When it comes to being pregnant there are a few things I've learned:
1. If you "hold it" for long periods throughout the day and then go to the bathroom 2 or 3 times right before bed (even if it's just a few drops) then you can sleep through the night. The last 2 nights I have slept all the way through, and I've had about 6 other nights in the past month or so that I've been able to stay in bed all night! Hallelujah!!!
2. I now know what the inside of my belly button looks like. It hasn't popped out but it's a huge hole that I can stick my finger in... weird. Before it was always a flat little thing that I could barely fit a q-tip in and now I can stick the tip of my finger in it! Strange.
3. The rumors are true... whoopi really is better when you have 4 pounds of extra blood pumping through you, who knew that you had to get fat and heavy to have even better "sexy time" (as Matt calls it)??? Well I guess that's one perk to getting fatter and heavier! Strange.
4. I've been thin my whole life and never had an issue with body image (well not since Jr. High when I think we all went through it) but now that I'm pregnant and people tell me I'm "HUGE" or that I've gained a few too many pounds I am suddenly struck with HUGE insecurity issues and I feel like a fat cow! I even have a good excuse but for some reason I just can't get over it. I guess all I really care about it that I don't get stretch marks and that my face doesn't turn into a blimp--yikes!
OH ANNA!!! You are SOOOOO NOT FAT!!! I think you look so great. So healthy. Don't let stupid people tell you your HUGE....they are crazy....I was seriously thinking last sunday when I saw you that you looked so healthy and beautiful. But I do know what it is to look a certain way your WHOLE life and then not look like that anymore (I'm STILL struggling with it), I just have to learn to be content with my body and do what I can to take care of it. Bottom line....don't listen to stupid people, they're stupid. :)
ReplyDeleteI told you about #3. I am so glad to hear it is working out for you!! :)
ReplyDeleteAnd I totally second Rebecca's comment. If YOU are huge, then I was a blimp. Give me a break! You are so not huge. Your belly is getting big, as it should.
As someone whose face DID turn into a blimp, it's really not that bad. It'll go back to normal eventually.
ReplyDeleteAnd P.S. I'm a little freaked out that Matt calls it your "sexy time". Marty does too. That's just strange and awkward. Ha ha!
ANNA! did you really just use the 1950's term "whoopi" for SEX!?!?! that's so funny! also, just for the record...your weight being pregnant equals most of the rest of us not-being-pregnant-weight. did that sentence make sense?
ReplyDeleteHahaha! If it makes you feel any better I have gained about 13-15 lbs by now. Which is a high for myself.If you can't gain a couple too many pounds when your prego then when can you? Nate thinks it's sexy. Wear them with style and a smile. I think you look great. I wish I was as tall as you so that they spread out a little more.
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