I think I'm starting to finally show a little bump. As usual, I've been a little slow on this one. My clothes almost all still fit, and no one at work who I haven't told has even looked at me sideways.
Twice in my life, I have felt like I could feel things happening with my body that I had never felt before. One was during the 2007 ALCS, Red Sox great comeback vs. the Indians, when I swear I could actually feel the blood coursing through my veins (talk about high blood pressure). The second time was today.
I've been eating and/or hungry almost non-stop since Friday afternoon. This morning, we went out to the garden early, trying to beat the heat. When we got back, my belly was aching a little. Not like a food poisoning belly ache. Like a-- I've done too many exercises with my lower abs-- belly ache. Except that I haven't exercised in the past 3 days. This was honestly a brand-new feeling I've never had in my life. I think that I am actually feeling the gentle tug of my lower abs expanding as my belly grows. Lots of people say they popped overnight. Is it my time? I hope so. I'm over 4 months, and you still wouldn't be able to tell anything was different unless you see me every day.
The baby has also started moving. It's pretty exciting. She has been pretty active. I can feel both the "butterflies" feeling where she seems to be just swimming around in there, and also distinct punches and kicks, possibly headbutts. I have heard that babies tend to be more active when the mother is resting or sedentary, and to move less when she is active around because the mother's movement lulls them. This seems about right for our little one. She is very active when I am sitting in my chair at work all day not moving, but less active when I'm in the garden or otherwise active. This weekend, she hasn't been moving very much at all. I think she's concentrating on growing. But she did raise her fist on Friday night after Youk's walk-off home run in the 11th, and had a couple of kicks during yesterday's game. She may be Youk's youngest fan, since it always seems to be when he's doing something that she goes nuts.
VH is very cute. Every time I tell him she's moving, he puts his hand on my belly. He really, really wants to feel something and is so jealous that I get to feel it and he doesn't. He says he wants to get kicked too. :) So I've been putting on the pocket fetal doppler more often so he can at least hear her heart beat, and assure him that eventually, he'll be able to feel it too. At that point, I'll probably be wishing she would stop!
And by the way, no we haven't found out the sex. We just keep calling her "she".
4.14.2009
Short people get pregnant too!
You've seen quite a few posts on here about how I want to be a stylish pregnant woman and mommy, they way I haven't been before. Well, over the last two weeks I have made my first couple of shopping excursions for maternity clothes. It seems that being a stylish mama if you are under 5 feet tall is just as difficult as being a stylish young petite not-pregnant woman. Apparently, the maternity clothes-makers are even less aware that there are short pregnant women!
On lots of blogs, and from other people, I hear about how women pass maternity clothes back and forth. That's something I don't think I'm going to be able to do-- I've never really been able to share or trade clothes with my friends because I am so much shorter. I did inherit a blouse from a friend who is even tinier than me (yes, there are people who are tinier than me, and I am not even talking about a "little person"). She said it was a blouse she hardly wears because it makes her look pregnant, so she thought it might work. I was able to wear it a couple of times but of course, my chest expanded much earlier than my belly, so anything with buttons has become a problem.
The fortunate thing is that my belly still isn't very visible. This, combined with the fact that most of my pants were too big for me to begin with, means that I am having no trouble with my pants (yet). I did buy two "bella band" devices. These are basically just bands of lycra that you put around your waist. You can wear your pre-pregnancy pants without buttoning or zippering them, and you put the lycra on top so they don't fall down, they lay flat, and no one can see that they are unzipped. It's a cool concept. I got one knock-off from Motherhood Maternity ("one size fits most") and one from Target "from the makers of the original Bella Band", which actually came S-M-L. I like the concept but I'm not sure if it's going to work for me. The bands are so wide that they are literally like a tube top on me-- they go from my chest all the way down to my hips. I know that once my belly starts to get bigger, it will take up some of that fabric, but I am afraid that once my belly gets big enough to take up enough fabric that I won't be able to wear the pre-pregnancy pants anymore anyway! But we'll see...
From the recently pregnant on here, any suggestions?
The upsides to this: this is a temporary state, at least. And really, it's not NEARLY as complicated as trying to buy baby stuff! We've been shopping for that recently too and it makes my head spin.
On lots of blogs, and from other people, I hear about how women pass maternity clothes back and forth. That's something I don't think I'm going to be able to do-- I've never really been able to share or trade clothes with my friends because I am so much shorter. I did inherit a blouse from a friend who is even tinier than me (yes, there are people who are tinier than me, and I am not even talking about a "little person"). She said it was a blouse she hardly wears because it makes her look pregnant, so she thought it might work. I was able to wear it a couple of times but of course, my chest expanded much earlier than my belly, so anything with buttons has become a problem.
The fortunate thing is that my belly still isn't very visible. This, combined with the fact that most of my pants were too big for me to begin with, means that I am having no trouble with my pants (yet). I did buy two "bella band" devices. These are basically just bands of lycra that you put around your waist. You can wear your pre-pregnancy pants without buttoning or zippering them, and you put the lycra on top so they don't fall down, they lay flat, and no one can see that they are unzipped. It's a cool concept. I got one knock-off from Motherhood Maternity ("one size fits most") and one from Target "from the makers of the original Bella Band", which actually came S-M-L. I like the concept but I'm not sure if it's going to work for me. The bands are so wide that they are literally like a tube top on me-- they go from my chest all the way down to my hips. I know that once my belly starts to get bigger, it will take up some of that fabric, but I am afraid that once my belly gets big enough to take up enough fabric that I won't be able to wear the pre-pregnancy pants anymore anyway! But we'll see...
From the recently pregnant on here, any suggestions?
The upsides to this: this is a temporary state, at least. And really, it's not NEARLY as complicated as trying to buy baby stuff! We've been shopping for that recently too and it makes my head spin.
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