It started. Lately, when I'm not paying close attention, I have been waddling. We're talking short, stumpy little steps, toes turned slightly out, and walking with hips out front. Yikes.
I had this moment of realization today as I walked downtown to run some errands as usual and I noticed that my shadow looked not only huge but slow. I checked in with my body and realized that I was just lumbering along, with much slower steps than usual. I took a moment to remember how I usually walk, upright with hips swaying, but I could only keep that up for about a block before it got too tiresome and I stopped. Good grief!
I also had a sad moment when I started to walk from my office to run errands in the downtown area (usually about a mile walk that I enjoy) and I realized that my pregnancy brain forgot my wallet. Whoops. After walking back across two streets and up the stairs to my office, I had to talk myself back into walking instead of driving, since parking is horrendous and the bank (the farthest point) was only a third of a mile away. To my credit, I did end up walking the whole thing, but darn this easily tired body of mine!
Overall, I have to say that I am feeling great, especially relative to other pregnant people at this stage. However, this lack of stamina is getting a little old. Someday soon I may have to endure labor and delivery for hours, so I am definitely not allowed to get so tired after only a little walking! I better keep up with physical activity in these last few weeks, if only to get myself ready.
Until then, if you catch me waddling, please stop me!
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