Boobs
I’m ashamed to admit it but I was often quite nasty, temperamental and emotional during pregnancy. Hormones was probably the excuse I used. I know this is shallow and may be hard for some people to understand, but I was growing increasingly fearful and upset about losing my pre-pregnancy body,after being an overweight child and pretty unhappy with myself as a teen – i’d got to the point where dare I say it I actually liked my body somewhat. I guess coping with the physical changes is not something I gave much thought to beforehand. I was finally able to feel confident with my body and it was all changing and would never be the same again.
One thing I hated was my boobs. They wouldn’t stop growing and growing, I had I got bigger bras and within a few weeks i’d return to suffering from “4 boob” syndrome (you know, when your boobs pop out over the cups – not flattering at all). And although some people may love to have large boobs I do not! They got in the way, made me unable to wear the clothes that I wanted. Not only that but they hurt – a lot! Getting dressed hurt them, getting undressed hurt them, even taking a shower hurt them! It was not fun at all.
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Do you ever feel like every other mum to be has themselves so together and prepared. Every other mommy on the face of the earth has their nurserys painted, cots bought and built, are informed about what kind of nappies are best, know all about breast feeding, has been to birthing classes , is preparing their bodies for labor with prenatal yoga and such, and has absolutely every aspect of their pregnancy/delivery/homecoming taken care of and you haven’t even began to think about even half of these things. Well that’s how I felt, my pregnancy flew by – at times I just wanted to scream SLOW DOWN!!!!.
It might seem like a strange topic to post about of here but it breaks my heart to think of how many people have tried to have children but, for whatever reason, haven’t been able to. My best friend is one of those people and having been through failed rounds of IVF she has come to terms with the fact that she is not going to become a mum.
Aside from all the usual pregnancy worries, I had additional worries in my second pregnancy. Towards the end of my third trimester, the realisation that this new child would soon be in our lives, started to scare the hell of me.
If you’re a pregnant smoker, stopping smoking is probably the best thing you can do for your baby. But it could also be one of the hardest. It could be argued that the stress of stopping smoking is bad for your baby, but I think that the risks associated with smoking are obviously much worse.
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NAD/nil or a tick: No abnormality detected in urine sample.
But in 1991, Demi Moore (followed by a growing number of celebs) went and changed everything by posing naked for the cover of Vanity Fair when she was seven months pregnant. From then on it became fashionable to show off your bump and shapeless maternity wear was quickly replaced by more flattering, form-fitting styles.
I would imagine that a lot of women really do want to wear the latest trends when they’re expecting. Which is fair enough really, it’s not right to feel as though you should hide away wearing a shapeless sack, which tends to just make you look fat not pregnant.
I’m not some fashionista but I do enjoy clothes and like to express a bit of my personality through what I wear. I was therefore massively disappointed to find nothing remotely exciting on the High Street. Sure, there’s the H&M, New Look and Topshop range, but even they failed to please. The clothes are simply a square version of the originals. It would seem that none of these stores have ever seen a pregnant woman – let alone be one! I was for the most part proud of my bump. Why the need for all those unflattering styles? Are we supposed to just look like we are wearing a tent? Don’t even get me started on Maternity Bras!!! Urgh!!