SK- Happy belated bday!
LizzyQ- I am planning on doing the same thing. Just donating clothing that I haven't worn since becoming a mom, b/c let's face it. I probably won't fit into them again and even if I do, they won't be in style anymore!
Linda- I'm glad your disability kicked in for you and you are able to stay on modified BR.
As for me I'm 27 wks now. I am carrying this baby freakishly high, like up by my boobs. I joke with my DH that it looks like a fake pregnancy, like I shoved a basketball up too high under my shirt. Everyone who has seen me pregnant before (carried my other two pregnancies super low) has commented on it. The u/s tech said at my 20 wk that this is a boy, in the back of my mind, I still think there is a chance this is a girl, b/c this pregnancy is just so different from my other two (boys) and I felt that the penis shot that the u/s tech was not a very good one, even my DH admits that he does not trust the pic (side view, she was unable to get a true toilet shot) that she used to determine that this is a boy.
You guys are probably sick of hearing me whine about being upset that I'm not having a girl. I found another online forum that has helped me a LOT with this issue, and I'm slowly starting to get better. One thing that helped a lot was last night my DH saw a newborn baby on tv and told me that he can't wait to snuggle with this baby. He is one of those guys who LOVES to hold babies (which I always thought was weird, but very sweet, I am not much of a newborn person though), and it made my heart melt that he is looking forward to this baby so much.
Well, I haven't vomited for about 2 wks, BUT I still feel nauseous pretty often, and if I skip my zofran, I feel really, really bad. So, I am still taking meds for my n/v. I'm excited that SPRING finally arrived and I have been able to break out some of the warm weathered maternity clothing that I got on clearance last yr to wear. The stuff is so much cuter than the maternity clothes I had for my other two pregnancies, maternity clothing is more, "hip" looking now than it was 5-6 yrs ago, kwim?
As for house projects, the baby's rooms still looks awful, BUT we finally finished our 5 yr old's room this wk and it looks sooooo cute! We are going to recycle his decorations for the baby's room. DH is going to work on our window and door moldings outside this wk and then he will probably start next wk on removing the wall paper in the hallway bath. I am looking forward to these, "big" projects being finished before June. The nursery will probably get done at the last minute, but it's no big deal, b/c the baby will be sleeping in our room at the beginning anyway.
Oh and good news! I think I found the perfect matron of honor gown! I am going to run it past the bride tomorrow, but I had the opportunity today to try on a gown that I have been interested in (can't believe the store carried maternity gowns?!?!). It is not the same brand as the one the bride originally wanted, BUT it comes in the color she wants (she doesn't care about the style, but wants the bridesmaids to wear the same color), I can actually wear my nursing bra with it (you would not believe how difficult it is to find an gown that can accomodate a nursing bra, b/c so many are strapless and/or very low cut, you can't even wear a normal bra), I can nurse the baby (who will be 1 month old at the time of the wedding) w/o having to partially strip by pulling the bodice over to the side a bit, it is affordable (will cost me less than $120 total including tax and everything, which I think is fantastic), AND it is very flattering style! I would wear this gown even if I weren't in the situation I am in! Even though it is considered a maternity dress, non-pg women can wear it and the ladies at the store even said that they sell it more to women who are NON-pg than woman who are pg and didn't even realize it was a maternity gown until after a few clients had already ordered it as a, "normal" gown. Here's a pic...
http://www.dessy.com/dresses/bridesm...aidLineDefault
I think that the pic does not do the gown justice, it looks a lot better in person and best yet, the sample size they had my try fit me prefectly, so I know what size to get and the only alterations I think I will need will be a hem, b/c the empire waist is very forgiving, if it can accomodate my belly now, I KNOW it will look fine (at the belly) when I have the baby and there is a little bit of extra room in the bosom, so if my breasts are slighly bigger, I should still be ok. So, anyway, I have been totally stressed out about this bridesmaid gown and I feel like such a large wt has been lifted off of my shoulders. I am just crossing my fingers that the bride will agree to this dress. The other bridesmaids have not ordered their gowns yet, so if she likes this line, she may even switch over, but I compared the swatches for the color of the two brands and they are soooo close, the fabric will be the biggest difference (I think the brand she likes is mostly satin stuff, the one I want to get is a nu-georgette fabric, so not shiny looking). The ladies at the shop also mentioned that since I'm the MOH, ppl won't think it's odd if my gown looks different from the other two bridesmaids. Cross your fingers for me that the bride is ok with this dress. The brand she wanted, everything was strapless and not nursing friendly at all (would req me to strip and go somewhere private to nurse)... so I wanted to look on my own and find something before asking her if she would consider something else in the same color.
