In case you hadn't heard, our fair city of Philadelphia was voted as having not only the ugliest, but also the rudest people in the country in a recent survey. The following post from Linda will affirm that. ---Mike
OK, by now I am totally sick of the question "HEY, YOU GOT TWO IN THERE?" or "you havin' twins?"
Well, had a great new one yesterday! It is starting to get chilly, so I am needing to get creative with my mostly warm weather maternity wardrobe. So, I had on black pants, a black wife beater, and then over it I had a green non-maternity sweater (that covered almost my whole belly) and then a black maternity jacket from old navy. I thought i looked cute, but I'm at the point where my pants are sliding down and my shirts are sliding up and my belly pokes out a little.....OK, well sometimes a lot.
So I'm on my way to the subway and some lady says "you gotta pull your shirt down, you're belly is hanging out"! I was like "WTF???" I wasn't to say something, but of course, I burst out crying!!! She was joking, but seriously! What is wrong with people - I KNOW my belly was poking out because it was COLD! Plus, its not light I have some gross stretch-marked fatty hanging belly. It's cute!
Anyway, so the latest news on baby G: On my 38 week appointment, I was now measuring 42 weeks. I had the ultrasound later that day to show she's now about 7 1/2 lbs (give or take about 10 oz due to the margin of error) - so the doc was really pleased - she's totally healthy, not too heavy for V-delivery, had a full stomach, and was moving around nicely (although not much room). We couldn't see her face because she's facing my back, but the tech pointed out a little chubby cheek!!!! My amniotic fluid levels are within the average range (on the higher side, but still average), so the only explanation they have for my gigantic belly is that I'm short, so my belly pops out more. Interesting, although not the exciting explanation Mike and I were expecting. But I guess this point in the game, less drama is a good thing.
I THINK I AM GOING TO BE PREGNANT FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
3 comments:
Rin,
I promise you will not be pregnant forever. By the way to make you feel better about your pregnant body, when I was pregnant people told me I must be haviing a girl because "girls steal your beauty". P.S. as you know I had a boy! That's rude New Yorkers for you.
maybe if you borrow my lamby jacket for the remainder of your pregnancy it will counter the pregnancy comments so people will just say i love your jacket or where you get dat dawg?
Rin,
A couple of other good ones for you: One of my friends told me that at the end of her first trimester with her "honeymoon baby" she finally told her boss she was pregnant, to which he responded, "Oh really, I just assumed that now that you were married you were just letting yourself go!"
Another friend told me that a co-worker told her that she must be having a girl as the co-worker looked at her rear end and gestured "wide-load" with their hands.
Just goes to show you, people are ruthless and have no couth! These people know you are not feeling the best about your body image and the choose to "kick you while you're down".
For the record, Rin, you are one of the most beautiful pregnant women I've seen and I'm not just saying that because you are like family to me. I mean it!
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