Feeling Fat

There is a point in every woman's pregnancy when she goes through what I call the "Fat Phase." When I was pregnant with Ella it began at about 4 1/2 months and lasted until about 5 1/2 months. With this pregnancy it began at about 4 weeks and hasn't let up yet. Basically the "fat phase" is the time in pregnancy when you don't look definitively pregnant yet, but you definitely look like you've been eating too many ice cream bars (Hmmm...). It's kind of like a "can't button my pants because I have an extreme muffin top" phase. Clearly I'm getting tired of this phase, although I'm not sure I am ready for the maternity clothes point in my pregnancy yet.

I've actually been handling this better than with my Ella pregnancy. When I was pregnant with her I would try to suck myself in as I walked passed a good looking guy at the market. Now I just don't care. Sometimes watching commercials is a little bit hard, especially if it includes a supermodel and Whit is watching it with me. Then I feel a little bit inferior, but that's only happened a handful of times.

Again, this is something that Whit has to have a lot of patience with. Like when I'm getting dressed in the morning and I ask Whit if I look fat. This throws him off guard. He doesn't know how to answer. He wonders if I'm trying to trick him or if I really want to know. At first he was telling me, "No, you look great." Now he tells me, "You are starting to show a bit." In other words, "Yes, you look a little bit like you're trying to squeeze into those pants." Poor Whit, I don't think that pregnant Tiff is very easy to deal with. Well, he only has 5 1/2 more months left.