My sister and I were sitting around eating these chocolately yummies I made for her birthday and I told her how I feel so beautiful yet so ugly at the same time.
She's pregnant too and said she understood exactly how I feel.
It's like I can look at my belly and think wow, just amazing. So beautiful, so womanly, so incredible.
Then I look further at the water retention in my legs, look at my tired eyes, puffy face, and think, wow wretched.
It's also the aches and pains during pregnancy that can really get me down, wearing me out, making me feel pretty darn horrible.
But the reward is just so great that it makes it all tolerable. I mean, I barely complain.
Ha! OK, I complain. A LOT. But complaining makes me feel better.
And it's all worth it.
I even think I will miss my massive twin baby belly.
I know I will actually.
The swollen knees, calves, and ankles though, will not be missed at all.
PS: I don't have preeclampsia or toxemia. I'm just terribly swollen, comes with the twin mama-to-be territory I suppose.
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