Me and My Love at Papago Park, Phoenix, AZ, exactly two days before my water broke!
Being pregnant definitely has its up and downs. For
instance, I am pretty sure I had a fire torch in my chest my whole pregnancy
and of course baby always wanted spicy Thai Food! Heartburn was the absolute
worst. Restless leg syndrome keeping me up the last 2 months and being nausea
every day for 15 straight weeks was by no means fun. Pregnancy led me to hate
some of my former favorite foods and made me fall in love with some new ones.
The smell of ramen noodles now turns me off in a second; I can’t even be in the
same room with it!
Then
there are the things all moms love while they are pregnant. They love their
glowing skin, the flutter of the baby kicking inside of them, picking out baby
names and online shopping in the middle of the night. (You know you did that
too!)
I read
an article the other day with a title along the lines of, 15 Things You Never
Say to Pregnant Woman. While most of them I agreed with, such as telling a
pregnant woman her life is now over and to live it up now, there was one in
particular I actually secretly loved while I was pregnant.
I loved
when people told me how big I was! When I was 30 weeks pregnant, I got on the
city bus in Phoenix and 3 people moved for me saying I looked like I was going
to give birth that minute. I later went home and complained about it, probably
even put it on face book, but secretly, inside I loved it. I loved knowing
there was a growing baby inside me and my giant belly was what signified that!
Yes, I felt huge, my back hurt and it was hard to walk without looking like a
duck. But there was still a special feeling when people talked to me about my
belly, even if it was to tell me how big I was. I was constantly asked if I was
having twins and people always were surprised when I told them my due date
because they didn’t think I had that much longer to go. I may get scrutinized
for this secret love of mine, but that’s ok! I gained 35 pounds when I was
pregnant, which in retrospect was over a third of my pre-pregnancy weight. But
it was the most amazing 35 pounds I will ever gain and I would do it all over
again, even if it means strangers on the bus thinking my water was going to
break on their feet.
What
was your favorite part about being pregnant?
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