So, I have been feeling rather...<ahem> fat, lately. I know, I know. I'm pregnant. But it doesn't matter because when the stretchy pants start to lose their stretch...BOO HOO!!
I have also been feeling very tired, so tired I need to take a nap at least once a day and go to bed super early, like when the kids do. Around 7:30PM. And don't get me going on how uncomfortable I have been feeling. Especially DOWN THERE. The pressure, the pressure is SO bad. I seriously feel like I am going to drop a bowling ball from my crotch. My hips hurt, that darn sciatic nerve. I'm walking like I just pooped my pants, if I laugh or sneeze- I have to shove a kid out of my way just so I can make it to the bathroom in time. Kegels, kegels...I should have listened and practiced.
But, with all of the uncomfortableness, there has been the joy in realizing why my body is going thru all the changes. I've been feeling my little baby move more. Like when the kids speak, the baby moves. When daddy reads bedtime stories, the baby moves. When singing Christmas songs with the kids, the baby moves.
I had just started embracing my roundness when this morning, after dropping Ellie off at school, a mother of one of her classmates shouts "Oh my goodness, are you getting GINORMOUS!! And you still have a ways to go!"-evil laugh. Okay, maybe there wasn't any evil laughter involved. But, there might as well been.
Ginormous. I realize I am pregnant. 6 months pregnant. With only 14 weeks left to to go. But really. Pregnant women do NOT need to be reminded on how big we are getting. Trust me. We know. But THANK YOU. VERY. MUCH.
After that we did a little Christmas shopping and took a impromptu tour of a church we are thinking of joining. It was a wonderful morning, even with the above comment made. So what, if I'm gaining weight, almost peeing my pants, walking like I just pooped my pants and am OH MY DEAR LORD THIS. IS. STARTING. TO. HURT. AND SORRY HONEY BUT THIS IS THE LAST BABY. I only have 14 weeks left to go. 14!! YAY! And would I sound horrible if I wished for baby to come early....so I can say " I only have 13 weeks left to go!!" ???