Weird.
It has been an uneventful couple of days, for which I am most grateful. Nausea is definitely easing, which, as I creep up on 11 weeks, doesn’t freak me out too much. Especially since heartburn/loss of appetite has totally taken its place. Yesterday was a no-spotting day, and I feel like I should go release doves into the sky (not that the doves would thank me, snowy as it is), or just smile beneficently at everyone I encounter. Of course, since I live in Brooklyn, that would likely get me shot or arrested as a lunatic. So maybe not.
However, the main thing going on with me is the extension of my front side. This is seriously weird, and I feel like a dope for feeling like it’s weird, I mean, shoot, I’m pregnant. That’s sort of the most obvious thing about being pregnant – but there it is. Boobs are back into “take over the world” mode. I’ve always been, well, modestly endowed. So it’s weird to suddenly be, OMG, voluptuous. It’s also a pain in the ass to suddenly not fit into any of my bras (and no, I still haven’t bestirred my lazy ass & gone to buy new ones, mostly because I don’t know where this expansion will stop. C-cup? D? EEEEEEE???) But it’s damned weird to look down and see cleavage, from packing the girls into too-small bras. Oh my. Who’d've thought I’d ever have cleavage?
And the belly. I’ve always been more of a pack-the-pounds-onto-my-hips kind of girl. No matter how IVF-heavy I’ve gotten, I’ve always had a waist, always had a flat tummy. But now, it’s poufy. And it’s poufy out in front, though my waist has pretty much disappeared, too. I’m feeling fortunate that I’ve never been a ‘wear tight pants’ type, because my work trousers still fit ok, but I can totally imagine a day (a day that’s maybe only a week or three away) when they don’t. Weird. Totally, I’m-incubating-an-alien-in-my-intestines weird.
I suppose I should combine the bra-buying expedition with a buy-maternity-pants trip, but I’m having a hard time not feeling like a total impostor when I browse maternity sites online. And yet my clothes definitely fit differently, and those who know me are starting to direct meaningful glances toward my expando-boobs & ‘you been hitting too many cadbury eggs’ belly. It’s made my manager from the sane branch give me all sorts of helpful advice from her hometown in Southern China on how to grow a healthy child (though, since she’s about 4’11″ & gave birth to a 10# daughter, I’m thinking I’m going to do the exact opposite of whatever she tells me. 10 pound baby. Yikes!) So far, it mostly seems to center around eating nasty things. Which, I’m not doing so much of these days. So I guess sprog won’t be giant-sized. Whew.
But generally, I’m feeling pregnant, I’m scooting back toward zen-mode, and trying very hard to stay there. Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go hire a crane to life my boobs off the desk so I can get dressed and head off to work through the foot & a half of snow on the ground. Fortunately, if I fall over, the rescuers will have something to look for. Boobs & Belly sticking out of the snow over on Smith street. Call in the men with ropes…
Weird.
Yay for poufy!!! And an even bigger yay for no spotting!
Wow – you are having all the good luck! So glad work was less of a strain yesterday, and NO spotting. Huge relief I’m sure, even as you start relaxing a bit in your heartburn! I am delighted for your ever-expanding girth – and please do yourself a favor and at least buy some stretchy pants. You can wait for actual maternity wear for some time (but that time will come!) but you don’t want to be squashing the product in there. I would pick up some cheap bras at W@lmart or someplace – you are right that you could continue to grow but you deserve to be comfy! Good luck hon.
Time for a belly pic!!
It sounds delightful! I’m so happy for your belly-and-boobly-ness!! Be careful walking on the ice – you don’t want to slip and get a black eye from one of your knickerbockers!
Love,
Maddy
Fabulous no-spotting, near-zen-ness! My suggestion regarding pants is to buy a couple of BeBands (or Bella Bands) now, before the trousers become truly uncomfortable. First, you’ll use the band as a sash of sorts to compensate for not buttoning the top of the waistband. A couple or few weeks later, the band will cover the zipper than you can no longer close. And by the time you reach the 7th month, you can use the band to cover the underbelly that peeks out beneath tented maternity shirts. They say that it’ll help keep maternity pants up after baby is born, but I haven’t reached that point yet myself, so I can only speculate on that use.
I’m so thoroughly thrilled that you’re pregnant! Keep on cookin’ little Sprog!
Ha ha, love the image! Hope they’re not too painful, mine were like tender rocks. Wait till you’ve given birth and your milk comes in, that will be a whole new level of huge! Glad your pregnancy is going so well. Sounds like sprog is thriving, great to hear.
I’m glad to hear that I’m not the only preggo with big boobs who is still cramming myself into too small bras. Unfortunately, I was already a D cup, so life now is um…HUGE. I’m just a few days behind you, though!
~Em~
I’m so glad the spotting stopped! Go ahead, buy the clothes, you’ll be more comfy….
Yeah the poufy stage is annoying- I was in that middle state until about 17 weeks- I had this weird beer belly-ish look but it wasn’t quite enough to truly look preggo, lol.
glad to hear your zen is coming back!!!!
“I’m-incubating-an-alien-in-my-intestines weird.” HA! Love the description. I call my baby the parasitic alien in my uterus.
As for the boobs…I’m not well-endowed on a regular basis, either, but when I got pregnant it was instant cup size increase. Like you, never had the cleavage problem before and I didn’t know what came after a C.