30 September 2010, 10:59

My friend N assured me that her taking a photo of my belly from her bannister would show it off to be the horrendously enormous entity that it is.

She was quite right.

Personally, I prefer a more side-on view. Far more flattering (but no less revealing…) although wall shadow makes my belly look much, much bigger than it is.

No, really, it does.

Posted by Kinki on 30 September 2010, 10:59

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27 September 2010, 11:31

Niggles in Pregnancy #4561: PUPPS! No, I have not discovered I’m giving birth to a German Shepard, although that would certainly account for my current size. PUPPS is the acronym for the very unpronounceable “Pruritic urticarial papules and plaques of pregnancy” - the long way of saying itchy-as-fuck-weals-on-baby-bump. They are frighteningly angry red Mofos, appearing in my very attractive stretch marks.

I’ve tried a bunch of products to relieve the itch but no love yet. I guess I’m going to have to suck it up for the next few weeks.

Interestingly, around 70% of women who have PUPPS give birth to boys, which backs up my current feel that I’m having a boy (a very recent revelation - unlike with Scout, where I strongly felt I was having a girl from around 20 weeks). Apparently, they’ve done anecdotal studies around it and have found that male DNA often appears in the papules themselves. So either I’m having a boy, or McG is gonna have to stop rubbing up against me (down boy!).

My OB agrees with me about the boy thing as she is the Anti-Guesser by her own admission. At my last checkup she did a quick ultrasound and said “I wonder if it’s another little girl. Which means that it’s probably a boy as I always get it wrong…”

One thing is for sure, I won’t have to wait too long to find out.

Posted by Kinki on 27 September 2010, 11:31

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