Belly pic!

So here I am, in all my huge-bellied glory. Actually, this picture is about two weeks old as of this writing (it was taken at 34 weeks and a couple days). I'm not a big fan of how I look pregnant, so I haven't allowed all that many pictures to be taken of me (not like people are queueing up to get pictures of me, I'm just saying).

I think a lot of pregnant women get comments that annoy them about how they look. You know, the "do you have twins in there?" type of thing, or "you look like you're about to pop!" My personal annoyance has been "gosh, you don't look that big for (insert number of weeks here)."

Yes, there are a lot of advantages in this pregnancy experience for us long-torsoed women. I get less acid reflux, I never had breathing problems (except my normal seasonal allergies and a bout of bronchitis--sucky, but not pregnancy related), I probably even had less baby on the bladder issues than most (though, since my little man dropped, I'm catching up on that one, at least). So I'm not saying I'd trade it away. But one thing I'll never have is that cute, perfectly rounded baby silhouette some people get. Shoot, I never even looked actually pregnant until about 7 months along.

Hence the photo avoidance. But I did take this shot for Locke's baby book, so I thought I'd share. It's probably the last one I'll (willingly) take before go time. And afterwards, they'll all be pictures of the baby and not of me, so I think I'm safe for the duration. :D