Winter Pregnancy

Those who live in the south where winter is not a big deal can disagree, but up here in the frozen northland, being very pregnant in the winter s**ks ever so much more than being very pregnant in the summer.  For one simple reason: shoes.

When you get to that point in pregnancy where reaching your feet is a major ordeal, you want to wear slip-ons.  Not heavy winter boots. 

If it were just a matter of my toes getting a little cold, I'd still be wearing slip-ons.  That's why car's have those wonderful foot warmer settings right?  No.  The cold is not the problem.  The snow and slush and ice is the problem. 

See, being pregnant makes you clumsy.  Not only does your center of balance get all funky, but all your joints and ligaments get all loose so that the baby is able to come out when it's time. 

Clumsy + Ice = Bad news

So shoes with good traction are absolutely imperative.  At exactly that point when you can't really reach your feet any more, you have to wrestle them into boots, so that you don't die on your front steps.