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I am 32 years old and my daughter just turned a year old a couple of months ago. She is my life and I love her with all my heart. There is much to be said about the advice and information you read about pregnancies in books and magazines. I thought I was ready to be a mother and everything would be just like my mom was telling me it would be and everything would be wonderful. Don't get me wrong, I am extremely blessed and so very happy to be a mother but there were a few things I wish I knew before I was pregnant.

1) I wish someone would have told me that the feelings I would have during my pregnancy would be okay. They would be my feelings and that they were okay to have them. I have to admit that I was scared and felt very alone during my pregnancy because I wanted to "love" being pregnant. I was told by so many women that the best part of having a baby is being pregnant and seeing your body go through all of these wonderful changes. I felt guilty and sad for thinking to myself that I didn't like it. I didn't like being pregnant. I had problems sleeping towards the end of my pregnancy; I had swollen ankles and had to go to the bathroom every ten minutes. I was uncomfortable pretty much my entire pregnancy and I felt cheated because I wanted to know why I was the only one who didn't like being pregnant and I wanted to know what was wrong with me. This couldn't be normal, could it?

2) I wish someone would have told me that no matter how much your husband says he will help you with the baby don't believe it. I am so sorry to all those ladies out there whom I have rolled my eyes at because I will overhear them talking to their husband in a borderline rude manner in order to get him to help you either with the diaper bag, pulling out the chair for you, picking up a toy that your child has just dropped, etc. I completely understand and feel awful for even thinking that you shouldn't speak to you husbands that way. I say you go girl. You tell him what you need and don't feel bad about it. I have had the hardest time trying to get my husband to understand that I need his help and that just because I am the mother doesn't mean that I have super powers. I need sleep just as much as any other human being so please, to all you husbands and boyfriends reading this article, please offer to take the baby away for a few hours so that your wife or girlfriend can get some good sleep every once in a while.

3) I wish I would have known that my social live would be forever changed.

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