New little person

So, I think everyone knows that we are having a little baby. We are waiting until the baby is born to reveal the sex. I have to tell you that this has been a really interesting experience. I am due October 13. We will be in Washington D.C. by then and I am excited to have a change of scenery. The one thing I am not excited about is having to make new friends. I have so many wodnerful people I ahve met through school, work and church and I will miss them all so much. Such is life, right? Anyway, I thought I would update my blog really quickly. I feel the baby move all the time. He/she has sucha sense of humor. It moves all day every day, but when I aks it to move so Collin can feel it, it stops moving. The last couple of ultrasounds have been really cool to watch. We saw the baby yawn and kick me and move and do wierd things with its mouth. It was pretty fun. It's crazy to think that that kid has a whole life down there and it's perfectly content.

I once saw a blog where someone posted their ultrasound. IT was really weird. Maybe it was weird because it wasn't mine. It was still pretty funky. We are thinking about getting one of those 4D ultrasounds so we can see what the baby looks like,but those can be pretty scary sometimes. So here is what I really wanted to blog about.

When I told a couple people that we ahd some complications in the beginning of the pregnancy, I really expected people to just sympathize and hope that things would work out okay for us. Instead, I had comments like this...
"Oh my sister had those same complications and the doctor told her she would be fine and her baby died a week later"
or
"My mom had complications and her baby made it to full term and then it died within a couple hours"
or
"The same thing happened to me and I was sure it was going to be a miscarriage and I prepared myself for it"

What would possess people to tell me a story like that? Does anyone esle think that is weird? I would never tell a person horror stories if I knew they were concerned for the welfare of their unborn baby. I understand that people are tryigng to offer moral support to their friends, but seriously!!!!! I just want you all to be aware of this phenomena so you don't become one of those people. It is not encouraging to hear those kinds of things. It is also not encouraging to hear a friend say..
"YOu think you are haivng a hard time now, just wait until the next couple of weeks because you are going to be absolutely miserable! You have no idea how miserable you are going to be"

Why would you tell me this? What goes through a person's mind? Honestly, I have had some moments when I have really wondered "what the heck is going on with my body?" but I have not had a hard time and I think its because I have chosen to look at pregnancy as a great and fabulous thing and wonderful thing and not soemthing that causes you to be absolutely miserable for nine months. If you have those thoughts running through your head, imagine what your baby must be feeling? Your kid is going to come out thinking he's nothing but a burden to his family. I do think that pregnancy can cause you to feel miserable, but honestly, how many of us are to the point of death for the whole nine months? These are my feelings. Please try to say only uplifting things to me because I am tired of hearing about people's horrible birth and pregnancy stories. Only share positive ones. Thanks.