Being pregnant is Easy – NOT AT ALL

So its now 11:08am on the 24th Feb’18 my husband has gone to work, I am munching into coconut cookies with my tea, my dog is sleeping underneath my chair and my little wee girl is kicking here and there making sure she is all awake … Gosh I can’t explain how excited I am to cuddle her x

 

So here I go……I am currently 28weeks so finally on Third Trimester…only 7 more weeks before I go on Maternity leave yay…

Well to be really honest all I was told that being pregnant is beautiful and sometimes its not easy… but I wasn’t told that you feel different every week and sometimes everyday and its not an easy cup of tea. It is bloody hard and I cannot explain you if you have not experienced pregnancy in a harder way … But I am pretty sure there are few ladies out there who feel absolutely amazing throughout their pregnancy ( Lucky them)  but in my case starting from week 5 till today my life has changed so much.

Being from India I was also told different things as compared to what I was told here – Indian part – Like don’t eat red meat, don’t drive , don’t wear heels, pretty much just be on bed for the next 9months … at the same time my Midwife told me to live my life as it is, eat chicken for protein, red meat for iron (so confusing whom do I listen to) only thing I was asked not to do is  don’t go for Bungy jump (Well even if I wasn’t pregnant I would have not done it haha) So you can imagine how I managed my pregnancy … I decided to go what I felt is right that is go with what my Midwife said 🙂

Initially my first symptom was Nausea I was literally throwing up all day all night I thought I would never enjoy my food again and I can’t explain how gross it feels to go to the bathroom after every meal just to throw up… but I thought it will be gone by 1st Trimester but nah it lasted till 18 weeks … along with that I had sore legs and boobs since week 5 and its worst now. Most important I wasn’t told that your vagina literally feels like its frozen during night time (its the worst feeling) specially when you have to wake up 4-5 times middle of the night just to pee Bloody its hard — Question is Why wasn’t I told about it ? I freaked out when I first realised I am unable to move because down there it feels like a hard stone. Gosh !!!! It’s painful when you sit in the pot to pee and your pee decides to make you wait for 5 minutes before it flows at the middle of the night – I don’t see any point where I can say its Easy.

I wasn’t told that I will be forgetting things too – I have never been so careless and forgetful I forget things as if I am 90 years old I am more messier now and I would like to blame it on my pregnancy because hey this is new …(Baby Brains)

Craving this is something we were all told about but hey I wasn’t told that you can crave for different food at the same time – Duh !? Like I crave for cheese burgers, KFC and butter chicken all at one time .. but I like to say its not me its just her inside me who is craving all that aha : )

When I look at my body now I wonder shit its not going to look the same again – I have red stretch marks all over my belly and I keep scratching it like a Monkey, my hair looks fuller but hey why is it so oily ? No answer as of yet! They didn’t tell me that your breasts will leak even before baby pops out so the first time I saw something milky coming out from there I freaked out and then I was told by my Midwife its normal… (Thank you at least I am being told something aha)… My Skin feels healthy (don’t know if its skin care products or hormones) I doubt my hormones (lol) so I decided to use my husband’s card and swipe all that $$$ on skincare (how basic !)

As of today I woke up with sore pelvic pain so I have decided to stay at home rather than going to Kmart with hubby dearest card (his stars are with him today I reckon) at the moment craving for white sauce pasta with lots of bacon and parmesan and some spicy samosas yumm…:p  wish I could also have a glass or maybe a bottle of Pinot Gris …

But doesn’t matter how painful pregnancy is at the moment but every time she moves and when I look at my bump it reminds me that it will be all worth it but hey I am pretty sure it won’t be that easy too because i am sure I am still not being told about the truth of post pregnancy xx

If you are on the same journey or planning to… you will understand what I mean and I would love to know your side of stories too so please go on to the contact section and write away x

PS – I am not a professional writer so please don’t mind if my words or grammar is incorrect 🙂

Good luck and lots of well wishes

Tursy xx