I am feeling very similarly to how I did in the first trimester. I'm gradually feeling more tired, hungry, and experience more frequent heartburn than I have fore the past few months.
With my birthday money I got in March from my family, I purchased an elliptical machine this past week. It really helps me get in a little exercise now and then, especially on days when it is too yucky to go outside. I think it will really come in handy as I try to work off my pregnancy weight once Ashley is born. Today, I hopped on it and began to ride, only two minutes went by and I started to feel really sleepy. I took that as a hint from my body that it just wasn't going to happen today. This sort of thing has been happening more and more lately. Yesterday, my husband and I went walking. We usually go two laps around a little track in front of a local elementary school. But I was only able to make it one lap before I felt completely and totally exhausted. With my uterus pushing on my sternum, it takes a little more effort to breath which may be a big contributing factor to how tired I am, especially during exercise.
I have heard that many women get really depressed after delivery because they claim to miss that feeling of being pregnant. I honestly don't know what those women are thinking. I am so ready to have my own body back, my strength, and endurance. I guess I never realized how much I had taken my own body for granted before pregnancy, but I miss how it used to perform for me. Now I take extra special care of my body because of the precious cargo I am carrying, and I am only getting heavier, slower, less stable. I'm a wimp! But I know it is only temporary and I'll have plenty of time to build my body back up and get back into my old clothes again. But I certainly do not think I will ever miss being pregnant. I want more children...far....far into the future from right now, but I don't look forward to feeling like a beached whale all over again.
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