Clear skin
If only the clear skin I enjoy during pregnancy could continue forever but I know that before long I'll be back to my spotty, oily usual and the tendency to pick will return too.
Healthy hair
How nice to not have to wash my hair more than once a week, no oil slicks here either. It is strong and shiny and hardly any falls out. A few months down the track and it will be coming out in clumps!
Wheat - no problem
Normally to stay healthy on the inside I minimise my intake of wheat but during pregnancy I can have Weetbix for breakfast, a scone or muffin, a sandwich for lunch and pizza for dinner and not suffer for it.
Just for kicks
Feeling baby stretch, kick and wiggle. Looking down as my belly ripples and warps into different shapes.
Still... I'm rather looking forward to
- licking the cake batter off the spoon
- eating frozen peas straight from the packet (just me?)
- salami in a sandwich
- an occasional wine or vodka
- being able to lie on my stomach if I feel like it.
- meeting our baby!
And I could have done without
- 3 months of morning sickness
- stretch marks
- needles & sugar water tests
- getting up to pee three times a night
I'm incredibly grateful to be feeling so well and to have had this experience at all.
