Best Advice I’ve Received During My Pregnancy

From the moment that I announced my pregnancy, I began to receive hordes of unsolicited advice. People wanted to share with me what I should be doing, what I shouldn’t be doing and what they did themselves. I try to remind myself that people only do this because they want to help. Plus, they are excited for me in this new stage of life. Because of this, I try to take everything with a grain of salt, and I attempt to seek something good from what they are saying. So, in this post I am going to share with you guys some of the best advice that I have been given in my pregnancy.

 

 

Take it easy.

I am the kind of person that always needs to be doing something. A while back, my husband asked me to relax and watch TV with him and for the longest time I just stared at him. I was bored out of my mind even with something good on the tele. I wanted to be up and doing something. Just not sat on my arse. I feel so lazy when I’m not doing anything. But I am finding that more and more, my body is telling me that I need some down time to relax and recoup.

 

Don’t listen to other people.

Pretty rich that this piece of advice came from somebody, but they had a point. I need to completely ignore what most people say. For example, I was told to stop exercising. Even though my doctor said it is amazing for me to still be so active. Other people said that I was jerking my baby around too much and something could happen. For a while I fixated on that and worried myself for no reason. I need to pay attention to nobody but the people that matter with worthwhile opinions. And to me, that is my immediate family, friends and medical professionals!

 

Stop making work a priority.

For the last 10 years of my life, work has been a priority. I am so thankful that I have worked my way up the ladder, and I have hit amazing heights for somebody my age. As soon as I got pregnant, I was trying to think of ways that I could continue to work throughout my maternity and maintain control of my role. Pretty much everybody has said that this is my opportunity to break the status quo and put working to the back of my mind. I will have a little person to channel all my energy into and I am going to do it to the fullest.

 

My feelings are valid.

For quite a while, I didn’t want to admit that I was having a hard time. I had longed to be pregnant for so long, I didn’t want to be upset or moan about it for a single moment. But somebody told me that by suppressing my feelings I am only going to make them more intense. I need to acknowledge my feelings, work through them and even share them with people. Even though I longed for this day, I am allowed to get frustrated, uncomfortable and everything else that happens. I need to accept it and be kinder to myself about it.

 

Enjoy every single moment.

As you sit and read this post, I am sure you can think of somebody who has been pregnant and moaned for the complete 9 months. I am very aware that this will probably be my only pregnancy, so I am going to make the most of it. And most importantly, I’m not going to sweat the small stuff. Things will happen, it won’t all be smooth sailing, it is just about taking it in my stride and making the most of it. I am going to treasure every kick, bout of morning sickness, hysterical hormonal breakdown and everything else that goes hand in hand with pregnancy.

 

As always, I hope you guys enjoyed reading this post about the best advice that I have been given in my pregnancy. Like I mentioned, people really are throwing things at me nonstop. People are trying to come from a good place, I understand that. It can just be difficult to see the good intent through all of the bullshit that surrounds it. But in this pregnancy we are trying to see the light and good in everything that people say and do. I may do another post in a few months to share what else people have said to me as I get closer to my due date. I can only imagine people will fire more at me as we get closer to the date!