Just a few days into week 19 and the belly has expanded to impressive levels. Some additions:
– Pre-pregnancy blouses that button up the front are stretching, they won’t be possible much longer.
– My belly button, usually an “inn-ee,” is a stretched, open O. A unique thing that I noticed first pregnancy: a flap of skin fills my belly button when I arch my back — it only happens when pregnant and is happening again now. This may sound strange, but it is actually pretty cute.
– I have stretch marks!! Last pregnancy, I got a few on my legs and hips that faded after Will was born. With that pregnancy, I gained a ton of weight everywhere — I expanded like a balloon… fingers, feet, face, legs, everything! This time, the weight is pretty much just on my belly (so far) and the marks are coming my sides, along my waist. They are faint pink lines right now and are sort of pretty.
On the 22nd, we go in for our next prenatal visit and an ultrasound. We are hoping to find out the baby’s sex. As much of a “gender neutral” person I am, I can’t stand the thought of having a baby girl lay down on Will’s “planes, trains, and automobiles” sheet set. Will and the baby are going to share a room and we are excited about getting it all ready before the baby comes.
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