12 week belly picture

Ok gang, here's my 12 week belly picture.
In my mind, I want to say I'm done with the first trimester, but apparently, most books I have count the end of the first trimester at the end of this pregnancy week, when you're 13 weeks pregnant. Whatever. I'm just so happy I'm here. It's awesome!! Now, on to the next milestone: Having a great u/s on June 16 and a perfectly healthy baby on July 7.

Now, dont let the picture fool you. I'm getting very big. Yesterday, I went maternity clothes shopping for the first time (the last time I bought maternity clothes on vacation, I wasn't intending to buy them, I just stumbled upon a great deal and had to buy them...I'm glad I did b/c I wore one of the shorts yesterday). I wasn't very satisfied with what I saw though, because I'm generally too small for most maternity clothes, but too big for much of my regular clothes. I settled with buying a couple tops from a regular favorite clothing store that are more loose fitting, but which can be worn even when I'm not pregnant. Of course this method of shopping wont last me throughout the whole pregnancy, but I'm glad that it should last for a couple more months and I can wear the clothes after I'm done being pregnant. Another "new thing" for me that happened this weekend was that when I was shopping in the maternity store, the sales lady called me "mom" when she asked how I was doing. I almost didn't turn around b/c I had no idea she was talking to me. lol. I guess I better get used to that name.

Ok, here's the frontal belly view -- and let me warn you...it's not pretty (I'm huge!) (Yeah, I know, wait till I'm 8 months, then I'll be huge......).
These pictures have been added to my side bar flickr.

Also, I'm finally at a place where I'm comfortable telling friends I'm pregnant. A friend of mine called me for professional advice this weekend, and I told her I was pregnant. DH announced my pregnancy to his group of friends and a couple of our neighbors while they were watching the UFC fights this past weekend. Their reaction was great. My neighbors were surprised b/c we hadn't mentioned it to them. However, they were very happy because they all have children and have been bugging us to no end about when we were going to have kids. (They had no idea of our prior two MCs). The rest of the gang was really congratulatory.

I'm really liking this pregnancy thing...though I admit, its a little daunting to think of raising and caring for another human being in a few months. That's a big responsibility. I also need some getting used to having a bigger belly. I admit, I'm one of those people who frets constantly about my weight, so it's a little uncomfortable (psychologically) for me to be gaining so much weight. But as the pregnancy books say, I should be gaining weight and I need to embrace my new pregnant body...so I'm trying. I just hope that I'm gaining more baby weight than fat weight and that I'm able to lose this weight easily after the pregnancy.