My regular pants have started to get a bit snug, and since I'm used to baggy, something had to give. I'm not ashamed to admit that my size before was an XL in most things, non-numbered size pants included. I discovered that the maternity pants were not numbered (smart!) and since I live in Texas, I decided to use the Tax Free Weekend to purchase some maternity pants. Loading my arms with about 15 items, I trudged to the fitting room. Oh, fitting room, how I hate you! I have a hard time believing that the XL maternity pants would fit a normal XL sized woman. This is not nice! Our bodies are changing and we're having to deal with skin changes, weird center of gravity, and possibly even nausea, and you're going to make us feel worse by making the clothes misleading?
School starts tomorrow, but I've been at inservice all this past week with other teacher friends. I'm starting to realize what limitations this sweet potato in my belly is making me adhere to. I'm having to learn how to move again. It's like overnight, I switched bodies. Getting up on a chair to put things on bulletin boards=challenge. Stepping over the bench at the cafeteria tables=challenge. Standing up=challenge. Lower back pain, and lower abdominal pain has me concerned, but according to What to Expect When You're Expecting this is normal. They say to consider it "growing pains" of pregnancy. I have my monthly check up on Wednesday, so I will definitely be asking questions.
Until then,
Big Momma
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