About Joanna Track
Four years ago, Sweetspot.ca Founder Joanna Track settled down with her darling husband and his two adorable young boys. She’s since added “new mom” to her long list of achievements with the addition of baby Teddy. Check back weekly for her tales of sweet family life.
It’s official. I’ve hit the Wall. For those of you who have carried a child in your belly you know what I’m talking about.
The Wall is that turning point when being pregnant has lost its lustre. When you’ve gone from feeling like “cute pregnant women” to “weeble wobble” or “circus freak with unusually large belly”. When your wardrobe has become your arch nemesis. It’s that point when you will throttle the next person who asks you when you are due (or worse, remarks that you are “sooo big”. Those people should be shot.)
Don’t get me wrong. I still feel lucky every single day to be able to have this opportunity. It’s just that I’m ready to get to the next stage. Not only to meet the little guy living inside me, but to get back to feeling like “me”. That “me” is the person who can climb the stairs without heaving breathing, get out of bed without looking (and feeling) like a beached whale, and can do up my own shoes.
And I will admit that there are aspects of being pregnant that I will actually miss. Like not feeling the need to suck in my belly after a big meal. Or being the “damsel in distress” who gets the benefit of groceries carried, chairs offered, and better parking spots.
But alas, all good things must come to an end. And what’s coming is just so much better. So I will just waddle through these next few weeks and try to cherish these remaining moments (even if it means doing it in the same outfit every day).