It seems as though this pregnancy is going to fly by. I haven't had much time to focus on this little miracle since Jeff and I have been spending our time with our family.
I'm just entering my 12th week and so far so good. I am having a bit of back troubles, but I don't think that's due to my pregnancy. Last week I was bent over funny working on some things around the house and the next morning I started having twinges in my back, which led to pain and numbness shooting down my butt and leg. I've had this before and usually a quick trip to the Chiropractor is all I need. Well, being the cautious pregnant gal that I am, I called my baby Dr. to see if I could go get popped by the chiropractor. They said it wasn't a good idea! I have a regular appointment scheduled for Monday and the Dr. will look at me then. Monday is a long ways away when we're talking about back pain and sleepless nights. But, what can you do?
I've also noticed that my pants are starting to get tight. I'm trying really hard to remind myself that it's the baby growing. It's just hard to be a bigger girl to begin with and start watching your waistline disappear little by little each month. I went shopping at a maternity store and I can see I'll be having the same troubles with sizes that I did before I got pregnant. All of the pants are too long! I didn't try any of the petites since I was feeling discouraged and that little pregnancy pillow they give you really isn't a self esteem booster! But I did buy a really cute dress that I'm planning on wearing to the baby shower.
All complaining aside, I'm very excited to be experiencing all of these new things and the further along I get the easier it is for me to picture this baby just growing and floating around in there. It's hard to believe how much it has grown in the eight weeks since we found out we were expecting. I can't even imagine what will be happening with my body in the next few months!
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Weeks 9-12
Posted by Annie at 2:13 PM
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I just got a couple new dresses yesterday because I'm so tired of things being around my "waist" (or what's now there). Summer added to big belly makes for a lot of uncomfortable moments and dresses/skirts seem to be the way to go for me. Of course, you'll be biggest in winter, so you'll probably just need to find some really comfy velour type stuff around that time. But yes, don't feel like you aren't allowed to be growing out of your clothes yet. Just because all the magazines and books talk about it happening around 16 weeks, you have to know that for normal people, it happens much earlier. The beginning is awkward because people can't tell that you're prego yet, but you'll get use to it. I have found a lot of maternity on ebay...you'll have to buy crop style pants and stuff though. The general rule is that whatever size you were prior to being prego, that's the same size in maternity. That's been pretty accurate for me, but you still have those times where it's just not fitting right. If only we had personal tailors to just make us a really cute wardrobe for this great time in our lives! Well, have fun shopping and I hope I haven't bored you with my comments! lol.
Are you kidding? I love comments! Besides, you're four months ahead of me which means everything is still fresh in your memory and I can pick your brain when I have a question about something!
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