Waddling, mood swings, sore hips, cankles... I once heard Angelina Jolie describe pregnancy as "sexy". I can safely say I feel nothing like what she described. Perhaps it might be if you had twelve assitants, a hairstylist, an esthetician, a trainer and a nutritionist on 24 hour duty, but for the average girl, this is NOT a fun (or particulariy attractive feeling) time!I am looking forward to getting back to my "normal" self - or what will pass as normal in the aftermath of this body (and lifechanging) event. I have no idea how women decide to do this more than once. Kudos to anyone brave enough.
I haven't even thought about the whole actual birthing process yet - too scary and painful to bother my sleepless mind with that sort of thing now. I like to skip to the after part, when my body is recovered and Mark and I are blissfully taking the new addition on ski trips and bike trips and camping trips... I know, there will be a lot of work in the between time (and a lot of work for years to come, no doubt!) but I am sure the war wounds and scars from the last nine months will be well worth the good (and challenging) times ahead... when cankles are a distant memory and I can once again tie my shoes without assistance.
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