Wednesday, September 10, 2008

22 weeks aka - Hey, who is blowing up a balloon in my body?

I have been pretty uncomfortable for the past few days as it feels like someone is blowing up a balloon in my belly. I just feel so...full. So it's not that it "hurts" in a traditional sense, but it's not the most comfortable feeling in the world. ALSO - I have a spot on the top right side of my abdomen, right below my ribs, that feels tingly all the time, which I guess is just muscles stretching and pinching nerves or whatever. None of it is terrible but it's all rather uncomfortable.

Not a word, Kerrieann - YOU HAD TWO BABIES.

Just so you know - by the end of the day, the bump is bigger, I guess my skin relaxes throughout the day and lets it hang out a little more. Or I'm too tired to hold it the way I normally do or maybe it grows and shrinks everyday for all I know. I just know that I take my pictures every time in the morning before getting dressed, so this is what you get :-)

Lilah spent 90% of the day on Monday beating me up. I mean, she did NOT stop moving ALL DAY. Normally she sits still when I am moving around, but oh no. She was a wiggle worm to beat all wiggle worms. It was a bit exhausting, to be truthful. It really is like having an eye twitch that won't go away, no matter how much you relax or poke it.

Well, I've got to get some things together so I can start my day :-p Long day today, but at least a fun day.

ETA:

Since I don't feel like I look like shit on a stick today, I took some photos while fully dressed so you can appreciate the full baby belly-ness:

Straight ahead shot - these pants are too big, but they're dark and I'm hoping no one will notice they are jeans while I'm at work. Honestly, these nice, dark jeans look better than some of the "work pants" I've been wearing lately!




I thought I'd try Jeni's Heidi Simpson trick. LOL It only seems to accomplish making my belly look more prominent! DAMN YOU, HEIDI!

3 comments:

Jeni said...

Rachael,

You are hilarious, and you look so freaking cute, even if you do feel like you're being blown up from the inside out. :)

Jennie said...

You do look really cute. Always remember (feel free to chant) at least you don't have pregnant butt like I always got.

PS notice I used the past tense. No plans for it to become present or future tense, ever!

-k said...

i'm nauseated by your cuteness. i truly am.

i want to have one, tiny, gum ball-sized lilah baby.