Little Ragamuffin

10 weeks, 2 days

To whoever were the people that suggest I go to Burlington Coat Factory, awesome suggestion. Their prices are reasonable with lots of choices. At the Factory, I picked up a pair of maternity draws (as we say here in our Southern vernacular) and pair of maternity pants, and a Boppy wedge for our trip coming up. My logic for the Boppy Wedge purchase was that it would be smaller and easier to pack than a big ‘ol body pillow. Burlington Coat Factory further won me over, when the girl checking me out looks at me (obviously I was looking like a tired rag-a-muffin, did you know that a Ragamuffin is actually a really pretty cat…now you do. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ragamuffin_(cat) )……I have digressed…..ANYWAYS, the girl at the checkout looks at me and says, “Pregnancy is so uncomfortable”. BAM, BINGO, and YES MA’AM!!! FINIALLY someone admits it.  I love you Burlington Coat Factory girl working the checkout counter. I shall return to your store. All you ladies out there that get to scoot by with these comfortable pregnancies; you are the ones who always advise, (in sarcastic high pitched tone of voice) “Enjoy your pregnancy”.  Life is different when you have only 3 measly inches of space between your hip bones and your rib cage. I have no where to go but straight OUT!  I have enjoyed the last 3 months about as much as I would have enjoyed a 3 month long hangover. NOW, does this mean that I am a horrible mother…..NO….I just don’t care for these past few months. I HAVE BEEN TOLD that they will pass…..you people had better be right. With all that said, I will seem more human and motherly when I say that I would gladly spend the next 6 months in misery again, just to hear my baby’s heartbeat. J Awwwwww cute huh J  it is a moving and life changing sound……like going to heaven yourself and seeing everyone you love again.  If you are not a mother, think about how happy and amazing that would be……yea, the heartbeat is that kind of amazing. It is the shiz nit.

I am in the maternity pants. OH MY GOD I am wearing MATERNITY PANTS. At first I thought I was just being a bloated fatty, until I realized that my legs and thighs (where I usually put on weight) were the same size, but all of my current pants are slicing me into 2 halves. Being one that plans ahead, I had maternity clothing on hand just for this moment in life where I couldn’t stand the regular britches (my southern belle comes out again). I picked up a pair of below the belly maternity jeans at the thrift store for $3.50. Nice deal. I tried them on and they fit like a charm. I no longer look like Fatty McFatterson, I actually look more like an expectant mom! J This has done wonders for the self-confidence, I felt so horrible and ugly before. I feel much prettier now. Well as pretty as maternity pants can afford me to be......that should tell you how bad and ugly I felt BEFORE. LOL. At least I am in a pair of blue jeans again.

Time for the nightly dosage of Maalox then hit the hay……we will see how this Boppy wedgie (hehehehehehe) thing works out.