19 Weeks.

This is the week that the pregnancy is physically completely and utterly undeniable! I basted two quilts this week and I swear that I almost crippled myself doing it. Bending over is no more than a foolish idea, as is expecting my hips to do something wild and crazy, like support my body weight!
I have developed a waddle that is so exaggerated that even I don't believe it can really be necessary. Bella keeps asking why I'm groaning and moaning and I'm certain that she's rolling her eyes internally, as if to say, for goodness sake, you're only half way through, get a grip already!
And even Jim, who is in the throes of a cold, hastily points out after every cough and snivel that he knows he doesn't feel nearly as bad as I do.
Oh and my ass is now so big that it doesn't fit on my desk chair anymore. Can you imagine how humiliating it is to sit down and feel like you're perching precariously? Not to mention being fairly sure that you're not the only one in the room groaning, because the chair's doing it right along with you.
Of course, the plus points are equally big.
Bella has started saying hello to M-P2 (which actually means poking my tummy viciously whilst shouting HELLOOOOO! in to my belly button). And Jim is now able to feel her kicking me. And of course my friends have finally stopped calling me fat and have had to admit that I do actually look pregnant.
Everything else is fine though. My hormones are a little out of whack (right Kristy??), and if (once) I start crying I only stop when I physically can't cry anymore (because I'm asleep), which means that watching things like the News can be a little difficult. Or anything overtly happy. Or sad. Or with kids in. Or dogs. Or Ewan McGregor (tears of frustration with the fact that he's not mine).
So, all perfectly normal and correct.
(although I am  wondering how I'm going to cope when I get any bigger!)...

Comments

[lucykatecrafts]

just glad to see you are settling back into enjoying your pregnancy again, and wearing your bump with pride : )

i remember lying in the bath with lucy when i was pregnant with luke, she put a bouncy ball on my belly button and he kicked it off, over and over again!!

[Jan]

After all you've been through, I am truly so happy for you.

[stuffed]

Love stripy belly pix (and huge amounts of fabric in the background). :0)

[carrster]

Yay for the belly shot!

[meg]

Ah, Ewan.... He has the voice of an angel, doesn't he? My husband disagrees. Whatever. Speaking of husbands, your Jim is a smart man. Nothing trumps the pregnant woman! ;)

You are adorable!! The belly is undeniable, but you still look enviably slim otherwise. Thank you for sharing such a wonderful shot of the halfway point.

[Amber]

Oh this is so funny - sorry to laugh at your expense though! You look great! and I am so happy for you. I love the word picture of your daughter shouting into your belly button - so cute!

[Jet]

You look beautiful! Love the way your daughter communicates with her little sis.

[Stefanie]

A beautiful baby bump next to beautiful fabric. The way it should be I say!

[laura]

you're gorgeous!! sorry you're feeling so yucky, though! xoxo

[Jean]

Hi, Manda --

Oh, you look so BEAUTIFUL! I just turned 19 weeks today with our #1 and I still am not showing. I'm kind of jealous...

Of course, we have kept the pregnancy our little secret just a little longer -- why not? Only my husband and I can tell.

I am also jealous of your kicks! I don't have any that I *know for sure* are kicks. I'll get there, right?

I'm glad I get to go through this with you. I have you and your baby on my mind often.

Jean

[Sue]

Oh you look so cute. Halfway there already. I think it is cute that Bella is saying hello to her too. I have to agree with you on Ewan McGregor too, what a honey he is.

[Jen]

You look fantastic!

And, oh, Ewan, I might be able to work myself into a fit of tears over him as well, and I'm not even pregnant!

[Toni]

Oh, cute, cute! I so remember crying at the drop of a pin with my last. Boy, the emotions were so out of whack at times. Hugs to you a little M-P2--she's coming right along!

[Toni]

oops, that should have been and, not a.

[janet clare]

I'll send you the 'marquees' I wore while pregnant with Henry!

[jeanetta]

i think i would cry over ewan too. he's yummy. you look too cute in that pic. i hated being pregnant all three times. just sooo miserable. so if i hadnt been in sucha bitchy mood the whole 9 months(x3) i might have been weepy too. lol.

[Kristy]

Don't blame the hormones, perfection has that effect on everyone.I often have a good cry at the end of a 'perfect day'!!! Have you thought about getting a bigger chair? (or a smaller bum?) x

[Miss Dot]

maybe a trip to the chiropractor? your hips might need some help. I love my chiro almost as much as Jude Law :-)

[Jim (the husband)]

While I would ordinarily have no problem with my wife finding a star such as Ewan Macgregor highly attractive and lust worthy, it actually becomes an issue when, at not one, but 3 parties he "accidentally" bumps into her!!

[Véronique]

i know exactly what you mean (about Ewan MacGregor...)!

[manda]

In my defence (to Jim's comment)Ewan did accidentally walk in to me a couple of times but was merely being polite when he took my hand to apologise.
(jealousy is sooo unbecoming!)

[Qalballah]

Well I'm jealous... lol.

Looking healthy masha'allah. Just get a bigger chair and slump resignedly into lard ass motherhood.

Worked for me

:P

[Brynne]

I'm just so happy for you! Cry all you like, you're pregnant!

[Rachel]

Oh pregnancy hormones! I get so crazy when I am pregnant. You look great though!

[Christine]

Yay, you look great! And regarding Ewan- I'm with you, he can "bump" into me any day lol! But how did you end up at the same party as Ewan hmmmmmmmm?