On the Verge...

I don't know if I am a completely rare case (which I have a hard time believing), or there is just a very sad lack of petite maternity clothing out there.  I am now 21 weeks pregnant and I have purchased two pairs of maternity pants - both online - and been sadly disappointed that, unless I gain an absurd amount of weight in places other than my tummy,  I will never fit into them.   Luckily, some of my pants / shorts are still able to receive the "hair tie - buttonhole" treatment, but I am quickly running out of options.  So now I have resorted to elastic pants, which are horribly unfashionable (and big) and making my own elastic pants, which are even more horribly unfashionable (but less big).    To look more fashionable, I would have to spend approximately $150 and sweat my butt off in designer jeans - like Sevens or Citizens of humanity.  These are seemingly the only jeans that can be bought in an apparently unheard of combination of "25/maternity".  No, my w

I've had a few people ask me for pictures. "Pictures of what?" I ask. "Of your belly!" They respond, excitedly. Why would anyone want to see my big 'ol stomach? I don't even want to see it. I like the idea of the baby, but I'd take him right now, instead of going through all of the big belly-ness of a 40 week pregnancy. I've also had so many issues with not being able to go to the bathroom for sometimes days on end, that I haven't been sure that my belly is full with the baby or with... something else... But, recently, I've started to realize that I am going to go through this, and that I don't want Abram right now, because I want him to be as healthy as possible. So, if I'm going to have this belly, then I might as well embrace it. So here is one. I guess... enjoy... :P 17 weeks 20 weeks Abram's 20 week Ultrasound. Apparently, his face was pushed up against the placenta and he wouldn't move. So the technici

There are so many things about being pregnant that people don't generally talk a lot about.  So now that I am experiencing it for the first time in my life, I am continually surprised at things that I am feeling or doing.  Bloody noses, constipation, expanding rib cage, other  strange bodily happenings.  Oh... and: dropping stuff, hitting myself with doors, running into things, spilling... a lot , making food for 10 people when only my husband and I will be eating.... those kind of things. I did the latter yesterday.  I don't know if I just wanted taco soup and I didn't think about the fact that my recipe serves 10, or if I subconsciously wanted to eat a very large pot of it.  But, whatever the case, the pot is made, 2 serving are gone, and the rest is chilling in the fridge. Luckily, it reheats on the stove and microwave quite nicely, is a very good small snack, and my community group will be forced to eat it tonight whether they like it or not! (they say they do, but o