Warning: Gross post ahead haha!
New friend No.1:Introducing... the inside of my belly button.
After 32 years of hiding in the dark, this fellow started to pop out last month as my tummy got bigger. Initially I had thought that only women with 'popped out' belly buttons will get this during their pregnancy, but apparently not!
I was reading on the motherhood forums, and some mummies even got whole pieces of black stuff dropping out as their belly buttons pop. Mine isn't that dirty ;)
Showed my belly button to Copper yesterday as he was nua-ing in front of me. He took a sniff, then proceeded to poke it with his paw. Then he tried to roll it towards him by doing a scooping motion. Ticklish!!!
New friend No.2:My 'linea nigra'.
This is a line that apparently all women have, but lie dormant until their pregnancy. Pregnancy hormones darken this vertical stripe that supposedly fades away after birth. I sure hope it does!
Interestingly, I noticed last night that the hairs on my tummy grow in different directions beginning from this line.
I call it the 'cutting line'. The alien in my stomach will probably burst out, using this line as a reference guide. Doctors can probably follow it too, aside from the fact that caesarean cuts are done vertically under the tummy ;)
New friend No.3:The dreaded stretchmarks.
I had been faithfully applying Palmer's cocoa butter to my tummy every night, and was secretly delighting in the fact that no stretchmarks appeared. Until one day when I glanced into the mirror and saw the first ones... almost like a cat's paw had scratched it into my tummy.
Then one other day, Boy Boy decided to squirm his way and settled into my pelvis, all ready to be born. In that day, numerous stretchmarks appeared beneath my tummy. I think because Boy Boy moved in too suddenly and strained the skin. Boo hoo.
Was discussing this with my MIL and she suddenly pulled down her pants and showed me her marks, silvery streaks now. Hahaa... My Hubby calls them 'lightning'.
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