Well people, we are halfway there! Someone is taking up more room and had a growth spurt, because my belly is getting big. Like more than the look of eating a big Thanksgiving dinner, I look very round now. Babycenter says the baby is 10.5 ounces and the size of a banana from head to foot. For the first half, they measure crown to rump, and the second half is head to toe. One of my books says my uterus is the size of a cantaloupe! Very weird to think I have a banana inside a cantaloupe inside my stomach. Let’s just hope everything goes back into place eventually.
Babycenter says the baby is taking up space up to my belly button, which is about right, because I am loosing my belly button. So very weird. It also says I should have gained about ten pounds, which is probably about right too. It says I should plan to gain one pound a week until the end. Can’t lie that the weight gain thing is hard to grasp and I will be bigger than my husband by the end most likely.
The main changes this week are that I am feeling so much rounder. It is more noticeable to people, and my belly is really sticking out there. I am embracing the curves and find myself enjoying the look of snugger tops rather than very loose. Loose clothes have always made me feel schlumpy and big, and I am still wearing many of my pre-pregnancy workout tops.
Workout clothes have been very hard for me to find! I found two pair of long pants at Gap, but haven’t found any maternity exercise leggings, and only one maternity workout tank top, also at Gap. Not sure what I’m supposed to wear. Kind of disheartening that exercise clothes are hard to find! I am a believer in pregnancy fitness at whatever level you can do.
This weekend, we have a wedding, and I bought a Rosie Pope maternity cocktail dress to wear to at least some of the FIVE weddings we have before January 2 (four are out of town). I loved Rosie Pope’s show on Bravo, and bought a dress from her website online. It is a pretty dark purple color, but not exactly something I would have worn to a wedding before. It reminds me of an Orthodox Jewish dress–covering shoulders to the elbows, high above the bust, high in the back, and not revealing anywhere at all. Hopefully it’s plenty of material to get me though these weddings.
Other than that, still eating normal, exercising about 4-5 days on average per week, and sleeping good. Hoping it all continues!
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