Well it is offically the third and last trimester....
I am glad that the second trimester went fairly well but it went by super fast, which I guess is a good thing. Now that I am in the final stages, I am finally looking pregnant I feeling like a beached whale.
I get tons of comments about how "little I am" and how I have not "poked out" yet. It drives me crazy because many people want me to be "fatter" than I am. I have gained exactly 20 pounds since my first doctors visit, and I am THE HEAVIEST I HAVE EVER BEEN IN MY LIFE, which is very unsettling for me and a little depressing and when people tell me I am not big enough then I just want to cry!! I know I am supposed to gain weight during pregnancy but I don't need to be huge to have a healthy and strong baby. For all those who think I am too small and that it is not fair...I am sorry. I don't have much control over have my body reacts and gains weight when pregnant. I do have a small body frame and a long torso for my size, so that does make me LOOK smaller than I really am. There are still ten weeks to go unless something unexpected happens, in which I will gain 1/2 pound a week, which should put me five pounds more, but probably more like ten cause I am always hungry.
Pretty much I am saying that I would love to be validated in my feeling of: feeling very fat and not be made to feel bad because other people were bigger than me. I am sorry that they were bigger. Self-image in pregnancy is hard!! It sucks too look and feel huge no matter who you are.
On a more happy note and not a 'wo is me' ,......the baby has been moving around a lot these days, especially today. It feels like he is trying out some new dance moves or something. It is really awesome to feel him! It does make it hard to be in one place for very long though...I am always having to shift positions.
Well that is all for now.
