You're Getting Sooooo Big!

I'm definitely much bigger this pregnancy. I mistakenly looked at pics from my first pregnancy and saw pics from my baby shower when I was 8 months pregnant. I was shocked because the way I look now is how I looked in those pics. Very depressing. There's 2 co-workers who make comments about how huge I'm getting EVERYDAY! Seriously, when you start hearing comments everyday from Monday through Thursday, you start to think that you really are gigantic and that maybe something's wrong. These are some comments I hear daily, "You're getting sooo big!", "Wow, you're really popping out!" and "Wow, you're due at the end of August? You have a loong way to go." I actually got mad at one of the girls and told her to stop. I totally don't feel bad because she should be more sensitive about what she's saying. She's been pregnant before and from the pictures I saw of her when she was pregnant, I'm surprised at her insensitivity...she literally blew up everywhere in her body, including her face (she looks great now though). Ever since I told her to stop, she's stopped making comments, but I see her obviously looking at my stomach everytime I walk by her. Am I being overly sensitive here? Hubs keeps telling me that I'm pregnant, not fat, but when you hear comments like this, you start to believe some of them. I even asked the doctor because I was concerned, but she said I was fine. I just have to stop comparing this pregnancy with the first one since I was so tiny. I'm just praying that this baby isn't huge. I was blessed that Nathan was small and only 6 lbs, so I'm feverishly praying this baby is small too.

Because I'm much bigger this time, my back is killing me each day. I only had back pain the last 2 months of the first pregnancy. The chairs at work do not support your back well. I've been doing almost everything possible to relieve the pain: walking around every 30 minutes, doing the back exercises, walking on the treadmill twice a week, elevating my feet, using a lumbar support pillow on my chair, getting short massages from hubby each night, etc. I'm debating whether to ask my boss to work from home 2 days a week instead of just on Fridays. The chairs at work are just killing me!

AI note: I was jumping up and down that Kristy Lee went home last week. My prediction this week is Brooke or Jason. They were just plain awful and boring. I do feel bad for Brooke - I have to agree with Paula for once though...if you mess up, you keep going and don't stop, especially since you have a band accompanying you. It was just so awkward to start over again and I felt really bad for her.