January
29, 2012
I am
now 17 weeks along. According to What to
Expect When Expecting, my baby is the size of a sweet potato. I’m now at the point where I can still button
my regular pants, but they are very tight. For some weird reason, I feel like
my stomach gets bigger during the day, and then flattens out again at night
while I am sleeping.
I
realize that to anyone who doesn’t know me and doesn’t know that I am pregnant
probably would never look at me and say, “She’s pregnant.” It really probably just looks like I ate a
little too much over the holidays. But
here is a side-by-side comparison. The
first picture was taken on our anniversary when I was 11 weeks. The second picture was today at 17 weeks.
It is funny, though, because last weekend, I went to a baby
shower on Saturday and a bridal shower on Sunday. At the baby shower, my friend, the honoree,
told several of her friends that I was also pregnant, and they all looked at me
and said, “Really???” The next day at
the bridal shower, the sister of the bride (who is like a sister to me too),
greeted me at the door and said “Oh, cute little baby bump!” So yeah, I think it depends on who knows me (and knows what I normally look like), and it also depends on what I’m wearing –
some clothes highlight my slight bump a little more than others.
I’ve been wearing this wonderful thing called a BellaBand. It’s basically a piece of fabric
(very similar in size and material to a bandeau bra), which I can wear over my
unbuttoned pre-maternity pants, and it will hold them up and smooth them
out. I also bought my first couple pairs
of maternity pants. My friend took me to
her favorite consignment maternity store, Baby Go Round, in San Diego. This place was amazing! I bought one pair of slacks, one pair of
jeans, one shirt, and a dress, all for $30!
The pants were on average about $8, which is far better than $30 for
brand new pants at Target or wherever. No wonder it’s my friend’s favorite
store! There’s no point in spending lots
of money on clothes you can only wear for a couple months. Now I just need to find a place like it in
LA!
Look at you! You look gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteYou definitely have a little bump! It's so cute and you look so beautiful! That's exactly how I was the first time. I don't think anybody that didn't know me could tell I was pregnant till about 22 weeks! I will try and get some of my maternity clothes back to pass on to you. I had a ton of cute things.
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