Waiting...

[mudinherblood]

So I'm 38w4d preggo with my first baby... and I want this baby to come out now. :( Man this waiting game sucks, as I'm sure a lot of you know. I had a picture taken of me today and I wanted to cry when I saw it because I look like such a whale. I'm supposed to be due on Jan 28th but the last ultrasound I had about a month ago said it looked like

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[auth_r]

+1 on the ladies above.
What helped me: is to think that this is the first and only time in my life when looking like a whale - is perfection and beauty! too bad you have only about two weeks of that left :-)
I had my first on 4th of December and I am currently 32lb down (breastfeeding rules!) and keep going (i am not going to tell anybody how much i've gained with this... ) :)
Just keep floating, like whales do, around. I was still at work 4 hours before kid popped out because they told me first baby will take forever to come out and since you are 32 it will take even longer, maybe some induction, c-section, etc... BS! plopped out on his own. had his own mind from very beginning, still does :-P
Enjoy last weeks of freedom!

[mudinherblood]

I totally plan on breastfeeding and I SO can't wait for it to help me lose weight! I'll admit that until about a month ago I did really feel beautiful in a way. Now I just feel ridiculously large, especially since I rarely see other fully pregnant women as big as I am. I've been told labor will take a really long time since it's the first time as well. :P

[ladyinred667]

With my first baby, I went from 3cm to delivery in 90 minutes.

[auth_r]

hehe :) did anybody made it in time to catch? :)

[ladyinred667]

Yeah, fortunately I was already at the hospital. It will be hard to time when to go with this one!

[auth_r]

yeap! joing the club. i could not believe a friend of mine gained 12 ... for real, 12 lbS! 8 of them was baby :) i do hate her. in a way :))
still, the worst moment was them i had a baby and the next morning was looking at myself in a mirror... a guess what: NO DIFFERENCE! weight scale run? no difference either. i was hoping belly will deflate in an instant after delivery... nope! i cried for an hour.
but it does get better. people tell you, doctors and friends tell you and you won't believe. it does get better, i promise you!
and when it does: milk comes in and your boobs explode in both: size and milk. and you run around, leaking, trying to find a bra that fits and lifts and then you realize that you need a lifting folk to keep those puppies up.
but...
the kid that smiles back at ya for the first time, makes you forget all that shit and you realize that you've just created your claim to immortality :)

[mudinherblood]

Lmao @ everything! Oh mannn. I had a dream (aka nightmare) in early pregnancy that I gave birth and when the baby came out my whole tummy had deflated and was just a big nasty pile of loose skin flapping all over. I woke up in a sweat and ran to the computer to google what your belly is like after birth. After that dream I was relieved to know that you still look at LEAST 6 months preggo for a little while. XD

[mudinherblood]

Oh and to your friend gaining only 12 lbs during pregnancy... that's possible?! I swear I'm healthy as you can possibly be and have gained at least three times as much as that. :( I would really hate her too, haha.

[auth_r]

she has metabolism of a rabbit (i think). i have none (i am sure). :)some people loose weight during pregnancy... pregnancy is such a weird and individual thing...

[auth_r]

oh jeez... it's that bulch on the tummy and just won't go away! i started to do crunches. we'll see what good does that do. it's 10:40pm, last time i ate at 2:30 pm. i can't see salads anymore. anyway, it's a long road, sister. i am just a little bit ahead, but it's still the same steep slope to climb. i am not even near my pre-hormonal-treatment-pregnancy weight.
:) but what makes me feel warm and fuzzy every time i step on the scale: half of it - are my boobs! :)

[zombriii]

Yeah I looked about 5-6 months pregnant right after delivery. My son is almost 17 months now and thankfully I'm back to my pre-baby size.