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Couple bucket list for last month of pregnancy

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I thought I'll not be one of those women who say I'm sick of being pregnant and want it to be over, but here I am wishing to get rid of this thing that's limiting my physical capabilities in so many ways. Woof! Anyway, we're generally happy with our extremely boring and mostly sedentary lifestyle, but now that I'm lazier and crankier than ever, and exercise together or intimacy together isn't possible any longer, and I'm sick of TV and the couch, I need to compile a bucket list for us as a couple. I'm going through a lot of so-called "date" ideas and picking the ones that will suit my physical capacity during this last month. I'll see by the end which ones we actually did. Hike in the forest Walk on the beach Picnic in the park Park swings Second hand store Bake/cook together. Decorate cupcakes. Movie night at home with luxury snacks Movie in bed Movie at theater Board game Know each other Dinner out Fancy dinner at home (...

Limitations and adjustments

Today when I didn't fit into some more clothes from second trimester, I thought to myself that this seems uncomfortable and I probably have gained weight at more places than I should have. I was disappointed but I will get over it. The now-tight clothes are helping me accept my new dimensions and adjust accordingly. They remind me that things are different now. It made me think that I have been pretty good at accepting the other limitations, like my walking distance has slowly decreased over the past months, I can't sit up straight for a long time, I can't stay hungry or thirsty even for a few hours, midnight snacks are okay even if my non-prego self is scolding me, my ability to hold my bladder is not more than a few seconds, I can not clean the whole apartment in one day, in fact I can't even do two tasks (like cleaning the bathroom and cooking dinner) in the same day. But the thing is, I don't forgive myself when it comes to study. I'm still trying to do a...