Pregnancy Survival: The Highs and Lows

Not all parts of pregnancy are amazing and lovely and wonderful.. bla bla bla.. some of it can really suck, and its usually stuff "they" don't tell you about in the books!

Here are my highs and lows of pregnancy so far (i'll start with the lows so we can end on a high!)

Lows

You are worried ALL of the time about everything

You are completely exhausted for at least 2 third of your pregnancy

Your mood swings are uncontrollable and tears are basically an everyday thing

People tend to look at your bump instead of looking at you when they greet you

You have to really cross your legs when you cough, sneeze or laugh too hard

Your skin won't be "glowing", in my case it got very dry, rashy and spotty

Some days everything everywhere just hurts for no reason at all

You basically have nothing to wear, ever!

You have to listen to some really quite pushy mums about how to raise your baby - even though you probably know exactly how and what you want to do!

You'll always get at least 1 person who hates the names you suggest which really puts you off them

You can't eat dippy eggs.

Highs

People seem to give you a little extra attention, in a nice way!  They tend to smile at you lovingly and ask you how you are and you'll find all sorts of new friends through just being pregnant

You will have odd good days where you do have that glow and feel rather good about yourself

You can be a bit naughty and have that extra chocolate or takeaway

You get to take afternoon naps without being called old or boring!

You get to buy REALLY cute things, its obsessive trust me

It gives you a bit of a goal in life and something to look forward to

Its so fun picking names

You can cry at The Notebook without feeling like a plum

There is something comforting about having a baby bump and now I totally get why mums-to-be are constanly stroking and rubbing their bumps at all times

The end result will be a beautiful little miracle that will be worth all those lows in the end!