This is exactly how I feel the last few days! Like a giant behemoth traipsing through life!
I got up yesterday to get ready for work. I put on my favorite scrub pants, noticing they felt a little more snug, but not really paying attention. Hey, that early in the morning, I'm lucky I'm putting on clothes that match. (Which is not a given considering my actions of last week!) I got to work, sat down in my work chair to open up patient charts and said "Huh. I'm not comfy". I went to the bathroom, looked in the mirror, and saw that my abdomen had most likely grown about 2 inches, seemingly overnight. There was NOT a comfortable position to be had in the offending pants. I suffered through the next four hours until I could get home and escape into less binding duds. It felt SO much better! These sad pants have been retired to the closet, where they will mournfully remain until the fall when I am no longer great with child.
I spent much of yesterday running outside with Liberty and watching a whole bunch of interesting programs on Netflix instant. Jason went on a fishing trip with a friend, so Lib and I have been enjoying the beautiful sunshine and balmy (but not yet blazing!) temperatures. For someone who has been FREEZING since about November, it was a very nice change!
My food cravings have been getting so much more WEIRD. Throughout the entire pregnancy, my body has craved Chinese food. Yesterday was no exception. Except this time, it was joined by a desperate need for Cheetos and ice cream. I'm weighing myself every week at work (so I use the same scale), and my body isn't showing evidence of the new feeling of enormous, but I can see a difference in my body shape. Weird.
Today will be much the same as yesterday, I believe. I'm finishing up at work and will head towards home to go ponder baby shower decorations for my friend Becca's shower next Sunday. I've never hosted a shower with this many people before, so it's odd to think that all I am responsible for is the decorations! I should probably head to the other few stores and scope out what they have, but since I have off Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, it doesn't seem as urgent!
I don't think there's much excitement going on in our lives this week, and that may be a welcome change. It's supposed to go from a high of 86 today to a high of 64 tomorrow..what's that all about? Texas is SO bizarre.
Anyways, thanks for stopping by to read the ramblings of a crazy pregnant woman.
IHGB #342: The Tortured Poets Department
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2 comments:
Hee hee.......I am finding less and less clothes that will fit in my closet. I said goodbye to my jeans a good 6 weeks ago. Maternity pants are a wonderful blessing though after squeezing into everything else for so long. :) And nice stretchy dresses for work.
I definitely remember the feeling of being huge despite the numbers on the scale not being much different. I used to tell Gray I felt like a sausage about to bust out of the skin! Not a great visual when you think about it...sorry about that.
I know it might be a bit too late, but Bella Bands are AWESOME when you're in that in-between phase or if you have some maternity pants that are a touch too big. It's like a halter top for your waist. Awesome. Clutch after the baby too when maternity are too big but not quite back to your regular clothes. Call me if you need help finding some, but I think Motherhood Maternity makes their own brand of them now.
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