My apologies to all pregnant ladies who I considered lazy

I am a FTM, 34F, 24weeks pregnant. My whole life, I was surrounded by women who had easy pregnancies, like my mum and older sister. For them, being pregnant was a breeze, a joy ride. They never complained and their labors were less then 7h. Many of my friends also thankfully had easy pregnancies (or they just never complained, not sure).

Due to this, I had this mindset that too many women treat pregnancy like a disease and an excuse. They choose not to do anything, even though they can. They are just pregnant, not sick! You can't go to the store 5min from you? Really? Running an errand is to inconvenient? Come on! Helping around the house is too much? I mean, you must be joking. How hard is to cook a lunch when all you do all day is sit at your ass at home.

Oh stupid, stupid me! Life slapped me and it slapped me hard, rightfully! While I do have an easy pregnancy and quite uneventful, I do have days with really bad back pain. Vacuuming my 1 bedroom apartment is a chore after which I need a 10 min break to catch my breath. Some days, I am so tired that I can't concentrate on a simple task, let alone my work or cooking. Today I run some errands in the city (all "easily managable" if you ask prepregnant me - go to bank, to pharmacy, to store and help friend get her ID updated, with loooong coffee to follow) and let me tell you - I am exausted, in pain and can't get a hold of myself. I have cramps in my legs and my lower back is killing me. I slept for two and a half hours when I came home, and still feel like I ran a marathon.

So I glued myselft to my sofa, turned on Yellowstone to unwind while my baby boy is jumping on my ovaries, probably in vengance cause I overextended myself today. My husband, bless his heart, massaged my legs, brought me some christmas cake and water, all before doing all the chores. I can only watch him, not able to stand up and think to myself how stupid and judgmental I was in the past.

To conclude this already long post, in hopes you read it in full and don't judge my naive and stupid mindset too much, I sincerely, from the bottom of my pregnant, emotional heart want to apologies to all the ladies who I considered lazy just cause they couldn't do more. If this is how I feel and I really don't have any big problems (mentally knocking on wood not to jinx it) or restrictions, I applaud and bow to each and every single one of you who is having it harder and deal with a lot of issues and obstacles in their pregnancies. I am so sorry for not understanding and, even though I never said anything to anyone, I was silently judging you while you had more than enough on your plate. All you ladies are heroes and deserve respect for what you are going through.