Last Trimester....the expanding belly!

I'm not going to lie, normal life is not as easy to maintain as it once was.  I guess I haven't fully given into my maternal state and all the changes that come throughout these 9 months.  I've made it 6 months and feel that's been a major accomplishment :)  But, now I know the real changes are yet to come. 

More than half my wardrobe is outgrown.  That alone is enough to be depressed.  I embrace my expanding and moving belly with lots of love and anticipation.  But she is taking over my life!  My thoughts, dreams, and conversations!  I realize I cannot control the physical changes that must take place, and still I try to.  I am able to maintain my active lifestyle, yet at a much slower pace.  If I get nothing else but a healthy baby from it all, I consider myself very blessed!

Sleep has never come easily to me, and now that luxury is even more challenging.  I am never comfortable.  I just got a body pillow, and that helped.  But I am afraid there is no cure....at least I can get a head start on what it will be like with a new born. 

This has been an amazing journey.  A learning process.  I just think, "If all those other women can do it, I can too!"  Wouldn't it be nice if the doctor could gaurantee that if I do this, this and that, I will have a perfect and healthy baby, with no complications or surprises!  I will just do my best, that's all I can do.