A Whole New Experience.....

So since I have been pregnant I realized that there were a lot of things that I did, ate or wore everyday that I didn't even think twice about. Being pregnant makes a lot of the things you do every day just a little bit harder, I am not complaining but it does make you think....

To begin with, just rolling over to get out of bed is a challenge. I am guessing it will just get worse and I don't know if it is because my center of gravity has changed or what but this has become much much harder, which also makes getting motivated for work in the morning a major struggle!

Another thing that you think would be pretty simple when pregnant is trying to eat enough but not to much and to make sure you are eatting all of the right things. Jeeze, this is complicated....I think it is one of the most challenging things of pregnancy. Breakfast and lunch are hard because they are almost always on the go, but easy to pack items such as lunch meat sandwiches, which can include protein, veggies and fiber, are on the big no no list because lunchmeat is on the no no list! By the time dinner rolls around I am just over it and I don't care!

No caffeine, no aspartane, no alochol, you would be amazed at how many fewer choices you have on beverages when you take these out of the picture. I really really miss diet coke!

Getting dressed in the morning, I kind of think this has gotten a little easier since now I just can't fit into any of my pre-pregnancy clothes. The in-between phase when you don't need maternity clothes but your other ones just don't look flattering, that was the worst. Now, I just don't have that many options so its not all that hard!!

Which brings me to what made me think of this whole taking things for granted in the first place. A nice comfy pair of jeans that you just feel good in when you put them on. My pre-pregnancy ones were a pair of sevens, love them and was always happy when I was wearing them. Now, I am sure this is not the case for everyone but for me, I have not felt pretty since I became pregnant. I have also not wanted to spend lots of money on clothes because you only need them for a short amount of time and I never have any idea what size to buy. Well, I splurged, on a $68 pair of maternity jeans from the gap (although I did have a 25% off coupon so I felt a little bit better about it)! I got them in the mail yesterday (none of the Indianapolis gaps carry maternity clothes and I didn't want to wait until the next time I got to Cincy). I have to tell you when I put them on I almost felt normal again!

All that being said, I love being pregnant and I know that all these very miniature (yet sometimes seemingly gigantic) sacrifices are well worth it, hopefully I will just appreciate everything a little bit more when these 9 months are up!