Nolyn, I love you more than I ever thought possible, but I did not
like being pregnant. You know that pregnancy glow saying that we’ve
always heard about? Yeah didn’t happen for me either… unless you mean
the glow from the zit on my chin from the pregnancy acne that I am still
dealing with nine months later. I am hoping that after I finish breast
feeding that a good old chemical peel will do the trick, but that may
be wishful thinking.
While I was pregnant I did fear putting on the extra 70 pounds which a lot of my friends warned me about so I was really good about keeping in shape and eating right. When I was first pregnant a few girlfriends told me the best thing I could do while pregnant was walk as much as I could all the way up until the day I delivered because it would make labor easier. So, I did. Even if it was for fifteen minutes and it was the best thing ever. Believe me, I went through the rough first trimester where I felt sick past the morning sickness to night sickness and didn’t have the energy. But for me once I got through the firs trimester hump I was back at it in the gym dancing at Kadi Fit shakin my tail feather as much as I could.
I work from home, so working out was a great escape for me. In addition to fitness as I mentioned nutrition. I never told many people at the time, but I had gestational diabetes while I was pregnant which had a major influence on the way I ate from 28 weeks pregnant to this day. I didn’t really tell anyone at the time because to be quite honest I was really embarrassed and didn’t want people judging me. For some reason it has a negative connotation in the pregnancy world. When I initially found out about it I was devastated because I thought it was something that I caused and more importantly I was worried about how it was going to affect my child. While it is a serious condition while you are pregnant if you take care of yourself the right way, you will be fine. However that does mean sacrificing cookies, doughnuts, candy, fruit (yes most fruit, you can have in moderation) and many other great things, but it is totally worth it.
I now tell people I actually think it was a blessing in disguise because I think it helped me bounce back quicker post pregnancy and I learned a whole lot about nutrition.
Let’s see what else did I dislike about being pregnant other than the typical things- pee all the time, can’t sleep, hot flashes, indigestion, ect… probably for me was how much my hips hurt. From early on I had major hip pain and towards the end a lot of back pain. I just told myself that all these things were God’s way of helping me prep for having a baby.
I’ll tell you who did enjoy me being pregnant was my husband and friends. They had a guaranteed sober ride for 10 months and believe me they took advantage of it.
(At Clemson fball game preggo driving friends around)
You know though, you have to take the good with the bad and I would not trade a second of the outcome of a pregnancy for anything in the world. When I look back while 10 months did seems like forever, especially at the end when I felt like a beached whale who couldn’t shave my legs, bikini line or paint my toes (my wonderful hubby did) I would do it all again… just not tomorrow
While I was pregnant I did fear putting on the extra 70 pounds which a lot of my friends warned me about so I was really good about keeping in shape and eating right. When I was first pregnant a few girlfriends told me the best thing I could do while pregnant was walk as much as I could all the way up until the day I delivered because it would make labor easier. So, I did. Even if it was for fifteen minutes and it was the best thing ever. Believe me, I went through the rough first trimester where I felt sick past the morning sickness to night sickness and didn’t have the energy. But for me once I got through the firs trimester hump I was back at it in the gym dancing at Kadi Fit shakin my tail feather as much as I could.
I work from home, so working out was a great escape for me. In addition to fitness as I mentioned nutrition. I never told many people at the time, but I had gestational diabetes while I was pregnant which had a major influence on the way I ate from 28 weeks pregnant to this day. I didn’t really tell anyone at the time because to be quite honest I was really embarrassed and didn’t want people judging me. For some reason it has a negative connotation in the pregnancy world. When I initially found out about it I was devastated because I thought it was something that I caused and more importantly I was worried about how it was going to affect my child. While it is a serious condition while you are pregnant if you take care of yourself the right way, you will be fine. However that does mean sacrificing cookies, doughnuts, candy, fruit (yes most fruit, you can have in moderation) and many other great things, but it is totally worth it.
I now tell people I actually think it was a blessing in disguise because I think it helped me bounce back quicker post pregnancy and I learned a whole lot about nutrition.
Let’s see what else did I dislike about being pregnant other than the typical things- pee all the time, can’t sleep, hot flashes, indigestion, ect… probably for me was how much my hips hurt. From early on I had major hip pain and towards the end a lot of back pain. I just told myself that all these things were God’s way of helping me prep for having a baby.
I’ll tell you who did enjoy me being pregnant was my husband and friends. They had a guaranteed sober ride for 10 months and believe me they took advantage of it.
(At Clemson fball game preggo driving friends around)
You know though, you have to take the good with the bad and I would not trade a second of the outcome of a pregnancy for anything in the world. When I look back while 10 months did seems like forever, especially at the end when I felt like a beached whale who couldn’t shave my legs, bikini line or paint my toes (my wonderful hubby did) I would do it all again… just not tomorrow
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