Such a great thread. I have had a terrible day and you beautiful ladies have stopped my tears and put a smile on my face. Wonderful pictures! Although I would be lying if I said I wasn't just a little scared - FTM here!
Post by snapdragon on Jan 27, 2015 21:02:18 GMT -5
39 weeks here with my first. I have a picture at 40 (gave birth 2 days later), but it's super blurry and I don't have my glasses on in this one so I look pretty. (Note: Not my natural hair; this is a wig.)
snapdragon the first thing I said when I saw your picture was "her hair!!!" We've never seen it before. I know that's a wig, but curiosity is killing me now
Hehe I will AW a pre-marriage pic at some point, I'm sure, and you will see it then. It's truly underwhelming, I assure you.
Oh my, you're all so beautiful! I hope I can look that happy at that point, or like a PP said, fake it till I make it! I just keep thinking about my irrational fear though. I've always had this weird phobia of disproportionate things (some examples being the ice cream man from the movie Legion since his body is awkward, or the mouths on the infected from I Am Legend are too big for their faces, or even the cold medicine commercials where the guy is like a giant in his house and all his things are really small). I don't know why but things like this freak me out and give me serious anxiety! My point is, when I first got my BFP I realized that I would have this huge stomach in 9 months and it scared the hell out of me. I thought I'd be afraid of my own body. And now, seeing these photos, I'm a little scared again! However, I've grown a lot in these past few months and I'm dealing with it well. I think it's because it's a gradual growth, nothing too drastic. When I look at my then and now pictures it amazes me how much I've already changed. I guess I'm curious for you STMs. Did you have a drastic "pop" and suddenly have a big belly, or was it gradual the whole way through?
Sorry for the rambling/weird question! I really do think you're all beautiful and can't wait to see us all in May!
I'm so fascinated by all the different bump shapes and sizes. It's amazing that everyone is growing a little person but can look so different. It's encouraging to see how beautiful everyone looks too!
My thoughts exactly! WOW! Y'all look fantastic. Also I may have peed myself in fear.
Oh my, you're all so beautiful! I hope I can look that happy at that point, or like a PP said, fake it till I make it! I just keep thinking about my irrational fear though. I've always had this weird phobia of disproportionate things (some examples being the ice cream man from the movie Legion since his body is awkward, or the mouths on the infected from I Am Legend are too big for their faces, or even the cold medicine commercials where the guy is like a giant in his house and all his things are really small). I don't know why but things like this freak me out and give me serious anxiety! My point is, when I first got my BFP I realized that I would have this huge stomach in 9 months and it scared the hell out of me. I thought I'd be afraid of my own body. And now, seeing these photos, I'm a little scared again! However, I've grown a lot in these past few months and I'm dealing with it well. I think it's because it's a gradual growth, nothing too drastic. When I look at my then and now pictures it amazes me how much I've already changed. I guess I'm curious for you STMs. Did you have a drastic "pop" and suddenly have a big belly, or was it gradual the whole way through?
Sorry for the rambling/weird question! I really do think you're all beautiful and can't wait to see us all in May!
My pic is definitely a case of "fake it 'til you make it." I was actually thinking when I posted it that I couldn't believe how genuine my smile looked given that I had spent the prior 23 days confined to that very hospital room, and that I was scared out of my wits for my induction the next morning.
As for bumps, I felt last time and feel this time that my bump grows in spurts. This makes sense, since it's what outside babies and presumably inside babies do, too. Like, my bump will look the same for a week or 10 days, then I will wake up one day and it will be a whole size bigger, to the point where H can notice it too. In fact, in this pregnancy, a co-worker even noticed my most recent one. I think those spurts continue until the end for many people.
Post by lgsdesigner on Jan 28, 2015 9:03:34 GMT -5
mcbaby - Gradual as far as size, but I notice around the 25 week mark I feel very heavy. Takes me a minute to stand up, roll to get out of bed, etc. I can feel the weight of the baby, and from that point til birth, I feel like a swollen beach ball. But-- it seriously is all very worth it. Once you see your baby for the very first time and your eyes meet, nothing else in the world matters.
This link takes you to my blog where I posted a picture and my thoughts on being 37 weeks pregnant with my daughter six years ago. I treasure that I have both this picture and a record of those thoughts on my pregnancy.
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