Funny Stories

I’ve always been a planner by nature. So naturally, as soon as I found out I was pregnant, the research phase began. I dove headfirst into baby gear deep-dives, product reviews, safety guides, and Pinterest nursery boards like it was my full-time job. But while I was always in planning mode, the nesting instinct—that overwhelming, almost primal drive to prepare my home for baby—kicked in with a whole new intensity around week 26, near the end of my second trimester.

When you first find out you're pregnant, you expect some of the classic symptoms—morning sickness, sore boobs, cravings. Maybe even a little swelling or fatigue. But no one—and I mean no one—prepares you for the nasty, weird, borderline humiliating things that happen to your body while you're growing a tiny human. I’m talking about things like uncontrollable gas, intense body odor, and the Sahara-level dryness that no lube on Earth can fix. Let’s get into it, shall we?