  Leslie is a newly pregnant woman who urlLink commented on Gina B's Mom-Blog : "Oh, God. You mean it gets worse? I'm ONLY five weeks pregnant (just found out YESTERDAY and we're not really telling people yet so this is all very hush hush) but I HAVE to talk to someone about it. My poor husband. I'm SO TIRED. I mean TIRED. Like PASS OUT tired. And then I think terrible things. Like what if I have to poop really hard and I push the baby out? What if I lift weights (the Doc said it's ok) but I pull my innards and the kid aborts? Why can't I sleep at night? And I pee constantly. I'm already emotional, moody, tired, and having a hard time sharing my body.
I'm worried about what kind of mom *I'LL* make. " Gina and I have been passing around a discussion on the difficulties of mom-hood, and Leslie's comments are in response to gina's most recent post. Also poignant on this topic is urlLink Gwen's recent experience of juggling her kids with her very limited days off. Her story pierced my heart. This stuff really is hard, and the system doesn't make it any easier. I think becoming a mother (and this probably holds for most dads, too) expands your bell curve of emotions.
You feel more tired than you ever thought a human could endure, but you also feel more ability to endure that fatigue. You feel the deepest sadnesses and angriest rages, but you never belly laughed so hard and often in your life as you do when you're a mom. Life as a parent is like regular life, times ten. I guess that starts pretty early. 
