Candy Rocker
these are my new beloved leggings from anne!
that floral print takes me straight back to junior high. i love it. i want it accompanied by Oh L'amour and Eternity perfume and long walks to Wendys or the library, but really just to check out boys.
i feel like a rocker when i wear black.
so i threw in pink stripeys to sweeten up my look a bit. guess what i did for the skirt?
i remembered reading in one of brigit's outfit posts that she used a long tank top as a skirt. i have a bunch of maternity clothes from a friend that includes a lot of simple tank tops. so i just cut the top off, tucked it into the waistband of my handy dandy leggings, and voila! tight little black skirt.
this was a week ago. i was headed out thrifting, 18 1/2 weeks pregnant.
these pictures were taken earlier in the day so my belly wasn't too big yet. by nighttime, it seriously doubles in size.
there is so much interesting stuff about pregnancy. i know every woman is different, but i think just for fun i am going to do a post just related to various experiences i've had so far in being pregnant. i write in my journal a lot but i like to document things here too. i don't want my blog to become just a platform to talk about pregnancy, and i promise it won't, but dang it is an interesting process!
one thing i love: my hair lately. at first i thought that healthy-hair thing during pregnancy was a myth. mine was still coming out in handfulls in the shower, looking messy all the time, etc. it still looks messy all the time, but just a little more shiny and fresh while its at it. also, i barely ever need to wash it. it stays fresh and full looking! and it is too long. it must be growing although i thought it had reached a platform of length and wouldn't get any longer. i mean, this is getting ridiculous. i do want to be a long-haired hippie mama so i won't cut it much but i think a trim is in order.
it is the weirdest february. every day it gets hot. by afternoontime that sweater is a goner.
although these are beautiful days it is all making me a tad nervous.
so what do you guys think, if i do a pregnancy post?
any questions, thoughts, ideas? i am very open to real visceral pregnancy/motherhood discussion.
nothing is too shallow or too broad, too scary or gross or too personal to me. i mean, within reason :) sharing stories is a good way to prepare for motherhood, so feel free to share you own or ask me to compare aspects of my experience.
and if the subject bores you, that's perfectly understandable too.
but meanwhile, i figure it's a fairly universal topic. we are all here because of pregnancy. somehow, beautiful and complex, it is a physical process that just works. it is still mysterious in so many ways.
and when it is happening to you, you are aware of it with every breath, every cell in your body knows, your dreams go crazy and you are bigger in more ways than one.
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Can I tell you a fun story about when I was little? Just to make you (maybe) laugh. I was very young, maybe two, and my mother and father left me home alone with my Turkish grandmother. Well, she's an avid baker and as she was visiting we had tons and tons of flour in the kitchen. I decided that it would be buttloads of fun if I opened the flour and threw it all over the kitchen. So I did, while my grandmother stood by and laughed at what a little crazy I was.
Anyway, you're as beautiful as always, mind-blowing mermaid hair and all!
xo
One thing I've been wondering about, and am a little shy to ask: I work in a very physical, outdoor, male-dominated job where I fear co-workers would treat me very differently if I were pregnant (sad but true). I am hoping to become pregnant (with luck) in the next year or so, but I am wondering how long the bump could be visually downplayed so it doesn't become a topic of conversation and changes in attitude at work for as long as possible. I know this is a little bit of an odd question, but just wondering...
Also, when you first became pregnant, did you feel differently immediately? How did it feel?
And the baby--do you already feel the presence of another being with you? Do you feel like the bonding starts now or not yet?
Please forgive the very personal questions, but just thought I'd be unusually bold for me and try asking :)
So much love to you, sister.
of course i'd be interested in a mothering/pregnancy post! i love hearing everyone's thoughts about it.
Pregnancy is crazy fascinating. At one point, while carrying my lil bundle around, I read that the baby will take everything it needs from the mother (nutrient wise) to grow strong and healthy- sometimes depleting Mama's stores. At one point I though- sheesh, they're describing some sort of parasite!!! hahaha It just made me realize I really needed to consume some good foods (with a lil cookie dough here and there- mmmmmm) I loved carrying my lil ones around everywhere. I felt very womanly and beautiful while pregnant, like a great gift had been given to me. xx Can't wait to hear more about what you're experiencing!
Your hair is looking SO amazing. Pregnancy hair is the best! Pregnancy did such wonderful things to my hair as well, I miss my pregnancy hair.
I've been going through my pics from when all you girls were here and in in so many of them, your hair totally steals the show! You might have the best pregnancy hair I've ever seen.
p.s. yay for pregnancy posts!