MY GRAVIDITY JOURNEY:

My Sensei rating right now is quite up there. hehe! or so I feel. No! I deserve it! 38 weeks and still going strong in my plump solitude :D I feel so accomplished as I write this. A deep yet ragged sense of entitlement has come over me and all sense of humility, Bereft.

Here we are, in our final 10th Month lap. Yes people, it is 10 months and No, I am not a sea lion. I have had 10 months to contemplate on the things I took for granted before falling pregnant just in case you happen to be among the one in a few thousand couples whose pregnancy timelines fall in line with the will of the gods and you somehow convince yourself that you 'planned' for it:

a. Coffee- Watched 'George of the Jungle'? When he goes to New York for the first time and discovers Coffee? Yes! do that! Munch those coffee beans to the max cause once your preggo, NO MORE CAFFEINE! Utter Sadness
b. Sleeping/Lying on your belly- I'm tearing up as I write this...simply because.
c. Breathing like a normal person- here, you become the screeching sea lion or the seal being clubbed.
d. Simply sleeping
e. Sitting.

I have also come to learn that there are things that everyone says happens in pregnancy to everyone but through my personal journey I have come to simply learn, IT AINT SO:
To be clear too, I 1000% believe this was purely God's grace in my life because whew! I needed it in bucketloads. Remember also that EVERY Woman's body is unique and no one has the same exact experience.
a. Cravings- I never had any. Save for liking spinach a bit more than before and that was probably due to an Iron deficiency in my last trimester OR maybe it was this goat I saw some time eating some and I felt jealous, I Don't Know; I just need my spinach.
b. Major weight gain- Does not happen to everyone.
c. Swollen feet- Nope, Never.
d. Hormonal Imbalance- I have never not once had a mood swing . Yes, it is possible. I have been ok thus far emotions wise...haven't thrown any tantrums yet or slashed anyone's tires.YET..
e. Cramps- These were what I experienced :( My Uterus was literally punishing me , I was in a torture dungeon. At some points, I actually thought the worst had come, yes it was that bad. Multiple days at a time. Every. Single. Day. especially in the first 3 months. This is something none of the people I know who have had babies ever experienced.
f. Vomiting as part of Morning Sickness-Not once have i ever thrown up. Which in my case i think was much far worse than had I just barfed. The Nausea though-eek! I'm about to be liberated- Hallelujur!
g. Stretch Marks- Hydrate and Moisturise that skin like your life depends on it. Though this is also dependent on genes-high chance that if your Moms had them, so will you. Embrace those tigress stripes!!
h. Large Belly- Especially with that first pregnancy. My belly popped at 8 Months. I wore the same clothes I was wearing pre-pregnancy up until then.
Like I said- God's grace.

I have spinach to pan fry at 10 in the morning.

Ciao!

Me and Mine.