Sunday, January 17, 2010

Growing, growing, growing

I am a plant. I drink enough water to make a cactus weep with envy. (Though I guess it wouldn't take much to make a cactus jealous). It seems water is the only thing that helps stave off all the bad things that make me scared like irritable uterus, constipation, round ligament pain and so on. A friend referred to her growing bean as a plant in need of watering, and this is a good analogy as I douse myself with liquids helping my sunflower grow. . .

Speaking of growing, my boobs are growing. I did not think they were and was a bit concerned about this. I mean, my bras were fitting just as they always were . . . or so I thought, until I took out my laundry and looked at my bras, I mean really looked at them which is when I noticed the metallic clasps are quite bent from the strain of keeping me up. Yikes. So I went to Target and got one of those maternity/nursing bras and figured I'd get the next size up, 34C. Silly me brought it home, ripped off the tags and put it on only to discover that holy mother this thing is TIGHT. I'm not sure how this happened as my 34Bs are still fitting me (though surely the straps of said bras likely want to slither up and strangle me at night for overworking them so). Now I'm befuddled. Do I go to a maternity store and get a bra at this stage for such temporary purposes when the boobs will likely grow some more rendering the newly purchased pricey ones useless? At the moment I'm wearing tanks with built in bras, they're uncomfortable but I'm not sure what to do as I continue to grow. . .

And speaking of growing, the belly be growing too. So far I've bought four maternity tops and three pairs of pants and hopefully that's all I'll need for the remainder of the pregnancy. What I love about the tops is they are very cute and can double as nursing shirts so will be worth the money I spent, which is the point of telling you about this, I paid very little for my maternity clothes. If you're in the market, please go to ROSS. It can be hit or miss, but I just got a pair of jeans that fit wonderfully for. . . $2.99! They are flawless and fit great! In fact, I bought all three maternity pants from Ross for a total of $27. It can be hit or miss there, but the potential to get some great bargains is worth a stop to flick through the racks now and then.

This is doctor week with a checkup tomorrow with my regular OB practice and then my MFM on Wednesday. I hate that I'm being rotated now to meet the other doctors. I want my doctor to deliver my baby, but I know that I don't really have a say in this. I hope the doctors visits go well.

8 comments:

  1. Is ROSS a US thing? I've never heard of it, but am totally of your great bargains!
    Hope you have a good couple of appointments this week. I'm at the MFM on Wed too for my follow-up growth scan. We'll see if I need to be worried about her not growing enough for real or not. Considering I lost a little weight the last couple weeks due to my cold and house stress, I'm a little anxious...

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  2. Ross, TJ Maxx, and Marshall's are discount chains that sell name brands for cheap. I think out of those three only Ross sells maternity wear and I just checked and no, they don't have any in Canada :( I'm sure you have some good places in Canada as well though. Before I found that I was planning to hit up the consignment shops!

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  3. Oh, and I forgot to add, i'll be thinking of you Wednesday for your follow-up growth scan. i hope that your little babe is growing on target, I look forward to reading your blog on wednesday and reading just that!

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  4. I thought my maternity clothes would last too...sadly, I am growing out of them but I am too cheap to buy more - esp since I spent a decent dime on some of them for work!

    As for the bras - I hear you - I think our old ones were/are fitting because they have been stretched! I have always had a large chest - I am literally trying on 40Es or some nonsense like that - I have not bought any nursing or maternity yet - I am in denial - and falling out of my old 36Ds...not a pretty sight!

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  5. I hope the visits go well too. It breaks my heart that my doctor didnt deliver any of our babies. The way fate plays out...

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  6. Just on the bra things, I bought some extenders on e-bay to make my new ones last a bit longer til I buy some nursing ones. Just type in bra extenders. Provided you've got room in yoru cups they will see you though a while.

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  7. I see I'm too late with the extenders suggestion, that seems like the best 'in the meantime' fix. I was starting to worry that my bras still fit perfectly well, but i suppose i still have a ways to go before i have that 'problem.' Good luck w/ all the doctors this week! Since I don't really like my obg i've been secretly hoping she won't be available should i ever actually give birth.

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  8. Keep on watering that little sunflower. Sending lots of good wishes that you will get another great check up. You're doing fine.

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