Everyone knows pregnancy changes your body. Some changes are small and some are really big and make you question...who's body is this???
I don't recognize my stomach. I look a bit like a sick albino tiger. I had some stretch marks before becoming pregnant but whoa-my-gosh, things have escalated quickly. I apply "belly" lotion every night now but I feel as though it is in vain...some people get marked, some don't. I've been marked. Maybe if I had started earlier on this stuff, I'd be in better shape. Who knows.
It smells good and at least things can't get worse by using it.
We're all told "your boobs will change" and it's true, they're growing, have on and off bouts of tenderness, and are sometimes itchy. I had large breasts to begin with so while I have noticed some overflow on my bras, I've been able to move the clasp in the back to accommodate the growing thus far. All of those changes are "doable". The one thing I cannot get over...my nipples.
My nipples are no longer my nipples. They are larger, darker, always "hard", very sensitive, sometimes painful, more dimply and dry/chapped. I haven't had any leakage yet so I have no idea why they are already dry and chapped. My nipples are not my own. I fear they will never be what they once were again.
DS has been really supportive on this. I berate my stretch marks, bigger booty, and nipples almost daily but he has been a trooper and has stuck to all of the good guy scripts. Not once has he agreed with my self-deprecating.
I guess if I can get over this monumental body change, I can handle all of the rest...right?
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