There’s tired

 There’s tired

And then there’s pregnant tired

The kind that hits your bones
The kind where even breathing feels like a full body workout
The kind where getting out of bed feels like climbing a mountain

And somehow
You still show up
Still carry the weight of a growing life
Still chase toddlers and tie little shoes
Still break up sibling fights with a belly in the way
Still fold laundry
Still cook dinner when your body is begging you to rest

I know you’re over it
I know you’re counting down the days
I know you’d trade this exhaustion for sleepless newborn nights in a second
Just to be done with the heaviness

But you’re doing it
Even when it feels impossible

So lay down mama
Close your eyes
Let the dishes wait
Let the toys stay on the floor

You’re growing a human
While still being everything to the ones already here
And that is nothing short of heroic

You’re almost there
And you’re doing so much more than you know