Also titled: Things Mommies Tell Themselves
Since about February I'd been slathering on the Cocoa Butter all over my tummy. I know scientifically no creams or oils or butter really help, and that if you're destined for stretch marks then you can't do anything about it. But hey, a girl's gotta try, right? Well it seems to have worked! I have NO stretch marks whatsoever on my tummy *knock on wood*!
However...
I DO have stretch marks on my butt, thighs, and boobs!! And I won't apologize for TMI---I'm pregnant, EVERYTHING is TMI. I'd like to think that there are people out there with perfect images and perceptions of me, and if there truly was I know I just ruined it for them. I should've pretty much been bathing in Cocoa Butter since my half way mark! Ugh, I hope they fade. Some girls say that they do. Maybe after the baby I can go tan them away? It'd be the first shot of Vitamin D my stems have seen in about a year though, so we'll see how they absorb the sunlight....
And thanks to my enlarging uterus, I've developed sciatica!! So now I'm a waddlepotamus. My hip kills me all day long but it's worse in the mornings when I get out of bed. I've ordered prenatal pilates and prenatal yoga DVDs but they're not here yet. But you best believe the minute they're here I'll be rolling on the floor trying to stretch my stretched-out-yet-compressed-all-the-same body.
As of my last appointment in April (about 3 weeks ago) I had gained a total of 19 lbs, and I bet I've gained at least another 8 (I don't have scale at home, so tune in on the 11th to see the new weight gain). And yes, I feel lucky most of it is in my belly, but I know I've gained it elsewhere i.e. my face, arms, and legs. But for a pregnant chick, I think I'm doing fine. But I still don't like myself in pictures and if I do it's only because I look less chubby.
Amidst all this, I have solidified my excitement about this little baby. My future hooligan. He's going to be adorable and great, and a troublemaker and I'm happy for that! We're not much closer deciding on a name but really we haven't talked about it much in the last couple of weeks, but it's been brought up again a few times lately. We also have the crib set up and his room is on a roll, but not quite finished. But the good news is if he was born today he'd have a bed to come home to.
Oh and one of my newest friends has become one of my best friends and she threw me a baby shower about 2 weeks ago and it was so much fun! She posted a little story and some pictures about it on her blog. And to top it all off one of my best friends Britney came all the way from Montana to see me!We still need a few more outfits and a couple sleepers, and just a couple of nicknack things that are nice to have. The biggest thing still is the travel system we still need to get. I'm thinking of taking a trip to Farmington (Beth if you're reading this, want to go?) towards the end of May to get it.
Slowly but surely Operation: Ready or Not is taking shape!
