The Belly Grows

During the whole pregnancy, we tried to continually document the miracle of Pema's belly growing. As all of her internal organs smushed to the side to allow for the womb to expand, we realized how magical the body is, especially a woman's body. The only part of her body that really seemed to suffer was her bladder. If you have ever been pregnant, you understand. As the pregnancy progressed, we had to roll her on and off the bed, often quite silly and she began to get some pain in her sacrum and hip joints. All in all, she had a really balanced pregnancy. She never got severe morning sickness, and she designed clothes up till the 9th month, and had a lot of energy for most of each day. She did suffer quite a bit from the heat, lots of hot flashes and sweating from time to time, but now the weather is is actually a blessing after the birth as its a perfect environment to have a young baby who is so sensitive to the elements.