you might wonder

The day after reading, in a pregnancy book, that the first sign of miscarriage is a general sense that you are no longer pregnant, I begin to wonder. I am not sick. I don’t feel nauseated. I’m not particularly hungry. I feel fine, actually. Is this a general sense that I’m no longer pregnant? Where are my signs? Sure, I’m falling asleep fifteen minutes into movies and at every other chance I get, but when in my life have I not been a sleepy girl? That’s just who I am.

After that, I decided to skip reading the section on “Pregnancy Complications” – I don’t need to know the things that could go wrong.

On the other hand, since there really aren’t any signs of miscarriage, wonder for a moment about the reality of having a baby. It occurred to me yesterday, after seeing Prince Caspian with my husband, that after we have a baby, we won’t be able to go to the movie theater on the weekends. Not without a babysitter.

I’m not ready to not be able to go the movie theater.