Thursday, July 22, 2010

Am I growing a giant?

Question of the week: am I growing a giant in this belly of mine? And if so, can I write about this in an interesting self-qualitative study and call it my dissertation? (The answer to both questions is probably no).

Background info: I work at a research center with about 50 other people. Our office is an old dorm, so the set-up is less than stellar since we all have our own "rooms" and most people just shut their door. Every once in a while I will see someone. The likelihood of that person being pregnant is actually pretty high since 3 out 8 people on the floor are pregnant and all due within 2 weeks of one another (this includes me).

Story: Yesterday, I ran into one of the other pregnant ladies who noticed my belly is getting bigger. She exclaimed, "wow, that's a big baby in there" (she has already had a kid, so I think these types of comments are ok coming from her).

Me: "I know, what's going on? It's not cookies, well, it may be some, but it's not all cookies, I promise!"
Her: "Oh no, your face looks thinner (mental comment: I need to talk to her every day, she's sweet), it's just belly. I think it is just big. Are you sure there aren't two in there?"
Me: "I think so."

Mental thought: add this as a question for the hippie baby catcher ... am I growing two babies, is this one a giant, or am I eating too many cookies?

I guess this is what happens when you marry someone 6'3" who was born over 10 lbs, 23"
(and I really like cookies).

4 comments:

  1. OMG don't scare me. My husband is 6'5 and weighs 220...he is literally double me. *whimpers*

    Maybe baby just went through a growth spurt??

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  2. It could be a big baby, it could be twins but it also could have nothing to do with either. I popped out REALLY early .. like between 14-16 weeks and everyone was SURE I was having twins and even though my u/s at 7 wks showed only one I was freaked out. Then when I had my 20 week u/s, they told me that I have anterior placenta, which means the placenta is growing in front of the baby rather than above or behind. So, the placenta is what was making my belly pop, not the baby itself.

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  3. omg. Rob was over 10 lbs, wow :) hopefully Sam's not ginormous!

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