Pregnancy - Fantasy vs Reality

Before I got pregnant, I had many ideas of what it would be like...

what I would do, how I would act, etc.

Quickly after getting knocked up, however,

those ideas went down the tube

as the reality of constant nausea and fatigue slapped me in the face.

Today I present some of my Pregnancy Fantasies and Realities.

I'm sure some of you fellow mommies, and mommies to be, can relate.

Fantasy #1:

I wouldn't sacrifice fashion and style.  

I would pull off my pregnancy looking effortlessly stylish like these ladies...

Reality:

Maternity clothes are expensive!
I spend many of my days in comfy yoga pants and t-shirts.

I mean, really, it's not like I was at the height of fashion pre-pregnancy
so this isn't too far off of my normal wardrobe.


Fantasy #2:

I would eat nothing but healthy, organic fruits and veggies

and non-processed food.

Reality:
In the first 14 weeks of pregnancy, I was constantly nauseous.
The only thing I wanted to eat was salty, crunchy, carbs and junk food.
I seriously needed to eat a Happy Meal several times a week.  Gross.

Now that I'm almost in the 3rd trimester (YIKES!)

I've taken to eating healthier again.

But that's not to say I don't completely give in 

to my sweet tooth a little too often!

Fantasy #3:
I would regularly partake in the prenatal yoga & pilates classes
that always seemed like some secret club I couldn't be a part of.

Reality:
I've been to one prenatal yoga class
and I'm lucky if I get a 30 minute walk in more than twice a week.

Yup, that's me....lying in bed with Reese's Pieces and M&M's.

Seriously, I didn't exercise much before I got pregnant,

so why did I think I would afterwards?

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I guess the one major lesson I learned early on in pregnancy

is that most of it is completely out of my control.

My body will do as it pleases,

whether that's having a too small baby bump (as many strangers like to tell me)

or continue to give me heartburn with every. single. thing I eat.

I've learned to just take each day as it comes

because I never know what it may bring.

Which I guess is a principle I could use at any time,

pregnant or not.