It's hard to get dressed now...

[kathywiehl]

I have nothing that fits- literally. Today I'm stuck wearing an ugly t-shirt in 3xl from my husband's company. Not a pretty t-shirt like my Old navy maternity tees, it's the kind my husband wears when he's working on his car. Luckily since it's a 3xl and my husband wears a medium, he's never worn this shirt. It was purchased as a sleep shirt for me, but today I have nothing else to wear so I get to wear it out in public. Yay.

Besides that, I noticed a whole new crop of stretch marks that came up overnight. Double yay.

1 week til edd, 1 week til edd, 1 week til edd......

I wonder if the caster oil will be looking appealing a week from now.....

[Mommy2Austin]

I'm right there with you....I can't wait to wear normal clothes again.

I'm pretty sure the castor oil is gonna look mighty tasty next week lol

[mosesface]

same here. i have ONE shirt that manages to cover my belly. ONE. and it's got all these mystery spots right smack in the middle. what have i been getting my belly into!?

i have a little bottle of castor oil on the bathroom shelf. it's supposed to be for castor oil packs for my perineum (which i was supposed to start doing several weeks ago). but i'm afraid that if i crack the seal and open it, i'll be too tempted to use it for other purposes. and i don't want to do that.

i just want this baby to come.

[mom2tillie]

I have to vent too... I am still working and it sucks. I am in no mood, on top of it my family has been sick and of course I am not sleeping well. I am getting more and more stretch marks, don't really care about that... but as each day passes I too am looking more and more like a bag lady becuase my cute preggo work clothes aren't cutting it anymore. I am just throwing on whatever will cover me up without making me too uncomfortable. I wish I could stay home, crank the heat and hang out in the buff... oh, yeah tomorrow is Saturday and I am all about it... go nature woman!

I swore that I wouldn't let myself get anxious and I would just wait it out knowing that dd was a week overdue, you would think I would have been better prepared this time... but, no... I am anxious... I want to lay on my back at night... there is so much pressure between my legs but not one contraction. Not one.

Is it just me or is sex like a chore?

I don't think it is all that great for dh either. There are only two positions that are even workable... I have too much on my mind to really get into it and all he can think about is that his son's head is milimeters away from his penius. Everyone says "have sex to help get labor going" but I just want to tell them to shove it! We are doing it but as I said, it is a chore. Am I alone in this?

Argh!

[AlwaysByMySide]

I bought a belly hugger pretty early on in this pregnancy, and it goes on every time I leave the house now. Otherwise, nothing would fit.

And I also had a bunch of stretch marks appear.

I keep saying that the second thing I'm going to do when I get to Heaven is find Eve and tell her that I hope she enjoyed that darn apple that got all of us women roped into this mess!

[Teenytoona]

Clothing hasn't been too much a task for me. I've got about 7 tops that work and 2 pairs of pants, and am still fitting them fine. Some are maternity and some are not, but are just bigger than my normal size. That said, I did start out plus sized, and am not terribly bigger than what I was before, just a baby belly. Sorry all you mommas are struggling with it. Sometimes I think there are serious advantages to being "oversized" when pregnant. Like the clothing thing (once I figured it out) wasn't so bad, and no one tells me how huge I look (because who tells a fat woman that?). Also, I have far less baby stretch marks, but I've had alot of them for a while now... Who knew the perks, of being fluffy, eh?

I do get fussy over brushing my hair, as my hands/wrists ache pretty badly in the mornings. Fortunately, Mr Toona always brushes it for me when I ask him to...

Mom2Tillie, working at this stage is really tough. I hope you get a break soon!! Are you working up right until the babe comes? I'm sorry DTD is such a pain for you. It would be great if it worked perfectly for everyone at this stage in the game, because you don't have to worry about BC and you can get some extra "extra-curricular" time in before the baby comes. But soon you will have your little cutie pie with you and all will be well!!

[perditafoster]

s to all you mamas struggling to fit into your clothes!!! I was right there with you...ds was three days late and I cried every day. DH and I didn't dtd at all because there was no way I could get into any sort of position that would make anything accessible! And as for clothes...let's just say that I lacked a bit in the fashion department those last few weeks. Still am, actually! Maternity clothes just suck and there's no way anything is gonna fit at the end...that baby is just too big! All three of my kids were late; I, too, know the agony of those last few days/weeks. It's enough to drive even the sanest woman stark raving frickin' crazy!!!! But you will not be pregnant forever; you will not give birth to a six year old! Repeat these things to yourself until you go into labor!

[smokeylo]

I have one pair of jeans that SORT OF fits, and none of my shirts cover the belly anymore. I need DH to put on anything below my waist (at least he's learning the tricks to putting socks and pants on other people!). The joys of late, late pregnancy.

Hope we're both done soon, sweetie.

[smokeylo]

Oh, and sex... I miss sex! We can't do it. We just can't contort ourselves into a position that we actually like that also works. It's been really frustrating because we both want to be close in these last days/weeks and it looks like that won't happen. I am so jealous of people able to DTD at the end of pregnancy.

[the elyse]

i'll just be happy to have a shirt that covers my whole stomach (besides the ONE that i have), even if it means i'm still in a huge maternity shirt postpartum.

[PlayaMama]

i'm getting ready to start wearing my pajamas to work.

they are literally the only pants that i have to wear. i have two stretchy skirts and one dress that still work but my belly is always hanging out and cold!

i teach middle school and high school so i really have to stay covered. i am *so* thinking about starting my maternity leave early. like, now. but i do want the paid holiday of monday so i think i'll be able to hold out.

of course, not having any baby-coming signs at all makes me think i'll be here until march. still wearing my two stained and yucky outfits that still fit...

i'm not doing this again (at least i'm not if dh and i can figure out some way to not get preggers since neither condoms nor an iud worked) but if i do, i swear i'm buying everything XL to start off with. the mediums fit for like two weeks.

so glad to hear i'm not alone!