Jul 7, 2010
Practical Pregnancy Advice: Toes Straight Ahead!
A couple months ago I was at my job as a Speech Pathologist at a local children’s hospital. One of my co-workers there has twins who are now in high school. We were talking about twins (of course), and her advice to me was:
Keep your toes pointing forward.
I laughed at the time, but realized today just how important that piece of advice has been for me! Any of us who have been pregnant, or any of us who’ve seen a woman who’s getting “close to her time” know this phenomenon. I’m talking about the tendency to waddle.
And, dang, it feels good to waddle when you’ve got a huge bowling ball on the front of you. Just point those toes right out to the 10 & 2 positions and get it over with!
I became aware of my waddling today as I made my way through the hospital for my 32-week non-stress test. I go for them every week, and every week the trek into the testing unit feels longer and longer. I realized as I walked down another looong hallway, “I’m totally waddling.”
So I pulled those toes inward, pointed them straight ahead and did my best to keep them that way the whole way out. It must’ve worked, because I was leaving, some man said aloud, “Wow!”
I know he was commenting on how poised and controlled I looked, not on my huge bowling ball of an abdomen. I just know that’s what he was marveling at.
Wow, that lady’s so purposeful in her movements. She’s so graceful. What? She’s pregnant??? But her toes were pointing straight ahead! Are you sure she was pregnant? I didn’t even notice.
So when it’s waaay to hot to be pregnant, and you feel the need to waddle, remember this:
Keep your toes pointing forward.
You’re welcome.
I’m 32 weeks also – I hadn’t thought of it consciously but I also try to point toes forward to avoid the waddle. Must work harder at it!
Your post made me smile. Thanks.
Good advice! As my pregnancy continues, I am sure your post will come to mind often!
i love this. so hilarious. “…so purposeful in her movements…” lol! i read this the other day and it’s made me chuckle since.
I thought of this post while walking through Target today pushing my 2 year old twins while at almost 39 weeks pregnant. Definitely made me laugh and it is definitely harder than you think!
I know!!! It takes a lot of mental energy (which neither of us have a lot of right now). Blessings on your upcoming delivery!!
Thanks! Praying for you all that you make it to at least 34 weeks! Our kiddos came at 32, so for me to be almost 39 weeks pregnant (with a singleton this time) is very strange! Enjoy the last weeks of the pregnancy!
Oh my goodness, I just loved this so much. Thanks for brightening my day. Keep the pregnancy stories coming!
You are sooo right…”it feels good to waddle”! Wish I would have known this about a month ago; I’ve been waddling for a while. Now that I only have 11 more days to go, I’ll try to practice this.
Wait…maybe I am the only one who missed this but…why do we want to point our toes forward? I mean, if waddling feels good…what is pointing my toes forward doing for me that is making the experience better?
Also, love the blog!