Lemon I didn't do a maternity shoot either. The pics are beautiful but I hate looking at myself especially now as huge as I am.
Kelly M your pics are beautiful. I love the one with you and your DH, you look so happy. I have my 36 wk appt on Thurs. Can't wait to get it over with! I hope it's all good news. I have to see if I can get DH to help me groom my girly area as I haven't been able to see it in weeks and I have a pelvic exam on Thurs.
Hope you're all doing well!
I agree - Kelly, those pics are beautiful!
I'mSoTired: Aww -- you shouldn't hate how you look pregnant! Yes, I am definitely bigger now than I was 8-9 months ago, but I'm still taking a photo of myself once a week to document the journey
No pressure if you truly don't want to take pictures, but I'd say that even if you didn't want to do professional shots, it would be nice to take a picture of yourself just so you can remember what you looked like during this time -- it would probably be something fun to show you kids one day, too. They will think their mom looks beautiful, even if its hard for you to think so now.
In my case, I just take a photo of myself once a week for my own personal enjoyment. I don't plan to display any of them (well maybe I'll print out the one or two that I had someone take with me and DH both in the photo) because I just don't think I want a picture of just me pregnant hanging out on a wall or shelf somewhere, you know? But I totally want to have some shots taken of the baby, and of the whole family -- those I would totally display around our house for years, whereas a picture of just me alone pregnant, I probably wouldn't. It all comes down to personal preference though -- and money, of course. Knowing that I want to have pics taken at the birth and a few months after the birth of all of us, I just couldn't justify paying a few hundred more dollars for maternity shots -- well, I could probably justify it, but I did't think DH would go for it!
Oh, and too funny about grooming the lady parts. I haven't been able to work up the courage to get waxed, so I've just been shaving, but I stopped being able to see what I was doing about two months ago. In the beginning I jokingly asked DH if he would help me when I got to the point where I couldn't tell what I was doing, and at the time he agreed, but now he's gone back on the promise! Booo... I have a little mini-electric shaving thing that works in the shower, so I've just been using that as best I can -- it's totally awkward and takes forever, but it's gotten the job done. I'll probably do it again in another week or so, and then stop and let nature take it's course -- hopefully things won't be too out of control by the time the baby is born. I'm just about at the point where I don't even care anymore!
Baby can now officially come once he/she is ready.
. I was so upset when he said nothing was happening. But I do think he said that baby's head was engaged which doesn't make much sense to me as I still feel a bit of shortness of breath and I haven't dropped yet. Perhaps I heard him wrong, I'm not sure. I'll check my file next week. I didn't have a chance to check yesterday because he was making copies of something in it and I didn't get to check it out. I just hope that come Tues something is happening, even if it's something small. I want to get this baby out and I don't want her to be late. The one nurse told me that they had a woman come in for her 41 week appt yest and she still had nothing going on! I told her that'd probably be me as well....I hope not though.
Hope you ladies feel better!
I don't know why but they said it's for after. It must just be the way my doctor does things. I thought it a bit strange too but doctor knows best. I will inquire as to why when I go in on Tues but I don't expect to get the shot if they don't usually give it. I guess I'm not too worried about it. Just confused. 
