Sugar

by Leslie

It’s Valentine week, so I’ve been making my go-to Valentine cupcakes for the girls’ school parties and not sampling any. Not even a frosting tipped finger has passed my lips!

I also didn’t make any extra, which was an unpopular decision at my house, but my gestational diabetes has been determined to be “under control” and I’m not fucking that up – even for heavenly, delicious, made lovingly from scratch cupcakes that would probably taste better than sex feels.

It’s actually pretty easy to avoid them when I consider the squishy-faced baby I’m baking in my proverbial oven.

Kissing those cheeks will be sweeter than any dumb cupcake.

Yesterday, Jackson’s heartbeat couldn’t be found for our non-stress test. The nurses chased it for nearly half an hour while he was busy deep-sea diving in 40.6 cm of amniotic fluid. (FORTY.POINT.SIX.) He preferred to kick the sensors on my belly, probably because the monitor made a fart sound every time he did it. (Even in utero, any child of Dave and mine would know that’s funny.) He did, however, ace his biophysical profile, again. And we watched him clap his feet together.

Clap.Clap. Clap.Clap.

Adorable.

You want to know what isn’t adorable? When your maternity shirts no longer cover your belly, so the bottom half peeks out and the stretchy panel in your pants shows.

Would it be okay to wear pajamas for the next five weeks?

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Comments

5 Cool Kids Commented

kim on February 13, 2013 11:33 am
Yes
German Girl on February 13, 2013 2:13 pm
Those cupcakes look yummie!! And I absolutely love Jackson’s feet
Triplezmom on February 13, 2013 3:16 pm
You are an amazing woman. I don’t think I could hack the whole cupcake situation. As for the shirt thing, I had that happen to me with all of mine too. I say of course pajamas are acceptable. I also found wearing giant (and I mean GIANT) white undershirts under my regular maternity shirts helpful.
Veronica on February 13, 2013 5:43 pm
I cannot wait to meet your boy via Internet. I hope the next 5 weeks passes really fast for you, and safely too.
April on February 19, 2013 8:41 pm
In the last month i carried the twins, I wore size 3X men’s sweatpants I found on clearance. In June. It was fucking hot. I should have worn pajamas. Wear the damn pajamas. Be comfortable. Once you’re carrying that much amniotic fluid, you can wear whatever you want!