Before and after pregnancy

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If you have gone through pregnancy, you will probably remember the wonderful times the whole world cared about you and looked at you with awe.

Complete strangers gave you their seats, slacker hubby helped with house work, concerned relatives asked about your health and even your workaholic boss asked you to take it easy! Those rosy days of pregnancy lasted just nine months. And even before you settled into the life of the 'chosen one', things took a U turn.

The baby came into your arms and you went back to being the normal, neglected woman!

Here is a light hearted look at the differences between then (during pregnancy) and now (after delivery):

Loads of Advices: If advices came in fits and starts during pregnancy, they come in huge explosions after the baby makes his appearance. People make it their birth right to let you know about every aspect of parenting; even when they have never been within a holding distance of a baby.

Change of attitude: So you were the queen during pregnancy. If paparazzi failed to trace you because you did not resemble a pregnant star, your friends and relatives made you feel like one. You were the most important person on earth. Alas, the myth shatters as soon as you deliver. Now you are a nobody, and the reality hits harder after nine months of stardom.

Physical discomfort: I know a huge belly was tremendously uncomfortable. But at least, people were sympathetic then! Now you have all kinds of invisible pains and no one asks about it. You are incredibly weak and still no one seems to give your plight a second thought.

Physical appearance: The thing is when you were chubby and pregnant, you got great compliments on being healthy. But if you are overweight and not pregnant, the reversal of opinion shocks you. Then, a large midriff was a sign of hope and now it is a symbol of a lazy, unfit woman.

No help: God knows new moms need all kinds of help. Pregnant women have the situation in some control because the baby does not cry for milk, and diaper changes, and definitely does not wake up at nights. In spite of this, while pregnant women are offered all kinds of assistance, the new moms get overlooked by partners, friends and relatives. People, volunteer!