The State of the Bellybutton
I don’t think I truly understood how weird it would feel to have a small being living inside me. I know I didn’t understand how radically my body would adjust itself to make room for said small being (and I know I aint seen nothin‘ yet!) I’ve mentioned the acres of boob flesh I now have to contend with. I’ve talked a bit about the oddness of having a gut I can’t suck in, even when I’m paying attention.
But last night, I realized that the Bellybutton is beginning to make an appearance, and it’s all I can do not to go get it pierced or something, since all my attention is going to be focused on it for a while.
I’ve always had a boring bellybutton. Non-descript, easy to ignore unless I’m washing it. You know, there but not really part of what I think of as ‘my body’.
Now? That sucker’s right there. Demanding the right to stand in the sun, so to speak; even beginning to cast a shadow of its own.
Running my palm down to where Thor lives, instead of a little gap where my innie bb used to be, there’s now a nubbin where my new & improved ‘gonna be an outie SOON’ bb is.
Weird.
And yes, I know this is only going to get weirder. Weirder looking, weirder feeling, definitely more weirdly uncomfortable. But for the moment it’s just oddly interesting. Hey lookie there! So much baby in there that my bellybutton is setting out on its own, looking for new digs. How cool is that?
Answer: Pretty damned cool, indeed.
Sorry the boy is sick, that is sucky and I hope he feels better soon.
and bellybuttons, I was talking about mine just last night!
at night, already different. holy shite.
So, here’s to your next 140 magical days
and your belly button’s assertion
and Thor’s magnificent thumping
xoxox
kate
My bellybutton never popped out…at least not yet. I’m beginning to wonder if it will pop out last minute all meat-thermometer style when he’s finally ‘done’.
I got 8 days to go and this belly button is still an innie. It’s not even close to being an outie. Very weird!
It’s so funny. My button actually flattened out! I have an innie and to see it flatten was kind of hysterical!
I have to laugh at this post, as I was lamenting the state of my belly button all day. This was mostly because my belly button was in PAIN all day. It looked like it was going outie, at least at the top for a while, but now it is pretty flat. DH says it’s definitely on it’s way to outie.
So funny — I was just looking at my own belly button this morning, wondering if it will ever go back to normal. Put it this way — what pops up must go back down…right now I have a weird hollow pit of a belly button. It’s not a pretty sight! I’m sure yours is much, much cuter.
Belly buttons kind of squig me out – they are just weird. I’ve been keeping a close eye on the status of mine. So far so good, but that sucker is getting more shallow.
It is astounding what our bodies go through in the process of growing these babies and we’re just getting started.
Happy 2nd half to you and Thor!
I had my belly button pierced about a year before I found out about Claire. I kept it in as long as I could…. it looked wierd, the skin stretched so thin it was almost translucent. However, the belly button never popped out. just flattened. : ) Enjoy every moment of your second half.
Now that is uber cute!! Your post brought a smile to my face.
Go “outie”!! 