Dear Adry, have you considered speeding up this growing and developing process? Please do.

They weren't lyin' when they said the second trimester is the pregnancy honeymoon!
I'm not sure I fully appreciated the second trimester until I graduated to the third a few weeks ago.

1) My mood swings are back with a vengeance!  People annoy me.  I feel like:  I just want to be left alone; It's Me and Adry vs. The World; No one understands.  Oh, and don't mind my sudden and frequent bursts of self-pity tears.

2) My upset stomache is back.  I find myself hovering over a toilet/trashcan every few days and gagging my meals down one bite at a time.  The saltine crackers have once again taken up residence on the headboard of my bed.

3) Frequent urination.  'nuf said.

4) Stretch marks.  everywhere.  I get depressed about my body sometimes.  It used to not bother me, but now it is starting to.  I don't like what I see in the mirror anymore-- any part of it. Not my face or the fat under my chin or my sausage hands or the stretch marks on my knees, thighs, hips, underbelly, and even boobs!  When Ben and I first got married I was at my ideal weight for my shape and size-- about 105 pounds, size 1 or 2 pants.  This was actually about 10 pounds heavier than I was in High School, but I enjoyed fitting into adult sized clothing, lol.  In the two and a half years that Ben and I were married BEFORE I got pregnant I gained like 35 pounds (I know- WOW!  I blame Ben- I acquired his horrible eating habbits ;-), so I was already too big.  I at least had the hope, though, that I could shed the pounds and get back to my little 100 pound self-- I started HxC dieting and excercising and was doing really well until I got pregnant.  Now, 7 months and 20 pounds later I weigh 160 and am feeling pretty down about it.  Stretch marks are an ugly, ugly reminder. 

5) ...and then there's everything else including sleepless nights of tossing and turning, horrible back pain and body aches, diabetes of course, worrying, breathing problems etc. etc.

Oh, second trimester, I miss you!

I will post 7 month pictures soon-- in a much happier post :)