So before I got pregnant I had a stomach to be proud of. I worked hard for it and I am not too shy to admit, I was freaking proud of it. I had a stomach of muscles that ran up and down, you know, the line that every girl wants on her stomach, yeah...I HAD that....but not anymore.
Ha ha, but that is okay, I am in this for the babe, and what can I say, it is so much more important than my rock hard abs from before. Lately though, (I am just two days shy of being 17 weeks along) I have noticed my stomach getting harder again. At first, I was a little alarmed, my stomach had become so soft and gushy in the last 5 weeks, that I was beginning to think that it would always be soft and gushy for the rest of the pregnancy, but I was wrong!! It first started about a week ago, my stomach was getting slightly harder around where my uterus was, normal I know, but what happened this morning was not...at least I don't think it was normal...
I woke up this morning around 3 am feeling more than uncomfortable. My stomach was on fire!!! Not only was it on fire, but there was this little bump on my stomach that was once gushy the day before, but now it was rock hard. I lay there for minutes just pushing on the bump, feeling around, trying to figure out what it could be. Could it really be the baby already???
Then, the bump moved!!! It went right to the other side of my belly and there it remained for another 10 minutes at least and then disappeared! I was in awe, was I already feeling my little one moving inside me??? I don't know exactly what it was, but I know there is a hard little bump under my belly and I am starting to wonder if I am farther along than the doctor said. He is probably right my due date, and what I am experiencing at 17 weeks is probably normal, but wow, what a new thing for me! I can't help but wonder.
So now my rock hard abs are gone, and in their place is a hard little bump with a mind of it's own. I wouldn't trade my little bump for anything right now, it is a manifestation to me that our little one is in there and is healthy, how cool is that?!!
Brothers On Maps
2 days ago
4 comments:
that's so exciting! I think I felt the first movement around 19 weeks so maybe you're a little bit further or maybe you got a big baby! It goes by a lot faster after you find out the gender I think! I'm so excited for you! funny hearing you talk about giving up your abs, I feel like I've given up some aesthetics for Alexis. But I don't resent it at all! Being a mom is the greatest thing!
Hellllooooo!!! Congrats!!! I'm so excited to read that you're prego!!! Sooooo super excited for you!! And I hate to tell ya this, but your abs will NEVER be the same after a baby. I was totally with ya on the rock hard abs before...I have to say I was quite proud of them... before...now, not so much. :o) But totally agree with Theresa...soooo worth it! :o)
Congratulations. Welcome to the world of maternity clothes. Oh, and your rock hard abs will come back, don't worry. After I had Wes the weight came off fast, but there was still pooch in the tummy area. It wasn't that I weighed any more than I used to pre-pregnancy; the muscles were just sort of out of place. After exercising again for a few months the muscles pulled back in and were back to normal. I actually weigh less now and have a stronger and fitter tummy than before I got pregnant. So don't despair. As you said, it's all for the babe, right?
You should post on here what you are having!
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