With each of my pregnancies, I had the same expectations.

I thought for sure I would be exhausted, pukey, running to the bathroom…..etc.

With my first 2 pregnancies, I was rarely tired and found myself up and out and about until the wee hours of the morning.

With number one I was very, very pukey but only if I ate before 8 am.

With numbers 3 & 4 I was a bit more tired and in A LOT more pain.

With my first pregnancy, I had nightmares of a horrible, painful, yelly/screamy I want to kill someone delivery.

That did not happen.

It also did not happen during any of the proceeding deliveries of children 2, 3, and 4.

I remember my first lamaze class while pregnant with baby number 1.

When the instructor had us all stand next to the number relating to the amount of pain medication we wanted with 0 being none and 10 being everything you can give me.

I quickly waddled my way over to the 10.

Little did I know that I would successfully deliver four beautiful children WITHOUT any pain medication.

Yes, au natural baby.

All. Four. Times.

Crazy.

Definitely not what I expected while I was expecting.

(P.S. Why doesn’t anyone ever tell you that after you have your first child to cross your legs every time you sneeze?)

Disclosure:  I participated in a campaign on behalf of Mom Central Consulting for Playtex Baby. I received a promotional item to thank me for participating