Today, we celebrated my birthday! We woke up, got dressed, and headed to Johnson City! We had to finish your registry from Babies R Us, as our completion coupon ended soon. We drove straight to the store, and started shopping. Soon, your nanny and poppy met us to celebrate! We walked around Babies R Us, then headed to the mall for lunch!
The one thing I asked for to celebrate my birthday was a new bra. I needed a nursing bra that had some support, and had no idea where to even start to determine what size I needed. Before I started fertility freak wants, I wore a size 34B, during treatments I wore a 36C. Now, two months after giving birth, I am officially a 32E!!! How did this happen? They measured me twice at Motherhood Maternity to endure they had the right fit. After trying on multiple styles, I finally found four bras that fit correctly, and we're comfortable. My boobs are back where they used to be, and I can still nurse easily. Buying bras was the best present I could have asked for. I finally am beginning to feel like a woman again, and less like a cow.
I love being a mother, but am struggling with body image for the first time in my life. I've always been small, and have never cared about my appearance. However, I now have stretch marks that won't go away on my stomach and hips, an incision across my lower abdomen, and saggy boobs. Not to mention the stubborn weight that I gained during fertility treatments. I've lost the weight I gained during pregnancy, but still have a long way to go to be happy with myself again.
After leaving Motherhood Maternity, we headed to Target to do a little more shopping. Your Nanny and Poppy got tired and headed home, and we headed out to dinner. We went to Outback in Bristol. It was the first time we'd eaten at a restaurant since you were born! Daddy and I passed you back and forth across the table while we ate, I nursed you in the booth, you fussed a little, they brought me ice cream for my birthday, we paid, and headed home! We got home just in time for bedtime!
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