My pregnancy [5th month]

Dear Reader, This blog series is written in the present tense. This is because I wrote these articles monthly during my pregnancy as a kind of diary. In the meantime, my pregnancy is already over and I am gathering strength again in the postpartum period. During this time, this blog series should accompany you. And now I hope you enjoy reading!

The fifth month of pregnancy is overall very pleasant for me. The nausea has finally disappeared. My belly is growing very gradually, while still being very small and not restricting me. I now notice my baby's movements very clearly and it's nice to feel the little mouse inside me getting bigger.

I can also finally start pregnancy yoga. It is two hours for me and my baby. I can feel how good the stretching and movement do me. And yet, I miss the exercise. Yoga or not, it's not really strenuous after all. I miss this exertion very much, so it is difficult to find an outlet for my anger or my feelings in general. Before I had always had the sport for it and could exhaust myself thereby. Due to the foot injury, however, I haven't had that for more than half a year now and I notice clearly how much I miss it. The only thing that helps is to tell myself that it's foreseeable.

When we are finally all healthy, we go swimming and that does me incredible good. Noah can splash around and I swim a few laps. Too bad we rarely get to do it. So often someone has a cold or is otherwise ailing. So it's all the nicer that it works out at least this one time.

It's already time for the next check-up, but I'm not stressed about it anymore. Everything is fine, my midwife can already test the situation well, although the situation doesn't say anything at this point.

I can also go back to work in the 5th month without any problems. The slight pressure on my belly when tying the demo dolls doesn't bother me anymore and it's a lot of fun to see the mostly small babies. I'm also finally signing up for advanced training in baby massage and I'm very happy that I'm still getting a spot because it's the last available spot.

Actually, there is nothing really exciting going on with me in the 5th month. Time goes on and I am glad that I was doing well. After the last pregnancy, I am very grateful for that. But that's why I can't write anything else about it.

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