Preggo pics

14.5 weeks

15 weeks 5 days


Since I will be four months pregnant on Wednesday, I figured it was about time to post some preggo pics. Actually, there wasn’t much to show until the past week or two. I suddenly popped out. I figured the gig was up when people started coming up to me at work and congratulating me.

And now that other women at work who have kids know there is a preggo lady on the premises, the unsolicited advice (i.e. “horror stories”) have begun (okay secretly, I don’t mind. I actually love to hear their stories). It’s like listening to Vietnam vets sit around and talk about their days in the trenches: who tore the most during pushing, who’s labor lasted the longest, who’s doctor/husband got cursed at more during labor, who’s baby had the most cone-shaped head… And that is really the g-rated version. Most of it I’d heard before in some form or another. But I did learn one new thing: did you know that after you give birth and when you are discharged from the hospital they give you giant pads with ice packs in them??? Who knew! The Labor and Delivery Veterans unanimously agreed that these inventions are better than having sex while eating chocolate.

In other exciting news, our anatomy ultrasound has been scheduled for October 10!! This is the ultrasound where (providing our little darling spreads his/her legs), we will find out the gender! I am SO excited about this. But, I have known numerous preggo women who have looked forward to this day, only to be disappointed by their baby’s staunch modesty. They seemed to sense that they were suddenly on display and that their unmentionables were suddenly the object of intense interest. And in bashful reluctance (to their parents’ dismay), they shut their legs tight against prying eyes. So lets just say, I am prepared either way. Although, who are we kidding? If this child is anything like me, modesty will not be among its primary concerns.

Before I end, I must give special mention to my wonderful hubby who bought me my first digital camera for my birthday so that I could finally display my white, enlarged belly on the internet (a lifelong dream). AND, he has been very enthusiastic about taking pictures. Let’s just say that I’ve only posted about 1/20th of the total pics taken. Not to mention he was trying to convince me that I looked good enough to TAKE OFF MY PANTS for one of the pictures!!! While I’m glad that he still appreciates my form, despite my ever-increasing girth, I had to respectfully decline this suggestion. Trust me, you should be glad that I did!

Birthdays are the best days....

14 weeks

Twenty-six years ago today, my mom was pushing my little bald cone-shaped head out of her nether regions. In six months, I will have a new appreciation for the feat that she accomplished on that blessed day when I entered the world.

So today is my birthday. Nothing too special happened, except that my spectacular husband cooked a fabulous dinner and a scrumptuous cake. He started working on the whole meal last night. What a wonderful guy.

And....I got my first maternity clothes as gifts from my in-laws! Mama Schweizer picked out some adorable (and comfortable!) outfits. And not a moment too soon! My waist has expanded into new territory. I have outgrown ALL of my pants. I had been squeezing new flubber into my old jeans up until about two weeks ago. Then, that got to be a little painful so I actually resorted to (its true) wearing my pants to work completely unbuttoned/unzipped. I had to make sure I wore shirts that were long enough to cover my fashion faux pas. But a couple of times I noticed people staring curiously at my waist and I realized that perhaps my shirts weren't covering my little remedy as well as I had thought.

So anyway, the point is, I no longer had clothes to wear. And the in-laws saved the day. Tomorrow I will be wearing my first ever maternity outfit to work!

Also, just have to mention my sweet cousin who sent me a box of baby goodies yesterday. My first baby gifts!

And last but not least, I want to commemorate this day for marking another really significant milestone in my life: today I am officially in the second trimester! Let the pregnancy version of a honeymoon begin!

Mommy-morphosis

So its started. I am slowly morphing into motherhood. Perhaps it is the fact that I am 3 days away from the majestic and glorious days of the second trimester. I can't really say. All I know is that over this weekend, the desire to create the nursery has finally kicked in. I have spent the last few hours scouring BabiesRUs, Ebay, Amazon, Target and JcPenney's online. Believe it or not, before this I had not spent one minute of one day in my life looking for baby items. To me it has always felt kind of like picking out a wedding dress while you're in high school. So in case you are at all interested in these things, here is the link to the nusery decor I am leaning towards. Its Beatrix Potter (Peter Rabbit). My mom had Beatrix Potter for Kathryn and she thinks she still might have it stored away somewhere. If so, I will use that. But if not, this is the newest Beatrix Potter stuff that is out. Its called "Cottage Tales". http://www.countrylane.com/pix/cc91.jpg I like that its neutral and can go either way.

Other signs of encroaching parenthood have been: bidding on a slightly bigger, more child-friendly house and making "couples dates" with other parents. Some friends of ours that have a baby already just found out that we are expecting and are ecstatic for us and want to hang out so we can pick their brains about pregnancy and parenthood. I am thrilled because I don't have many friends in this city and have zero friends with kids. So this could be a very important connection in the near future.

I won't go into too much detail about the house. I am too emotionally invested right now; a huge danger, I know. But I can't help it. If we don't get this house I will be devastated. We will know on Tuesday. So I will either have a really super birthday or a really crappy one.

But for those of you who feel that all these changes means you are losing the Lizzy you once knew and loved, please be assured that I am still here! Last night I was shaking my enlarging ass on the dance floor as passionately as ever. I'm sure my kid doesn't know what the hell was happening to him as he got sloshed and bounced all over the place. I can see the caption bubble over his head: "Either mommy and daddy are getting busy tonight or mommy's breaking it down to that mean techno beat!"