The Things I Wish I Knew About Pregnancy

I am now 39 weeks pregnant. It is crazy to think that we are now at the end of this journey. Only a few years ago I was told that the chances of me ever having a baby naturally were second to none. Yet here we are, merely a few days away from meeting our amazing baby.

Pregnancy has been a completely wild ride. Even though there have been many difficult moments, it has been the best 9 months of my life. However, it has been absolutely packed with surprises. Some that I wish I would have known in advance. In this post I want to share with you guys some of the things I wish I knew about the pregnancy.

 

 

The first trimester is rough.

For the first trimester, I was on a high from finding out the news that I was expecting. That carried me through and kept me going. However, there is no denying that there were rough points to it. I was sick almost every day and the nausea was crippling. But the worse thing was my lethargy. There were some days where I couldn’t even get myself out of bed because I was so tired. It made me feel lazy, unproductive and pathetic.

 

The second trimmest you feel amazing.

Hitting the second trimester is like somebody turns the lights back on with your energy. I got past the 14-week mark and honestly, I felt like I could run a marathon. To be honest, I had more energy than anything that I had ever had before. That made me feel completely out of this world and I was ticking things off my list that had been on my to-do list for a number of months.

 

The third trimester you feel like a blue whale.

Honestly, I think it was around 30 weeks that my body slowed down. I tried to keep going and stay active, but the truth was I felt like I weighed 3,000lbs. My body was weighed down and my mobility was a stark difference to what it was at 29 weeks. Don’t get me wrong, everything felt amazing up to that point and I always adored the feeling of pregnancy. I just felt like I was the slowest moving person on the planet.

 

It goes by so slowly.

I have all the countless apps where I track where I am in my pregnancy. You know the ones that I mean. The ones where it tells you if your baby is the size of a grapefruit or a squirrel. However, logging into the apps each day makes it seem incredibly drawn out. At one stage I felt like my baby was the size of a rabbit for almost 3 months. Whenever you have anything that you are incredibly excited for, time goes very slowly.

 

It flies by within the blink of an eye.

This completely contradicts what I just mentioned above, but here me out. Even though day by day may go slow. When you count down to something incredibly exciting, it always goes slowly. However, now as I sit here in the end stage of my pregnancy, it all seems like it went by within the blink of an eye. It only seems like two minutes ago since I took the test and sat the word ‘Pregnant’ emblazoned across it. Because of that it worries me how quick the early stage of my pregnancy may go.

 

It bonded my husband and I forever.

My husband has always been my best friend. However, being pregnant breaks down any walls which may have remained there. My husband has now seen me be sick, he’s carried me to the toilet when my back completely seized up. He helped me shave (down there), on numerous occasions. Situations that I would have never imagined him witnessing me in. But pregnancy does that to you. It breaks down any barriers that there may be and because of that we are so much closer for it.

 

It made me realise who my true friends are.

There are some people that have been there for me and there are others that have become distant. To be honest, it made me realise that there are people who I am meant to be connected to and others that I feel ok to not be around anymore. True friends will always show themselves. I am incredibly comfortable with the people that I have in my life. My circle may be small, but they are all so incredibly special.

 

As always, I hope that you guys enjoyed this post about the things I wish I knew about pregnancy. The small things that would have made me feel more confident about the various stages. I hope that by sharing this post, if you guys think of anything else that we should share, please do leave it in the comments below. Pregnancy really has been the wildest ride of my life and I will forever be grateful that I have been able to experience this for myself. I only wish that if other people out there are having fertility issues, you too get to experience this one day.