Pregnant Problems: Hormones & Body Changes
- TATS DELA CRUZ
- May 4, 2015
- 3 min read
Hormones are changing. You are more moody than usual, hungry than usual and you eat food that are not exacly appealing to you before. You feel warm even when the people around you are actually freezing. You feel weird, you are mad at something you are not supposed to be mad at, you crave a lot of things and get mad when you don't get what you want like a spoiled brat. All of these, are NORMAL! But don't let it get to you, it's not an excuse that you are pregnant for you to act all prima donna. People will not adjust for you just because you are pregnant, it is still important to become considerate with the people around you, especially your partner, and to understand that you are not the center of the world, the world will not stop just because you are carrying a baby in you. I know its not easy, well at least for me it wasn't easy. But always think that it's just 9 months of sacrifice and you're done!
I know, it is easier said than done but aside from having a good mindset of not letting things get to you, one more thing that helped me through all these is understanding the importance of making my partner understand what I am going through. He's not the pregnant one, I am! And he doesn't know how it feels! And men in general are just so insensitive. So all you have to do is to explain to him that you are going through all these phases of pregnancy and make it clear to him that all of these are not easy. Tell him everything and tell him nicely, whether you are craving for a food you wanted to eat for a week now and you want him to buy you that. Or maybe it's as deep as you are feeling too emotional on something about him or about what just happened recently so tell him that, have a nice talk, a calm conversation over a cup of coffee or tea. Or it could be as simple as having lower back pains and instead of having tantrums about it why don't you ask him to rub your back. These simple things of reaching out to your partner will make him understand you better and surprisingly it will also help you feel better. This will also serve as a quality time spent with eachother as he listen to you and accomodate your needs.
I also highly recommend preggy moms, especially for those of you who are about to have their first baby to subscribe at www.babycenter.com, they send out weekly pregnancy update to all mommy subscribers through email. Weekly email update includes, weekly development of your baby, what to feel and what to expect with regards body changes and weekly pregnancy advice. It will definitely help a lot if you read weekly emails with your partner.
This is me now at 8months. Don't get me wrong, I'm not exactly the skinny type girl that suddenly went big just because of pregnancy. I am actually a huge type-a-gal but hey, I'm still bigger now and heavy, and bloated. And like any other pregnant woman, it's harder to walk now, its hard to sit and lie on your back comfortably. It's just an uncomfortable feeling all over your body. But at the end of the day I try to eat as healthy as possible for my baby, take extra care of myself for my baby and everything I do now is just for the baby. Beauty, diet and vanity stuff are not as important now.
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