Being pregnant is the bomb – Valentino Red
Being pregnant is the bomb. Really, just like that, just like that (and no less). It is a state absolutely unlike anything a woman has ever experienced before. And it is so both in a positive sense and in a less positive sense 😉
Before someone crucifies me myself I will make it clear that I feel very mother from the first minute I knew that I was expecting my little one and that it was one of my great dreams in this life. Seeing it about to be fulfilled cannot make me happier. But I will not be the one to show you the most idealized version of this stage of my life either; It is beautiful, exciting, unique and also, why not say it, it is uncomfortable at times, it is a tremendous life revolution and you feel continuously on the greatest emotional roller coaster that I could have ever imagined.
As we are here to talk about rags, I will tell you that getting pregnant involves a series of important physical changes; Well, that’s how it is in most cases. Let’s leave aside those that we all know of stupendous women who barely gain weight in these 9 months and can maintain almost the same size throughout the process. I, although I cannot complain, have not belonged to this group of privileged women. In fact, it is usually the most common case. Our bodies change and they do so quite quickly but mental change involves effort, a lot of support and large doses of patience. On our part and on that of those around us (blessed husbands and suffering friends!)
The first weeks pass between various symptoms: dizziness, nausea (only morning for the luckiest -it has not been my case-) even vomiting. Your body starts sending you signals of change but ah! Your belly is still in place, and your body stays the way it is. So until the day, until the exact moment, when you get up, look in the mirror and hallucinate in colors: your breasts have increased exponentially (at the beginning and for those of us who have never had much it is like “miracle, miracle!”) and your hips have decided to do it too (this is not so cool anymore, why fool ourselves).
Although it is still early to go to the maternity section, even if you were to go for jeans or pants with elastic to start with, where you do have to go is the corsetry to get new pieces that hold everything that now has to be fastened. I would dare to say that, in recent months, I have visited this section more than in recent years. Before the emotion invades you, I feel the illusion snatch from you with a stroke of the pen but, as the expert mothers tell me, “as they come, after childbirth and breastfeeding, they leave!” So my first advice is clear: don’t get upset spending fortunes on underwear outfits at this time because most likely, the illusion of two or three sizes more will vanish and you will have to go back to assuming “what there is” 😉
Do you feel identified with this situation? What were your first feelings when you found out that you were pregnant? Were these your first physical changes?
I hope they can help you and that you have found this post interesting or at least entertaining.
