Where is this alleged "pregnancy glow" i heard so much about? Is it a myth designed to encourage women to look past the constipation, double chins and episiotomy that so many pregnancies dish out? I had imagined myself the most delightfully adorable pregnant woman in the history of time. Long flowing hair, glowing skin...you know the kind. The woman who doesn't look pregnant from the back.
yeah, her. the one we hate.
I am sooo not that one. My skin is paler than ever before, my hair is limp, my "baby bump" is more like a "baby spare tire". and the breakouts. oh the break outs. Before this pregnancy, I routinely had MAYBE 5 zits a year, and I could associate each one personally with a pinpointed stress-event or chocolate binge. I am sporting nearly triple that on my face at the time of this posting. TRIPLE!
Don't say that I'm having a girl. I've heard that; "boys make you glow, girls steal your beauty", but I'm not sure I buy into it. Sounds like the first of many gender-associated comments that set us ladies out to be worthy of making only 77 cents to the male dollar later in life. This brainwashing must end.
OK, I also have to say, since I sent you an email saying that you look great etc., that it's OK to NOT look great as well. There is no right and wrong way to look like when you're pregnant...maybe the whole "she's glowing" business was the fault of some woman who was trying to make her zitty pregnant friend feel better? :)
ReplyDeleteAnyway, I'm sure you are probably harsher on yourself than anyone else!
Ha, I took this glow business into my own hands and purchased an arsenal of Clearasel products to recover my face. working so far!
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