As u go through your pregnancy you can feel the changes your body is going through and you know you will eventually get so big that your size will matter and it will get in the way of you doing things.
For me it happens seriously over night, it's in my 3rd trimester and one day it's like I grew just enough that my size is now getting in the way of me doing things that, I swear I could do the day before.
All of a sudden you can't see your feet, or ANYTHING from the top of your belly button down, and you could swear that just last night you could.
There's things you can't do beside not see ANYTHING below your belly button like for example: roll over from one side to the other, I have to wake up to roll over in the middle of the night. When I'm sitting on the couch (or any kind of a chair) I can't just stand up, I have to scoot myself up to the edge and either hold onto something or put my weight on my knee to stand up. If I am sitting next to my husband he will help by pushing me (by my butt) to get me up lol :-)
Getting dressed has becoming part of my work out plan and if something drops on the floor, you can forget about it. Crossing your legs or even just keeping your legs together seems like a distant memory.
It seems like a long list, I haven't even put everything down and it seems long well, because it is. :-)
Pregnancy is such an amazing thing but it definitely comes with sacrifices. Not only do us women have to sacrifice our mind, body and soul over to be pregnant BUT our husbands or partners also have to sacrifice not having their wives for 9 months, because face it, once we see that little pregnant sign EVERYTHING is about our pregnancy and this unborn child we are carrying. So husbands cut us a little slack and wives cut your husband a little slack. Pregnancy is an extremely stressful time in a couples life let alone if you are having any other struggles and stresses to go on top of it. Just know, once that baby is born you (or your wife) will start to go back to herself again. Of course she will be different because she just became a mom for the first, second etc. Time and things will be different but you will recognize her or yourself again ;-)
Every pregnancy is different so don't think that just because this is the second time like for me that you know what's coming. For me this pregnancy has been a good pregnancy but completely different in every other way, my last pregnancy at this stage (33 weeks) I was still going to a Zumba class 3-5 times a week and was able to out last most people in the class, I was walking 2 miles a day. This pregnancy is sucking the energy out of me and my entire body hurts 90% of the day no matter what I do or don't do. It's been crazy but I know it'll all be worth it.
So again, husbands cut your wives a little slack and wives, cut your husbands some slack ;-)
Thanks for reading,
Tara Cancilla
Just speaking the truth about what happens during (some) pregnancies, I can only speak from experience and I hope to be able to relate to others so that you don't feel alone. I know some of you are having better pregnancies and some are worse and I hope that no matter how your pregnancy that you and your baby stay healthy and that you both come out of this healthy and happy :-)
