Pregnancy Pictures

Uggh, I hate showing these because not only do I not look pregnant in my eyes, but I look very fat and the whole thing makes my skin itch. However, after much arm twisting by my good, persuasive, half-Italian mafia friend, Grace, I have decided to make these pictures public. If you laugh, I have connections to someone who can break your kneecaps.


The first one here is when I was probably about 2 months pregnant or so. No, that bump is not the baby, it's the previous night's feticcini alfredo.

Koichi made me tuck in my shirt. THAT will NEVER be happening again.

Here's the picture we took just yesterday. Shall we see if there is any difference? Actually, I put my arm underneath my boobs to make sure you could see the difference because as I mentioned before, I will NEVER be tucking my shirt in again.

So that's what I look like after 4 months of pregnancy. Oh, and as of today I am offically 18 weeks pregnant. This baby is pretty much half-baked! Yikes!! Right now it's pretty easy to take care of. Discipline, feeding, changing are all easy as can be while the baby is in utero. What am I going to do when it finally makes its appearance??? Ack! I try not to think about that too much because I'm afraid I'll start to hyperventilate or break out in hives or something. The same thing happens when I try to think of where this little thing is going to sleep. The other night I was mentally rearranging furniture in my bedroom, and thinking "Well, if the nightstand got put behind the bed (yes, I won't really be able to use it, but it just holds my clock anyways), and the CD case got put to the other side of the room (so what if Koichi can't open the closet door all the way, I'm ready to sacrifice my nightstand, he should be able to help out too), then we could put either a bassinet next to my side of the bed or a very small crib." I started breaking out in sweats, so I had to stop thinking about it.

Though I'm already experiencing post-tramatic stress disorder regarding the birth and raising of this child, I am on the other hand eagerly antipating being able to feel some kicks or just general movement in there. Right now if I concentrate really hard......I can feel a lot of gas, and that's about it. This morning I thought I felt something, but I'm not sure if it was an actual baby movement or me hiccuping. By the end of November I should be able to feel quite a bit, and then I'll probably be begging the kid to go to sleep and quit jumping on my bladder (though s/he's already making me go ALL THE TIME as it is).

Here's what Baby Tsukioka may already be doing while biding time in the womb....