will trade cookie for cake*** š
will trade cookie for cake*** š
2021-04-20 01:04:51 +0000 UTC View Post
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Pregnancy weight gain...the relationship is complicated. Som..
Pregnancy weight gain...the relationship is complicated. Some moments the extra round parts make u feel hot. Like, ready for the cover of playboy, letās make a NSFW video on Only Fans kinda hot š, 3 seconds later (and probably better judgment call on the sex tape š) you look down and see 5 squishy dodge balls of various sizes and deflation levels where your belly, arms and legs used to be.
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ļ»æSo thereās how you look & feel (variable and sometimes š„š„š„). But then you gotta add THE SCALE NUMBER (invariably higher than it was yesterday and sometimes even HOW DID I JUST GAIN 20lbs in 2 WEEKS higher).
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ļ»æAs a rule, non-pregnant me never sets foot on a scale. But that canāt really work in pregnancy bc A) the doctor makes you do it and B) if youāre craving cake and only cake like me, its probably a bad idea unless you want to gain 100lbs and go full Venus of Willendorf (which would be rather admirable but your doctor will probably be annoying about it bc bl00d pressure and they donāt want you to die etc) ((insurance reasons š„ø))
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ļ»æSo far Iāve gained 8lbs which seems not so much considering in the same time frame I gained 20(!!) with my son. But my son got his shoulder stuck for a little (the doctors blamed his size & my weight gain š³) and the birth experience was a little scary (bad things can happen when babies get stuck), so now every time i crave cake (ALL DAY EVERY DAY) i have to remind myself to...keep it to half a piece? SO I DONT DIE? The stakes are higher than Iād like.
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ļ»æDieting when pregnant sucks more than you can know unless youāve done it. Mainly bc your brain hates you bc ur supposed to be āeating for two and this is BULLSHITā. But also because people know you canāt drink so bring over desserts as some sort of consolation. STOP BRINGING DESSERTS (but please donāt stop bringing desserts). Send every dessert.
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ļ»æin short:
ļ»ædesserts: YES
ļ»ædieting: NO
ļ»æbut wait, death: BIG NO
ļ»æthen salad: FINE
ļ»æthen desserts? š
call it 18 weeks, front (finally showing a little) vs side (..
call it 18 weeks, front (finally showing a little) vs side (full popped!) š„°...feeling extra glowy today ā¤ļøā¤ļøā¤ļø
2021-04-18 18:45:11 +0000 UTC View Post
miss u BIG TIME š³š³š³š„°
miss u BIG TIME š³š³š³š„°
2021-04-14 18:27:45 +0000 UTC View Post
People have been curious so here is 8,11,13 & 16 weeks. The ..
People have been curious so here is 8,11,13 & 16 weeks. The last picture is tonight which is nearly 17 weeks. My mood seems chill n easy in those first trimester pics but i guess I only took photos when I felt like faking it. LET THE RECORD SHOW I WAS HAPPY. My brain felt the dissonance between what I āshouldā feel and what i did feel. āLying to your future self is an important part of self preservation. TAKE THE HAPPY PIC. LOOK LIKE A PREGNANT MOM SHOULDā. But quite frankly the instant I became pregnant I lost a piece of myself I forgot Iād get back. The laughy happy piece. My favorite piece. Everyone elseās favorite piece too. Youād think I would have remembered that the pregnancy āglowā isnt always so glowy, especially in the beginning. This being my THIRD baby, how could I STILL be so unprepared for the first trimester emo swamp crawl. I wanted to get pregnant (itās gonna be great!), I did get pregnant (Iām so lucky!!!)...but then that hormone shoe drops SAME DAY AS THE + STICK (at least for me) and itās a 3 month rainy day with no Gene Kelly in sight. Some people donāt tell friends and family until 14 weeks because they donāt wanna jinx the pregnancy or discuss a potential loss but for me itās more because for those weeks I donāt want to hear ācongratulationsā or celebrate in ANY sense of the word. And i DEFINITELY donāt want to answer āhow Iām feelingā. Why do casual acquaintances incessantly ask that? Are you dramamine in human form? An undercover professionally trained therapist who I hired in my sleep? I know itās a lot to ask but try to dig deep and find a new cliche question you donāt care about the answer to. (Sry too mean? Too mean.) But hey, to put it casually, my main desire in the first trimester was to scream into a cave then go live inside it with only the reverberations of my own despair to keep me company for all eternity. (**Of course I checked āfeels fineā on the doctor screener bc they canāt fool me into being on their ābad motherā list**)
But, ya know, time happens even when you donāt notice it. The second trimester hit and the world felt bright again. SO BRIGHT. Like while I was screaming in my pitch black cave, god (if you believe in god) or maybe just someone with really great taste and an interest in vintage lamps came in and redecorated. Quick flip of a switch and BAM. Suddenly my whole pregnant sad girl schtick (cuz the second itās over it ceases to feel real) is suddenly a distant memory Iām soon to forget. I wasnt a useless piece of human void! NO! I just lost my favorite rose-colored glasses in a crumb-filled couch. All I ever needed was a dollar store dust-buster to dig em out and wash em and WOW YES. The world is clearer and more beautiful than ever. (I just wish it were actually that simple.) Thankfully for me, my hormones took pity on me & my...depression? Melancholy? Malaise? ...was short-lived. Itās not that way for everyone.
When you finally tell people youāre pregnant the first question (after sex and due date) is usually āWere you nauseous?ā The short answer is, no, no i wasnāt. As if not being nauseous makes me some kind of first trimester superhero. A bricK! A tank! MADE FOR PROCREATION. āThis here woman is invincible!!ā (I wasnāt invincible, obviously) . But maybe I was still somebodyās hero. My babyās? Maybe the time for moms to stop being so hard on ourselves and each other shouldnāt be saved for baby milestones and play date etiquette, maybe it should start a little bit earlier. Like DAY ONE. Being crabby and miserable is part of the ride. But itās far from the whole ride. Hang in there everybody. Pregnant or not, this life is a real loop-di-loop. Iām with you. The good, the bad and the ugly cry. ā¤ļø
But yep, 17 weeks is a great place to be. (And look at me now! Fake poutinā. Ha. Funny how that works)
16 1/2 weeks š front vs side š³š
16 1/2 weeks š front vs side š³š
2021-04-09 15:59:45 +0000 UTC View Postgave up sweets last week, doing great š¤«
gave up sweets last week, doing great š¤«
2021-04-08 23:10:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Welcome!! THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBING!!! So excited to announc..
Welcome!! THANK YOU FOR SUBSCRIBING!!! So excited to announce this pregnancy and even more excited to have a platform to document this spring/summer alongside you. Send me a message and let me know what you hope to see! In the meantime Iām going body, belly and whatever weird stuff I feel like. š Canāt wait. ā¤ļø
2021-04-08 15:09:13 +0000 UTC View Post