Question #1: Has anyone ever gone to the bathroom and had to go again less than 30 seconds later?

Question #2: Have you ever been pregnant?


The number of times I visit the bathroom a day is unreal! At night, I brush my teeth, use the bathroom, etc – you know, the usual bedtime routine. It is not uncommon for me to realize I need to go again before I even get to the bedroom! I’m not kidding! So, many times, I think, “This is ridiculous! Maybe I can fall asleep really fast! I’ll be up again soon for the bathroom anyway”. But I have never allowed myself to be that lazy. I always turn around and go back. And when I go back, I don’t go much. It is a drop or two. What happened is that Baby Tse obviously moved and bumped or jabbed me with his hand or foot. :)

The same thing happens when Ray and I are getting ready to go somewhere. Once I use the bathroom that final time, we must leave the house immediately. If not, I will have to go again. One day recently, Ray said, “Are you ready?” I said, “Let me use the bathroom real quick. Then, I’ll be ready”. When I came out and told him I was ready, he was in front of the TV watching a football game. He said, “I want to watch this play and I’ll be ready. Give me 2 minutes”. I think 2 minutes is reasonable. So, not a big deal. Well, it wasn’t until those two minutes were up. Ray said, “Okay, are you ready?” The answer was yes, I was ready mentally…but I wasn’t ready physically! I had to go to the bathroom AGAIN!

In our Prepared Childbirth Class, the instructor said how wonderful it will be when we go to the bathroom again and actually go – for real! I have never thought about that more than I do now!

More “gotta go” talk! Sometimes when Ray and I are in the living room at night, I will get up to fix myself a hot chocolate or something and will ask Ray if he’d like anything. Sometimes he’ll take me up on it. Used to, I would apologize for taking so long because I had to make a bathroom stop. I don’t do that anymore. Ray just knows that if he can’t find me or if I’m taking longer than expected, I’m in the bathroom. :)

As I said before, I go to the restroom a lot when we are out and about too. One of the places we visit about once a week is Wal-Mart. The one we go to has a restroom in the front of the store. It is very convenient. I usually go there on my way in, at least once while we are shopping, and before we leave. But about 50% of the time, that bathroom is closed for cleaning. And that doesn’t make sense to me because that restroom is never that clean. Anyway, I cannot tell you how ticked off I get when I see that closed sign blocking the door! If I am in a decent mood, I will say a few words under my breath and then head to the restroom in the back by layaway. There has been a time or two where I completely ignored the restroom closed sign though. Those were times that I was not in such a good mood and I knew I probably wouldn’t make it to the back of the store. The janitor ladies are not thrilled to see me crossing their barricade. Before I can say anything, they give me an ugly look and say, “This restroom is closed!” I tell them I’m sorry, but I have to go right now. You would think they would be more understanding since they probably have a kid or 6, but they usually aren’t. I understand they have a job to do, but at that moment, it is all about me and getting MY needs met. :)

And there are some places that have just one restroom. The Whole Foods we go to is a good example. When I was in there recently, I had to go to the bathroom. I saw the restroom was being cleaned but stuck my head in to make a case for myself. A guy had his back turned the other way mopping. I said, “Excuse me. How long will you be?” He saw that I was pregnant and said, “You can come in now. I’ll stop cleaning. Just be careful”. Proof yet again that guys are typically much nicer.

~T.T.