Whoa, there. Dude. It’s official.
So, thoughts this week. I am suddenly in favor of the giant, horrid looking maternity roll top pants. I didn’t think I would be, so I bought the kind they call, “true waist” that are still maternity, but they go under the belly? Well, all of a sudden those suck. They make the belly feel like a spare tire and now I want nothing remotely tight touching that area at all. My mother in law bought me some of those giant pants, called “full panel” I think, and like I said, I was afraid of their bloated sausage look, but I’m telling you, that’s all I wanna wear now.
Secondly, WTF is up with spilling on myself lately? I think it probably has something to do with the voracious shoveling of food into my gaping maw I’ve been doing, but sheesh! I can’t seem to make it through a day any more with a clean shirt. Most unattractive.
That’s all, really. Everything’s good. The wee babe is more and more active and SB has now been able to feel It move on a more regular basis, which is nice. I have also started SEEING it move from the outside which is totally insane.
And, completely unrelated to pregnancy or pants, check out this AWESOME sunset in Tacoma last night:
Wow, Jenny! You’re totally pregnant and looking gorgeous! I love your belly and can’t wait to touch it. Of course, if that’s okay with you. I’m one of those people who wants to touch random stranger’s pregnant bellies, too. I know, you hate me now. I’m one of “those” people. I’m sure I’ll stop after I know what it’s like until I have one of my own to feel up, but for now – I’m a feeler.
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GREAT sunset picture !!!
First off, you have an ARM MUSCLE there, yo. That’s more than most pregnant chicks can boast, and it’s awesome. You’re adorable.
Secondly, can we talk about the panel situation? Because Gap is having a jeans sale I was hoping to partake in, and I KNOW NOTHING OF THE PANELS. Do I get roll? Demi? Full? THE HELL. I’m buying very far ahead, but still. It’s a SALE.
mama, you are looking so good!
Lookin’ good! I heart the belly watch, because it changes so much around this time!
Oh, and “Dude” … hahahahahahahaha.
Sorry. Couldn’t help myself.
OH, and jonniker: The demi’s rock for the first half of pregnancy and for the few months after birth when you get control of yourself. But in that final trimester (the later the more essential of course — the need month is different for everyone)? The full-panels are da bomb.
Which is why advise everyone to buy a few pieces at a time. A couple pairs of pants and skirts in the beginning, with more fab shirts (tell people to go pick their nose if they fret over you wearing the same skirt/pants more than once in a week). Because while by the end you WILL need more shirts when you’re humungo (sorry, it happens), the pants will shift first. And just accept that the last month is fabulous and horrid at the same time. Plan to shop. Seriously. You won’t wear it long, but you’ll need it. Consignment shops are nice for this … but just freakin’ budget for it.
And I’m officially obsessed.
It’s just that I SO remember that “fuck if I ever wear a full-panel” to “wear the hell can I buy a full panel” pair of pants mind shift.
Wow. There are many, many times where I look at new moms and go “really? I was that once? really?” as I stare at my going-on-8, going-on-6 and just-a-bit-over-3-year-olds. But then the maternity wear chats and the nursing chats being and OH MY can I go off.
So please forgive my many, many comments over the next few months.
I blame it on being the first of “my crowd” to spawn. No one was there to give me advice, so I must advise everyone. It’s a disease, I know. And it’s only meant for consideration. Including my mantra: what’s right for you is right.
To sum up jonniker: Buy one of each. You can’t lose. I lived off gap maternity wear sales. And I blame the birth of my third child on the expansion of decent maternity wear. I’m only half kidding.
Look at you! All preggers! You look great.
xo
Where’d you get that fabulous shirt? And do they make it in my size?
I went to Motherhood Maternity today to look at jeans. Sigh. Full panel, mid-panel, below the belly — I want none of the above. Eventually I’ll want some of them, but today … I just left without buying anything. I don’t look pregnant yet, just bloated … It’s funny how even though this sounds demoralizing, I’m positively giddy.
Jill: You may touch it! I don’t mind. No strangers have touched it yet.
Lisa: Thanks! Do you suppose we have polution to thank?
Jonniker: Yes, I must confess, the apprearance of a muscle was the reason I chose that picture and not one of the 10 others I took. Emailing about pants was fun.
Janaya: Thanks, friend!
Jess: Yes! I can’t wait to see your with your head attahed next week!
chickadee: I love all your comments and all you opnions.
dahli: I know, right? It’s so weird!
Kate: The shirt if from the deaded Motherhood. Sorry you are not finding stuff to wear. That ‘not looking pregnant yet’ stage is so annoying.
You are the cutest pregnant lady I’ve ever seen!
Tacomachickadee, you just crack me up every time. I loved all your advice, so rock it on. I was blessed with a fab friend who kindly had a baby six months before me, and tortures me by giving me all her stuff. Yes, I suffer.
I totally support the buying a bit at a time approach, you just don’t know what you will want. I never got into the full panal, but had a very diff time finding long enough shirts to cover the belly surrounding an 8-2 baby plus my insanely long torso.
And shopping? Consignment stores in Renton, where rich people take their clothes. Or Blooming Kids in town. Target. Peak (carefully) at Sears/JCPenney for work wear. I also found that by layering mat. tanks and tees under non-pregnant clothes I could really stretch my wordrobe. But for my job, I just put on the bigger scrubs! And get yourself a maternity belt and hose to help with back pain and leg swelling.
Plus, get lots of massages, pedicures, take some naps, and princess it up, because you just don’t get to do it again…
Awesome picture of that sunset. I saw it, too. I know it because I will never forget it, best sunset I ever remember, and I was just returning on an airplane so I saw it from the sky and it was better than all the skies on my trip, made me love being and living in the Pacific NW. Kudos.