Starting to show??

It has been awhile! I'm starting to get a little tummy that is more then just bloat. It is getting hard too. When I lay on my stomach it feels like I'm laying on a ball. Although I'm not supposed to lay on my stomach anymore, or my back. I guess when you lay on your back the weight of your uterus can pinch off a blood vessel that supplies the brain and the baby. I keep forgetting though because I love to lay on my back, be it watching TV or reading in bed. I'm supposed to lay on my left side primarily because that keeps pressure off my sciatic nerve. It is a good thing I generally fall asleep on my left side already.

I did prenatal pilates last night with my friend Trish. It was a lot of arm work since you aren't supposed to put a lot of strain on the lower body. My arms are sore today. It did make me do some squats and lunges also. I like the DVD because it had a core section, so I can do some ab works without killing myself. I kept wondering why she had her legs apart until I realized it was because she couldn't pull them up to her chest the traditional way because her belly was so big. The instructor was hugely pregnant. I was doing all the exercises like her with my knees apart, but my feet together and wondered what muscle group it was working. Duh! So I put my knees together...slut. I've done a lot of pilates in the past and was impressed with the modifications for pregnant women. I can see how down the line some things will become much more difficult. I will definitely be using this DVD a lot. My favorite part was during the ab section because as you get bigger you put pillows behind you so you don't have to go down to the floor all the way. It was awesome to lay back into the "crunch" and fall onto soft pillows instead of heard floor. I ended up not using the pillows this time because I don't need them yet. I think that's why I'm hardly showing, because my ab wall was pretty strong so Gummi has to be a body builder to break down that wall!

I've still been getting to the gym on a fairly regular basis. I can still run a little but not for very long. Everything feels all loose in the tummy area. I can feel it jiggling and bouncing. Not matter how hard I try to tighten it up there's still some that moves about in an uncomfortable manner. When I run for too long it feels like my uterus is going to fall out.

We are going to Spokane this weekend to see the inlaws, both regular and great. I have to definitely go by Victoria's Secret and get some new bras. I completely fill a C cup and they are only going to get bigger. I think I'm going to grab a coupld 34-C's and a 36-C for future growth. I read yesterday that when you go to by nursing bras by a whole size bigger then what you wear because once the milk comes in they get EVEN BIGGER. Momma!

Gummi is the size of a softball...but wear is it hiding? My stomach is no where near the size to accomodate a softball. Go ab wall! Hold back the dam! It will fall soon enough.