic stolen from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029583/

First scan

First scan today... we find out if all is ok, including the chance of it being a Down Syndrome baby and the more accurate Estimated Date of Delivery.

It seems like we have been waiting for this for ages, and I am not at all nervous right now. On the other hand, she had a looooong lie in this morning, which I always take to be a way of avoiding what the day has in store, so I guess this is pretty tough for her.

My mother said, when I was born, the only thing she wanted was for me to be healthy, and the first scan sort of highlights the healthy stuff in sharp focus.