7.14.2009

baring it all for my besties

I am baring it all for you. Please don't be mean. I know I have stretch marks, droopy boobs and and XL thighs... so I don't need to hear it from you. This is for my friends who are requesting pics of the belly. Well here ya go.

I will be 31 weeks pregnant tomorrow (Wed 7/15). Can you puuuuleeeez explain to me at this point how I have room to grow (during the fastest period of growth, the 3rd trimester) for the next 9 weeks? I'm going to look like I'm having triplets. I cannot even begin to tell you how many times I've been asked... "are you having twins?"... "are you sure you have your dates correct?"... this morning I got my usual coffee at Starbucks and the girl (17ish) said to me, "when are you due?"... I said September 16th... her response exactly... "OH I THOUGHT YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN DUE WAY BEFORE THAT!" Skinny little b#*&@!! :)

I have been feeling ok. The biggest surprise this time around is the fatigue. I am exhausted within an hour of waking up. Ridiculous. I cannot explain to you why I'm even up right now at 11:14 p.m. Physically my body feels pretty good otherwise. I feel a bit of hip pain when I wake up the 430,947 times I do each night (to pee) and have been sleeping on one side to long... and I usually feel it for an hour or so after waking up in the morning. Walking seems to help. My only other complaint is I feel like baby just has NO room in there. When he moves I get a cramp. It almost feels like a side ache... he just doesn't seem to understand he cannot do complete flips in there anymore... he's getting way to big!

As of my appt 3 weeks ago I'd only gained 1 lb... both myself and the dr's are hoping for an increase in the weight gain... I have an appt tomorrow morning and am willing to bet after all my BIL's good cooking on vacation that I've had to have gained a good 5 lbs (or at least it feels that way in my belly).

Will be back after my appt tomorrow to fill you in on the details... until then...



9 comments:

AM said...

I got tons of comments about my belly size with both my pregancies. HATE. Once, one of the nurses at my OB's office was SHOCKED when I told her I wasnt having twins, that she said, "Come with me! I want to show you to the other nurses!".

Grrrr.

Not long now for you!

Amanda said...

I think that you are looking really well!
I have twins ~ when they were born Ben weighed 6lb 13oz and Logan weighed 6lb 9oz. I know how it feels to be big!!!

Chastity said...

When I was pregnant with LG, I got the opposite remarks...people saying "Are you eating enough?", "Are you sure your due date is right?" (meaning, was I sure I was as far along as I thought I was), "Is the baby measuring small?"...and it hurt...I got so sick of hearing it. Why can't people just say "You look great!"????

With that said, YOU LOOK GREAT!! You are all belly...everything else looks super skinny. From the back I bet you can't even tell you're pregnant!

Tanya said...

Girlfriend. . .I think you are georgous!!!! Pregnancy is beautiful. . .and I sooo miss it:)

Christy said...

You look adorable! I love pregnant ladies!

Strength, Determinence, and Persevere... said...

Oh I love it!!!! It is so cute!!!

Becca said...

Girl you look great!!!!

Miss said...

Ok, with your intro I was TOTALLY expecting something scarry in the photo =) BUT YOU LOOK AMAZING LADY!! Who cares how big your belly gets...you have no control over that. The rest of you looks AMAZING! And your tummy is sooo cute! People are just stupid and say stupid things =)

Texasholly said...

I think you look great! I know what you mean about size, though. Everyone assumes I am MUCH farther along than I really am. Plus, I have outgrown ALL of my pregnancy clothes from last time. I am terrified of how big I will be 12 weeks from now!