Sunday, February 1, 2009

About to pop?

So I'm at the point that when I go out to a restuarant people stare at me and give me the look like "good for you still going out at this point in your pregnancy" or "wow look at that girl I hope she doesn't go into labor while shes here". People think I'm having the baby any day by the way I look. I am 6 months pregnant. I have 3and a half months to go. The way I look now is nothing. I don't know if its that I really am that big or because a belly looks bigger on me than it does on other people. Or if people just forget how big a full term pregnant person really looks. Regardless, I think its funny that I'm starting to get the "you look like you're going to pop" comments and I have a good 3 and a half months of growing to go. But then I'll see some people who ask me when I'm due and I say May and they say wow you're so little. So the truth is, noone knows what they are talking about. My doctor says my belly is a completely normal size for this point in the pregnancy. So enough of the "wow its going to be a big baby comments". The baby is 1.5 pounds at this point and doesn't even start putting on weight until the last 2 months. Again, I don't truly take offense, its just interesting what people think. I personally like looking this way so I'll take the stares :) Actually I have been thinking that I like being pregnant in the summer more than the winter because in the winter people only see my belly when I have my coat off so when I'm in a grocery store or anywhere else during the day, you can't even tell. I guess I'll have a little time with no coat by the end but by that point I'll be huge.
Here I am at 24.5 weeks this time around:


Here I am pregnant with Max at 24 weeks:


So I am obviously bigger than that, but just to remind you, here is what I looked like at 38 weeks with Max, this was the last belly picture I took:


See, I'm not that big yet am I?

We had a fun dinner last night at Ra Sushi with Emily, Mark, Liz and Josh. It was fun to be out but of course I would have enjoyed it more if I were eating any sushi I wanted including the raw stuff and if I could have more than 1 sip of Mark's wine. Yes I had a sip of wine. The baby is still kicking away so I guess I didn't do any damage. I am so excited to go out and eat and drink normally after this baby is born. We've really never been married and had our own house and lived in Baltimore near alot of our friends when I haven't been pregnant. I haven't been able to fully appreciate this situation yet. But maybe I'm forgetting that when you first have a baby you are up all night and exhausted and you don't fit into your clothes and aren't really in the mood to go out for a while. But eventually, it will be fun.



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