Days of Grace 6-27-10
1. A nice dinner with the Boy’s daughters, though one of them brought friends along, so there was no “do you want to help name the baby?” conversation. But the hot dog (no nitrates!) was tasty, the caprese salad delish, and the dog friendly. It was a good evening, all in all.
2. The Boy’s off to a baseball game and I’m settling in for a long day of doing nothing much at all.
3. Homemade strawberry preserves on my English muffins. Yum!
4. Back pain was MUCH better yesterday, and to a certain extent, today as well. At least I know the hike with the dog didn’t set me back, any. And that’s good enough for me right now. If I can hold steady without this getting worse, I’ll be very happy. (If I can make it go away altogether, I’ll be ecstatic!)
5. I’ve decided that I’m really quite fond of my belly. Yeah, it’s huge, ungainly, makes me wobble (and waddle!) But it’s also temporary, and likely the only time I’ll ever get to experience this. I’m enjoying the belly while I can.
The most shocking/depressing part of birth for me was the loss of the belly. If it took me a long time to figure out that pregnant might actually result in a baby in my house, I hadn’t quite thought through the fact that giving birth to that live baby meant no more belly. Weird…
Enjoy it while you can. I’d do anything to have that again
You deserve every second of enjoyment of that belly of yours! I agree with Gwinne — it’s sad to lose it and you won’t even remember what it felt like….