Is it really necessary to tell a 6 month pregnant woman that her butt is getting bigger? I mean come on! I am already self conscience enough about my ever changing pregnant body....do we really need to add to it, much less point out the obvious? This person is supposed to be my friend AND she has had a baby before! So, she knows what it's like! I am seriously on the verge of tears. I wish I was not so sensitive, but I just can't help it. 3 more months- and I can start getting my old body back.
Dear Lord,
I need your strength today. Strength to rise above the occasion and see the positive. I am having a baby, and I know I am blessed. Help me to remember my expanding body is making room for my baby to grow big and strong. Help me embrace these changes. Help me to let go of things I cannot change and I have no control over. Help me to forgive. Thank you for your unconditional love and mercy. In Jesus name, Amen.
Okay....I'm feeling a little better.
2 comments:
Ohhhh, what in the world was that lady thinking?? You never tell a woman that...much less a woman who is literally growing another life inside of her. Wow. I am sorry about that. I hope that you can come to just blowing that comment off and moving on. Easier said than done...but I know you can do it. If it makes you feel ANY better...and I have every right to say something like this cause my hiney and hips are huge...:)...but it will make it more easy for baby Christian to come out. In my mind...I rather have an easier labor. :) So I hope this helps you feel better.
(P.s. I am one of those people who do not like to bowl because everyone behind me can see my big hiney. That is why I would always say no to bowling. I know weird...but oh well.)
No problem. I remember feeling that feeling with Caitlyn of, "wow, I am getting fat!" I hated it because I felt like I was not in control of my body. But the thing is...I had to remind myself often that I wasnt getting...fat. I wasnt being lazy and eating junk food. But that I had made a choice to have a child and that there is no other way for it to come into our lives without a change to my body. So technically, I was just pregnant. Not fat, but round. (Which is something that I tell Caitlyn these days about Micah...cause my MOM told her that I was gonna grow and get FATTER for Micah to join us) And that I WAS in control of my body, I could still eat healthy and take care of myself but that my growing...was Caitlyn's addition to me and not FAT. So, you are not alone. Another thing...dont stress out after he comes that you just HAVE to lose the weight immediately. Remember that you are still supplying Christian with his food and nurishement and so you are still having to eat more. But that also, it took you 9 months to gain this weight...so it may take that long to lose it all. So I guess what I am saying is that "its all baby." Also, if your husband is happy with the way you look, then what does it really matter what everyone else thinks. :) Hehe, there is my soapbox and I am done. I type this out for me too to. :0)
ps. I love how we still keep in touch. :)
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