When Giants Fall

Every morning I read one of my pregnancy apps.  I take stock of the symptoms I should be experiencing at this stage and often {smugly, yes I admit it} get excited that my pregnant body is superior to other women's bodies because those symptoms have not yet manifested.  

That is until the past couple of weeks (28-29) the symptoms just like everyone else's have started to show up one by one like:  

Heartburn...meh, it's not THAT BAD as long as I have a giant bottle of Tums with me {in my purse is ok, but better is if it is physically on my person} at.all.times

Swollen feet...pretty much only my really stretched out shoes fit anymore...even my flip flops are crying for mercy as I shove my squishy flippers into them

Swelling everywhere else (also known as weight gain)...I still have HAD definition to my calves...just noticed while I was shaving them this morning those muscular limbs disappeared seemingly overnight

Peeing...this one...this ONE I thought I had mastered until this week when I went from one trip a night to the potty to two and one trip about every hour at work.  Before I leave the house, pee.  When I get wherever I am going, go again.  Pee even when I don't feel like peeing and sometimes even needing to pee 2 seconds after I finished peeing.

Hemorrhoids...I.just.cant....

Memory...what was I writing about, again?

Here's where I still think I'm doing better than the rest of you are:

Energy...I still have it, provided I get 8 hours of sleep and a 30 minute nap everyday and no one asks me to do anything remotely outside of my normal routine and I remember to take my iron pill

Cravings...ok, I have not really had these, but then again I am kind of eating whatever I feel like so maybe I don't even give myself an opportunity to HAVE a craving.

Emotional Instability...What?  I'm totally fine as long as you're not being mean to me, annoying me, ignoring me, disagreeing with me and/or hurting my feelings or looking at me funny

Stretch marks...NONE!  No, seriously NONE!  I've been using Mustela religiously, but in all honesty really think it's only because I had some chub around my midsection to begin with so stretching that out was just like filling a Build-A-Bear with a bit more fluff to make her extra firm ;)

Linea Nigra...La linea never made an appearance, and for that I am grateful.