I never ever expected my physique would certainly escape pregnancy unscathed, yet somehow I believed I was ready for anything. After all, I’d received warnings from friends and read copious blog posts and articles concerning the impact of growing an entire human inside my body. Just what else could there be? (Insert laughter right here at my naiveté!)
Well, I was prepared…that is, ready for the adjustments I expected. It was all of the undiscussed adverse effects that I wasn’t all set to endure. These have actually left me reeling and wondering, “am I normal?” As per Google, the answer is yes. I am normal! However that doesn’t mean that I haven’t felt as though my physique has actually been in the midst of an alien invasion from time to time.
I’m now at month 7 of my pregnancy and while I’ve managed to stave off stretch marks thus far (thank you genetics, drinking buckets of water, and my Boppy Bloom stretch mark cream), right here are several of the others surprising and bizarre points my physique has actually been carrying out that have, to position it mildly, blown my mind.
1. “Care Bear” belly: My husband now refers to me as his “little Care Bear,” named after the children’s stuffed pets that have actually various designs on their stomachs. My belly “design” is weird hairs. My doctor said they are because of hormones and will certainly disappear after I offer birth. I actually chance she’s right.
2. Human waterfall: I had heard of bladder leakage and increased discharge, However no one told me it would certainly be this much! Wow. The small stream that flows from my physique is no fulfill for panty liners. My current tape is 6 underwear adjustments in one day.
3. Blackened nipples and areolas: I enjoy to see blackened fish on the menu once I’m out to dinner. Just what I don’t enjoy to see blackened are my nipples. To everyone that told me they would certainly grab “slightly darker,” you were just off by concerning 37 shades. They are likewise huge and are now spotted along with skin tags. It’s enjoy two bumpy Frisbees have actually taken up permanent house on my chest.
4. Chicken flesh breasts: I was grocery shopping the others day and couldn’t protect against staring at the frozen chicken. Something was so familiar concerning the dotted flesh However I couldn’t position it initially. After that it strike me. The skin on my breasts are covered in the very same bumps. Lucky me! It appears “chicken flesh” is not limited to fowl.
5. Ham hock feet: Sure, I heard my feet would certainly swell. I merely didn’t expect every little thing from my toes to my calves would certainly soon be the very same width. And it’s not merely unattractive, it is uncomfortable and, at times, painful. That is, if you would certainly classify feeling enjoy your skin is concerning to spilt open as “painful.” I personally do!
6. Penguin stride: I’d been told, almost affectionately, that pregnant women begin to waddle. I believed I had a duck stride, However apparently I went along with a various pet dog altogether. Offered my ham hock feet it’s difficult to position one foot in front of the other, and as a result my gait has actually come to be stilted. Now once I walk (if you can easily even usage that word) I look enjoy a penguin. However it’s not rather as cute in my case, and I’m quite sure no one would certainly be curious about watching YouTube videos of me walking, as they do along with penguins.
7. Natural hair depilatory: This one doesn’t bother me, However it did surprise me. Perhaps my physique is so hectic growing hairs on my belly that it can’t attend to to anything else, due to the fact that the hair growth on my legs and underarms has actually slowed to a crawl. I can easily shave as soon as a week if that, which is a great thing interested in I almost fell on my face the last time I tried to usage a razor on my legs. My balance is not so great these days.
8. Centerfold-design breast augmentation: I expected breast growth, I merely didn’t believe it would certainly be so explosive. In fact, I don’t believe any kind of plastic surgeon could increase breasts this a lot in one surgery alone. I’ve currently increased 3 mug sizes, merely imagine Just what will certainly happen once I begin to breastfeed. And the inevitable deflation as soon as I’m done!
All this and I’m just 27 weeks in to my pregnancy, which leaves me curious to see Just what my 3rd trimester brings. One thing is for sure, if my hormones have actually much more adjustments in store for my physique you can easily make certain I’ll be writing an updated blog article on the matter! Continue to be tuned…
