Pregnancy is Beautiful

This morning I felt a bit envious that many of my friends did the Toronto Marathon, Half-Marathon or 5K. So after lunch, when it warmed up, I went for my own 5K run on the lake. It's so wonderful to run at this time of the year. It was a nice run. I settled in on about a comfortable pace of 7:38 min/km. I saw my shadow and had a bit of a chuckle. I look a bit like a torpedo! Haha.

Over the last nine months, I, like most other preggos have battled with my self-image and the prospect of changing shape. Now, it's almost like I'm a member of that famous shape-shifter family, the Barbapapas. Honestly, when I think about it, pregnancy has been beautiful on my body and I've welcomed the change. Running and staying fit has helped to keep weight gain to a manageable level. (No, I wasn't trying to lose weight, rather keep within the recommended healthy pregnancy weight gain guidelines.) And I know, postpartum, I will have some work to do to return to pre-pregnancy shape. But, I don't mind.

Before I became pregnant, I always vowed to do a professional pregnancy photo shoot. However, when the positive sign came back from the home test kit and The B and I sat down to discuss a baby budget, professional shots became a financial impracticality. Plus, The B and I have our own SLR camera and a few nice lenses...so we thought to do our own. It's been fun. We've taken photos from the 13 week mark and today, after my run and a shower, we did nine month photos.