Do you give yourself permission to relax?  I am a doer and it drives my hubby batty sometimes.  I cannot watch a movie without doing something else at the same time.  I feel so lazy when I am just watching t.v and doing nothing else.  These last few weeks I have been having to give myself A LOT of liberty to relax.  I think my laptop is getting kinda lonely.  Somedays, my sweet hubby has to give me permission and promise to clean or make dinner.  As moms in general we need to give ourselves the freedeom more often to care for ourselves.  When we are pregnant, this can mean the difference between being a nice pregnant lady, or a hormonal crazy lady.  Can you imagine all the energy your body needs to grow another person?  Make sure to take some time everyday to get a quick catnap or even to meditate for 10 minutes.  As my hubby told me today, we need a happy mommy so we have a happy baby.  Just think of it this way, when you are agitated or upset, the biochemical stuff in your body goes to the baby.  When you are happy, those endorphins go to the baby.  Wouldn’t you rather have a smiling baby then one that is always fussy?  Be kind to yourself, this is a time when your body really needs all the kindness it can get.  If you find it hard, I give you permission.  You can blame it on me.

i have a question for you. Would you or have you gotten married while visibly pregnant? Today i came across maternity wedding dresses. i know, i know, not so taboo anymore. i have never actually seen or heard of someone visibly pregnant getting married.

i do have to confess i was a pregnant bride. i use the term bride loosely however. We didn’t want to deal with the finances or hassle of planning a wedding (have you ever seen the show Bridezilla? That would have been me!). On July 18th, i found myself at the Justice of the Peace in a cute summer dress from Walmart($8.88 mind you), my hubby to be, my 6 month old Chandlur, 3 friends, and about 6 weeks pregnant.  At the time not very many knew about our little Cozette on the way because we didn’t want people thinking that was why we were getting married.  If i was showing, i think it would have felt weird though.

What do you think?  Would you/have you waited until baby came to get married?  Are you a confident woman who wears a maternity wedding dress with the grace of a queen?