Pregnancy - My Wife's Live Reality

This is a little slow start to the blog as I posted the first one while on vacation, visiting my family, in Colorado. I'm still trying figure out why we moved to Ohio over Colorado, but it's time to move on. Well, the focus of today's blog is on the reality of experiencing the pregnancy phenomenon while living in my in-laws basement.      People continuously say, "Matt, you know how this happens. There's no one to blame but yourself." First of all, do you have any idea what it's like to live in the basement for months on end? What else are we supposed to do? Ha-time to insert a disclaimer or I may be sleeping in the fields for this last week--While our experience of living in my in-law's basement for 5 months, along with our three kids, has seen it's trivial moments, we are very blessed to have the family we have. So, I'm not bashing my family in any way, just explaining the situation.

      Unlike many women, my poor wife (ha, literally) was sick through all three pregnancies, and now number four is the worst yet! She finally went to the doctor today, and it's confirmed that she's around 14 weeks pregnant (wow, first I wrote "14 months...feels like it). She has been sick since the first month! Hence, ladies, I in no way want to minimize what many of you experience. For those of you who don't face much sickness during pregnancy, be thankful! 

       From my perspective, this pregnancy has been brutal. It's like I've lost my wife to a helpless, unmotivated, sick slob (a little exaggeration). But she can't help it. When we were in Colorado, she slept in for hours each morning and then took naps most days, not because she was tired but because it allowed her to escape the sickness. Fortunately, the rest of us were able to enjoy the trip, but the past few months have been very different. I have come to a greater respect and appreciation for the single parent. While I have had my in-laws' help, I still have been living life like a single parent, and "wow" props to those people. I don't say that to give props to myself, as I've definitely had my moments, but last time I checked there's no medicine I can take to make the experience more bearable (well, maybe that's not completely true as I just came from Colorado, land of the legal reefer, but you get my point).
       Whether sick or tired, often times pregnant women go to bed much earlier and take naps as often as possible. Now, imagine living the hostage life in the basement. By 8:00, the children are upstairs sleeping, the in-laws are upstairs watching TV, and my wife is in the one-room basement soon-to-be asleep, or already asleep. What am I to do? Thank goodness for earplugs, the computer, and Amazon. We all know that women put their lives on hold to be pregnant, but so does the man!
        I will expand on basement dwelling in the the next blog, as one week from tomorrow we close on our new house!

Man Advice:
Find a hobby, TV show, or something else to fill the void left by the pregnant wife. Don't worry, she will be back; it might be a few months.