When Your Feet Swell Up, You Are Always the Last to Know

For about a month I was feeling pretty good about my appearance. The doctor said I hadn't gained too much weight and I had a belly that popped out but didn't look like too much . . .

So that has changed. In just a week. A combination of things happened that have made me feel self-conscious again. Let me add them up for you:

• 3 strangers (all women past 40 mind you) all commented that either the baby looked big or I was carrying twins
• My doctor told me the total amount of weight I have gained
• I saw recent pictures of myself
• My friend and my doctor both commented that my feet looked swollen

This all equates to me feeling like a whale on legs. Now, it's not that I THRIVE on compliments or anything, but it is nice to get a once over from a man on the street or even a honking of a horn when I cross the street. When you're 7 months pregnant, those seem to decrease a bit. This does not mean I don't want the phony "It's okay that you look fat, you're pregnant!" backwards compliments. They are not compliments. And I'm not writing this as a means to seek more - I just am perhaps acknowledging that maybe I may not escape the puffy face look of other pregnant women that I have dreaded . . .

And I've got over 2 more months to go . . . crap . . .