It should come as no surprise that I am fully decked out in maternity clothes these days. I basically started showing at 3 months and have been wearing maternity pants since September. My birthday brought forth many Old Navy gift certificates that I spent basically on every maternity item they had to offer. I also enjoy The Bay Queen Street’s selection of clothes and haven’t had much luck at your typical maternity clothes stores like Motherhood & Thyme.
Although there are cons to having to wear maternity clothes – their pricey, not very stylish, boring colors etc. there are some pros:
- In this age of low-rise pants, it’s nice to wear something that comes right up over your belly button and ends 2 inches from your bra.
- No zippers! Maternity pants have elastic waists and panels to help you get them on and off.
- As someone who used to spend a lot of time pulling her shirt down over her belly it’s nice to have a longer top that gives the allusion of the waste I’m slowly losing.
I’ve signed up for many newsletters throughout my pregnancy and get the occasional email from Baby Center & Huggies. This week the subject was how to write your birth plan. I originally thought my birth plan could be summed up by the word “epidural” but it turns out there are way worse things to concern myself with like….um….shaving?!? and….enemas?! So needless to say, I’ve unsubscribed from these newsletters and will put my head back in the sand choosing to believe that by the time I have to give birth there will be a new, painless, hairy, enema free way to do it. To quote Aerosmith, “Dream On”.
4 comments:
I remember on Roseanne when Jackie had her baby.......
She was screaming for the epidural and freaking at the doctors to give her some drugs! And her mother was there saying, oh Jackie I can't believe you didn't shave your legs, why didn't you plan this better?
Then she put these god awful knitted slippers on her so her feet so the doctors would have something else to focus on.
Don't you think their focus is on the baby!!!!!!!!!!????????
Anyway, the moral of the story as there is one in every Roseanne episode....Let someone else worry about the hair and the enemas! Just east lots of fiber or McDonalds/Mary Browns and hopefully you will be able to cleanse your colon on your own, right before you have the baby! Problem solved no enema! The catheter however, hard to avoid. But I've seen them put in, it looks a lot worse for a guy.
Joanne.P
I just now realized that we know sisters named Jackie and Roseanne.
Huhhhhhh!!!!! Roseanne and Jackie!!!! I know that I am late reading this one, but this scared me a little. That's ME and MY sister. Jennifer...a little word of advice: EPIDURAL. They do not hand out awards to the mommy who does it without.
And I thought I was embarrassed when I had to have a sigmoidoscopy a while ago. All I could think of when the young handsome doctor appeared at my side, er, behind, was ohmygod! he's going to see my butt! Why didn't I use a mirror and try to shave down there? and this was after the IV drip was filled with good drugs! I shouldn't have cared but I did!
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