I think I should have had some idea of how large I was going to get when the hospital doctor at my 34 week appointment insisted I was 37 weeks. After confirming that, yes, I knew how far along I was and I was only 34 weeks, I was sent to the fetal assessment area for a growth scan. Measuring only a week ahead the scan confirmed.
Fast forward four weeks and my bump is freakin' enormous. I swear it gets bigger daily. Yesterday my gp said, well, you're obviously really big, after I explained a trip to hospital for anti d over the weekend after whacking my bump and bruising it on a door handle due to not being able to judge my own girth. For the record I've only gained 24 lbs so it really is an enormous bump.
Anyway, when the Host at the restaurant last night met us with the words "you're huge" it just made me feel so discouraged. I cried in the carpark later. I waddle and have developed a lurching gait from hip pain. I feel like I just stand out like a big bloated sore thumb wherever I go. We are away for the weekend, visiting Dublin where a number of our friends live, and I told dh that I didn't even really want to go out and meet people because, well, it would have to be in a pub or bar and I just feel so obvious, not to mention the discomfort. I'm really social but I can't face a night of people using words like fat or huge, not to mention the discomfort of a Dublin drinking establishment in a Friday night.
Is anyone else feeling like they can't face the stares and the commentary and the world until they have given birth. I just feel so awkward and obvious and kind of like people are shocked by the state of me
Fast forward four weeks and my bump is freakin' enormous. I swear it gets bigger daily. Yesterday my gp said, well, you're obviously really big, after I explained a trip to hospital for anti d over the weekend after whacking my bump and bruising it on a door handle due to not being able to judge my own girth. For the record I've only gained 24 lbs so it really is an enormous bump.
Anyway, when the Host at the restaurant last night met us with the words "you're huge" it just made me feel so discouraged. I cried in the carpark later. I waddle and have developed a lurching gait from hip pain. I feel like I just stand out like a big bloated sore thumb wherever I go. We are away for the weekend, visiting Dublin where a number of our friends live, and I told dh that I didn't even really want to go out and meet people because, well, it would have to be in a pub or bar and I just feel so obvious, not to mention the discomfort. I'm really social but I can't face a night of people using words like fat or huge, not to mention the discomfort of a Dublin drinking establishment in a Friday night.
Is anyone else feeling like they can't face the stares and the commentary and the world until they have given birth. I just feel so awkward and obvious and kind of like people are shocked by the state of me
baby is weighing in at estimated weight of 8lb already! Getting induced two weeks early. x
