Armstrong Baby Blog

So apparently the strange, vivid pregnancy dreams have started — over the past two nights, mine have involved vampires running on a giant clock which only I can control; being pursued by the Kuomintang; cagefighting men with enormous penises (I suppose the opposite of the Kuomintang, heh); me trying to shoe horses with no nails; and my mother abandoning me to greedy bazaar saleswomen in China with me having no money to pay for something I supposedly bought.  One of these dreams a night would not be out of character for me since I often have vivid dreams and remember them, but all of these in the past two nights can only be chalked up to the insanity of pregnancy!

Also, I seem to be having pregnancy hypoglycemia.  I know that normal pregnant women are always hungry and turn into rabid bears when they don’t get to eat, but when I don’t get to eat I get dizzy, have shaky hands, get lightheaded, and sort of feel like passing out.  Hopefully this doesn’t continue past my due date, or I’ll have to start being like a grandma who has a big purse full of hard candies.  27 is too young to carry a large purse!

Will post some pictures later on — my belly is kind of obscenely big (at least in my world), I have like three shirts that fit me, and I have to clean up a reasonable amount before I take a picture.  Geez, think I didn’t care about hair and makeup before – now I care not at all, and I suppose that’ll only get worse.  LOL.

Love,

Breakfast-hunting Mama Bear

So my friend Cola has taken up sewing and made me a bunch of amazing baby items!  To date: 10 burp cloths, 2 changing pads (she doesn’t like the bright one but I do!), 2 bibs, and a bottle cover.   Now she wants to make me a diaper bag, too — say it with me, folks: Cola, you are awesome.

So after getting out of the shower, I noticed a dark line running from my belly button on downward.  I knew this was a sign of pregnancy, but I couldn’t remember what it was called.  After looking it up, I learned that it’s a linea nigra, a hyper pigmentation that occurs during your second trimester as the muscles in your stomach separate to make room for baby.  I have my very own linea nigra!  Welcome to the second trimester, Peekaboo!

Love,

Mama Bear