So let me start by saying that yes, pregnancy is a beautiful thing. It is. You’re literally going about your day living your life, but you’re growing a freakin’ human being. Like, literally making a person. How freakin rockstar cool are you?!
That being said, it’s not all glamorous. Or at least for me it wasn’t. I can get myself in a good headspace and embrace the body changes and sacrifices that come with it all. I truly can. In hindsight, I’m proud of what I did. Probably my biggest achievement to date was having a healthy, pretty uneventful pregnancy. Truly blessed in that regard.
Now for the filter free nitty gritty… There are times when pregnancy just sucks. It does. You’re bloated. You feel huge and uncomfortable in your own skin. 23 people a week tell you to sleep now because when the baby comes you won’t get any. Listen here lady, I’m not sleeping now so thanks for scaring my emotional self even more and moving me to tears. I have 85 pillows. Switch positions for the restless legs, indigestion and moving baby. I’m hot. I’m cold. I’m nauseous and I pee every hour. Sounds great huh?
So yes, this is time limited and totally worth it, but when you’re in it, you feel like you’re on an island. Again, this is your journey mama, and it’s good; it’s bad; it’s ugly; it’s magic…. Soak in the highs when you can… And yes, LL Cool J was spot on, you’re doing it, and doing it and doing it well… You’re welcome for that song being stuck in your head all day. Not to mention songs like that probably got you into this mess in the first place.