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448723 tn?1301454958

A lack of balance, grace and general coordination!

Just lately I've been feeling like a bit of a fool. I mean, I know we are supposed to start waddling in the 3rd trimester but I seriously walk like one of the penguins (in suits) out of Mary Poppins! If you imagined someone imitating a pregnant walk but over the top to make it funny- that is me. Sometimes I wonder why I don't see anyone pointing and laughing. And I'm only 28 weeks!

So last night I was trying to woo DH, who was insisting that he was tired and couldn't be bothered. Not letting this dissuade me at all I am sitting on the bed trying to remove my knickers (no easy feat at 28 weeks as you all know) when I FELL OF THE BED! OMG! I luckily managed to throw an arm out just in time and fell on my wrist instead of my belly. So there I am lying on the floor feeling like a complete incompetent idiot while hysterically part laughing part crying when DH races around the bed to see if I am ok.

"Gee, that was lucky!" he says..  And I think what on earth was lucky about falling off the bed? My brain wasn't quite working yet which might of had something to do with the bump it had just received. Eventually I realised that he means it was lucky I didn't land on my belly or hurt the baby.

That REALLY made me think. How scary! The safety of my baby relies not on my usual physical competence and sense of balance, (which has stopped me falling over or off anything since I was a child) but solely on the presence of 'luck' which will hopefully be around at the next incident! Someone out there overlooked some serious design flaws when creating us!
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448723 tn?1301454958
It certainly isn't easy having a toddler and a belly. I spend most of my day trying to protect my belly from my toddlers antics! She especially likes to climb on me when I'm on the couch or floor and has absolutely no understanding of the word gentle.

The toy car story is great! Lol. My daughter (15months) usually steals my knickers. She puts her arm through a leg hole and wanders off wearing them like a handbag... I don't always find them straight away and sometimes I worry that a guest might discover my dirty knickers first!
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1035252 tn?1427227833
LOL You made me smile...I can totally relate...I'm almost 30wks right now and...seriously?! could I get any clumsier?! Today I managed to bang my belly with the corner of the laptop, and my husband was trying to pull our daughter off of my lap because she was trying to climb on my belly and he didn't realize he was pushing on my belly with his arm...I was like ok if everyone could lay off touching my belly today that would be fantastic.

When I went to go pee about half an hour ago..my daughter came with me. she picked up her toy car and put it in my underwear while I peed...and I forgot about it until I went to pull up my pants and got a car in the booty...and then I couldn't reach it without pulling my pants back down because my belly's so big.

Sigh. I had to threaten DH to keep him from posting about it on Facebook.
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