Hefty baby
"Someone recently asked me if Bucky feels heavy.
Well, no, not exactly. The only times I really notice the belly weight is when 1) I'm getting out of bed (or switching the side I'm sleeping on) and 2) getting out of the pool.
Bucky is a little over three pounds now and happily floating around in amniotic fluid. (Ross likes to sing songs about it to Bucky, and Bucky flutters in reply, thus my belief that the floating is indeed happy.)
When I'm standing or sitting I don't really notice the extra front weight that my back and legs are supporting. But when I get off the bed, and step onto the floor putting that weight back onto my back and legs again, it is a bit of a rude awakening. Especially if I'm still really tired. It does go away once my stiff joints work themselves out.
Lisa and I have found that while our pool time is still completely enjoyable, (as we walked pool side in our matching suits, someone even asked us if we planned to both get pregnant at the same time) we fear getting out of of the water. Water is wonderful, gives you the feeling of weightlessness that just soothes aching muscles and joints. That first step onto the ladder, however, feels like you've gained 75 pounds all at once. Our poor legs, already weak with all the kicking, shake under the weight until we sit down to dry off and replenish our fluids.
The one thing that might make it seem like pregnant women feel the weight of their baby is that, as Lisa put it during one yoga class, our bodies are no longer ours. These are not the bodies we once had that could bend over, reach up, climb stairs, stand up, sit down, fight! fight! fight! with ease. They've become foreign to us. And sometimes our brains forget that fact. Getting up off the couch to walk up the stairs has me puffing by the time I reach the second floor, not because of the weight, but because my body takes longer to realign itself and there are aching muscles I didn't know existed.
In addition, hips and ligaments loosen up during pregnancy, so we pregnant ladies tend to walk funny as well. We do feel weightier in general, but I would say that I don't feel Bucky any more than I do the rest of my body's weight."
--Clare, 12/2/05
Well, no, not exactly. The only times I really notice the belly weight is when 1) I'm getting out of bed (or switching the side I'm sleeping on) and 2) getting out of the pool.
Bucky is a little over three pounds now and happily floating around in amniotic fluid. (Ross likes to sing songs about it to Bucky, and Bucky flutters in reply, thus my belief that the floating is indeed happy.)
When I'm standing or sitting I don't really notice the extra front weight that my back and legs are supporting. But when I get off the bed, and step onto the floor putting that weight back onto my back and legs again, it is a bit of a rude awakening. Especially if I'm still really tired. It does go away once my stiff joints work themselves out.
Lisa and I have found that while our pool time is still completely enjoyable, (as we walked pool side in our matching suits, someone even asked us if we planned to both get pregnant at the same time) we fear getting out of of the water. Water is wonderful, gives you the feeling of weightlessness that just soothes aching muscles and joints. That first step onto the ladder, however, feels like you've gained 75 pounds all at once. Our poor legs, already weak with all the kicking, shake under the weight until we sit down to dry off and replenish our fluids.
The one thing that might make it seem like pregnant women feel the weight of their baby is that, as Lisa put it during one yoga class, our bodies are no longer ours. These are not the bodies we once had that could bend over, reach up, climb stairs, stand up, sit down, fight! fight! fight! with ease. They've become foreign to us. And sometimes our brains forget that fact. Getting up off the couch to walk up the stairs has me puffing by the time I reach the second floor, not because of the weight, but because my body takes longer to realign itself and there are aching muscles I didn't know existed.
In addition, hips and ligaments loosen up during pregnancy, so we pregnant ladies tend to walk funny as well. We do feel weightier in general, but I would say that I don't feel Bucky any more than I do the rest of my body's weight."
--Clare, 12/2/05
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