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Anastasia’s pregnancy diary - weeks 20-22
Thank goodness for drawstring waist trousers. I have about six pairs and I live in them. The strings are getting shorter and shorter and more difficult to tie, with each passing day. It’s so strange to wake up every morning in this oddly shaped body. Don’t get me wrong, I love it (for the most part), and am not obsessing about being ‘fat’, but it’s still bizarre when you catch a glimpse of yourself in the mirror and wonder whose body your head is sitting on.
And those boobs – Pamela Anderson, watch out! Just for fun, I decided to take some measurements for my journal, to record how much my body is changing. Bad, bad idea. My bust, which incidentally used to measure 35 inches, now comes in at a solid 40 inches. I suddenly feel less like Pamela Anderson and more like the Queen Mum. Depression makes way for the realisation that I absolutely have to break down and get some new bras. The handy bra-strap extenders I bought sort of kept the old ones strapped on. But clearly, these new breasts demanded some special attention and support. And for goodness’ sake, I told myself, use that special Mother’s Oil every single day. Five inches could mean stretch-mark-city. Shudder.
Scan number twoBeen looking forward to this milestone for weeks. First off, week 20 marks that point where I can proudly say, ‘I’m halfway there’ It’s quite incredible to think that in 20 more weeks, there’ll be another person in our little family. Secondly, week 20 means we experience scan number two, the one where the foetus looks more like a baby and less like the surface of Mars.
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