I still remember my friends, approaching the last month and unable to crawl. They told me to feel like whales. It is a fact, at the end of the eighth month, the body is still quite a blow, physically and ... glamourous! Here is a list of products, found predominantly in London, and advice to alleviate these (small?) Evils and prevent others.

Heavy legs and ankles swell

The horror. Real poles. The smallest socks, even the finest, let me marks. My guy was so sorry that I am putting shoes and shoes off. Not to mention cramps in the middle of the night, screaming like a horse. What have I not done so:

• buy two new pairs of shoes

I came home more in mine and it depressed me to always put the same pair of boots every day. During the snow, I was so afraid to fall I had floor of sneakers. Then I looked like the perfect American tourist in Montmartre. Glamorous but effective.

• buy low and tights special pregnancy

Already at the base, when you have to stick to it to fly on long trips, it is not fun and practical. But imagine a pregnant woman with a huge flop put these products of torture, not to mention the risk of puncture at every moment, even with the "surgical gloves" supplied in the course. The worst late in pregnancy is that I had taken so that the sticky belly no longer held and slid to the thighs. The horror, I told you.

• sprinkle my calves a spray conditioner

I am not convinced that this was really beneficial, but it was refreshing and very pleasant to smell. Especially it calmed me. It's not bad.

Revitalising leg and foot spray, Bloom and Blossom, £ 14 for sale on their website or at Space NK in London

• firmly massaging feet and calves every day with a soothing cream

It's even better if it's someone else who does. For once, I really felt the benefits of massage, whether in a salon or at home, to drain. I think any cream or oil may do the trick. Now I really enjoyed this refreshing mint cream, shea butter and tea tree oil.

Foot Relief Cream Belli Pregrancy , $ 18, used at Cupcake Mum in London

• raise the bed in the feet with cushions

I had to take a month and a half like that, but two weeks before delivery, I was exhausted. I just wanted to extend my legs normally.

• lift her legs against a wall

I loved doing this exercise in yoga. Back pressed against the floor, buttocks against the wall, forming a right angle with the legs in the air against the wall, a warm blanket and soft belly shoulders! We thus reverse the flow of blood, we breathe and you can relax. Very benefactor.

The abdominal skin that feels tight

I remember a friend telling me that the abdominal skin was still more thirsty in late pregnancy. And another saying she had forgotten to spread into the buttocks, where she nabbed ugly stretch marks. I have not changed much for the product (anti-stretch oil from Weleda) but was very careful not to miss a single day and one corner

I suggest you also bring you the edited guide free massage Weleda, offering advice and illustrated exercises to massage the belly, hips and buttocks, breasts, perineum. It is very well done and reassuring.

The nipples dry

The midwife had recommended me to prepare the nipples for breastfeeding the last month of pregnancy, but I did not know that physically, there would be a change in the way. I observed indeed a drought proved to her nipples. I found an extra balm in London, similar in texture to honey to moisturize this part of the breasts and prevent cracks. I know it is possible to use creams recommended during breast-lanolin 100% natural, like Dodie (which is very very well by the way) or Medela .

Soothing nipple balm Bloom and Blossom, £ 16 for sale on their website or at Space NK in London

You are pregnant and want to know my other beauty habits during this period?

You can read the interview special pregnancy given on the blog A Healthy Beauty. Or see " Belle Maman ".

Feel free to share your experiences and product testing, pregnant or not, these evils may indeed affect us in other periods of life!