Not strange at all

During this whole pregnancy, my husband has been saying that I am no different to what I used to be before getting pregnant - except for the big belly then of course.

No cravings. No strange mood swings. No madness. Well, that did change a few nights ago.

My husband said something, not very funny, but I found it hilarious. I started laughing. Not like normal people laugh, but hysterically. I could not help myself. I could not stop it. I laughed so much that my whole body cramped up, and I thought I was about to give birth tight there and then.

It went on for about 5-10 minutes. In the beginning my husband laughed with me, but after a while he started to look at me, almost frightened.

Then, all of the sudden, the laughter turned in to crying. I cried and cried and could not stop. Now, my husband looked even more frightened.

Finally I did stop anyway. Confused and amused by my own behavior. I convinced myself that it was perfectly normal when pregnant, and I called my sister the next morning to tell her the amusing story.

"What do you mean normal when pregnant", she said. "That happens to me all the time", she continued.

Well, it has never happened to me before, but now, when I know that it, according to my sister, is something not strange at all, maybe I will start doing it more often. If for nothing else, then for the exercise from laughing and crying for 20 minutes or so.

On the other hand, I think there are a lot of things that my family find "not strange at all", that other people might raise there eyebrows at.

But then, who cares?