Nausea can strike at any moment when pregnant and that can be especially inconvenient if you are driving or loading groceries into the back of your car. Sunday I was riding shotgun with my husband when the urge to lose my especially tasty breakfast came over me.

"Pull over" I said calmly, yet urgently.

"I can't. There isn't enough room on the shoulder and there are people behind me."

"Put on your hazards if you have to!"

He sharply takes the next turn and my head is out the door before the car comes to a complete stop.

My husband is sweet and considerate and that just gets in the way sometimes when you are pregnant or have kids. Sometimes you just have to apologize to the world that is waiting behind you and put on your hazards. It's not that I think the world revolves around me, but sometimes you're just going to have to go around.

For Example: The grocery store break down

I always told myself I wouldn't be the mom who just let her kid throw a tantrum in the grocery store. I would ditch all my items and come back for them later. I would leave the cart at the door and spank my kid in the parking lot. Yeah, that was before I had kids.

That's before I realized that when a kid throws a tantrum it isn't because they are a stinkin' little brat! (Not MY kid anyway!) It's because they were woken up too early, cut a tooth last night, missed a nap or had one of the many things happen to them that makes it hard to be a baby. Anything that makes it hard to be baby also makes it hard to be a parent.

I'm sorry that my child screaming is ruining your grocery shopping experience, but I'm not having the time of my life either. I just spent the last however long pushing a shopping cart with one hand, holding a screaming baby in the other, suffering embarrassment and dirty looks. I'm about to load the belt one handed and put everything in the car alone and then I'm going to carry it all to an upstairs apartment alone. So sorry to bother you, but you're just going to have to go around.