PROS & CONS of Pregnancy: Colds, Nails & Hair

This PRO and CON are not related to each other but I was not about to make a "con" out of having to clean your nails more often (read on...)

CON: Getting sick while pregnant SUCKS. I have had a chest cold for about 2 weeks now. Of course you do garner more sympathy about being sick when you are with child, but it's in the form of "Oh, that stinks. And you can't take anything can you?" which for week #1 led me to believe, that no, i am destined to suffer. I finally called the nurse on Tuesday and started taking Robitussin DM, which was helping some in expelling phlegm, but I have a while before this beast is gone. However, this morning, I felt like the clouds parted, the heavens opened and Jesus appeared to me - I sneezed and tons of phlegm was dislodged from the inner sanctum of my lungs. A miracle! I can take a full deep breath again! "God Bless You", indeed.

PRO: As I said, this pro has nothing to do with the con above. A nice benefit to pregnancy that I have noticed is that for the first time in my life, I have nice fingernails. Not only do they extend beyond the tips of my fingers, but they are strong, ridgeless and they don't peel or break. I actually had to use a fingernail clippers the other night to cut them - I don't know if I've ever done that before! My MIL grabbed my hand the other day because she thought they were fake! As I alluded to in the introduction though, I am amazed at how much crud can accumulate under them - I feel like I am washing my hands way more often (and that hasn't helped with cold prevention - see CON above!) Along with nails, my hair is definitely thicker and seems to grow faster. I already need another haircut and I just got one last month. Is there a pregnancy discount available for this? I knew I should have tried to just grow my hair out instead of keeping it short. Short hair = more haircuts :)

TGIF!