Mama Didn't Tell Me

Mama didn't tell me

About the nausea and loss of appetite

The cramping or the back pain

Mama didn't tell me

About the little flutters in my belly

The sudden lack of interest of the foods I once liked

Mama didn't tell me

About the kicks and movements

Or how your head would be all in my....

Mama didn't tell me

That I would get so dog on big

How hard things would get, like to stand and sit

(oh we're not even going to talk about the bathroom)

Mama didn't tell me

About the tossing and turning

Sleeping with a pillow between my legs

(come to think of it, I had a lot of pillows)

Mama didn't tell me

About the false alarms in the middle of the night

Or about doing all of that waiting to get sent back home

(Daddy got tired of those nights)

Mama didn't tell me

About the labour pains

Or about all of the "what was I thinking" times

Mama didn't tell me

About that indescribable feeling

The moment I looked into you eyes

Mama didn't tell me

About the all night crying frenzies

That had me locked in my bathroom crying myself

Or the sleep deprivation

or the sore breast

or the over baring will to protect you

or the dirty diapers

or the throwing up

or ear infections

or the horrible colds

(we not even going to ask what happen to the sex)

But the most important of all

Mama didn't tell me

About the joy you would bring into my life