Belly… Laugh!
Pregnant bellies are bizarre looking.
I know, I know, I’m supposed to say that pregnant bellies are beautiful — that my own pregnant belly is beautiful. But c’mon, people. Scroll back up. Take a good look.
That is, if you can even see the belly past the GIANT DEFORMED BELLY BUTTON obstructing your view. Look at that thing! Stretched splotchy skin. Patches of peach fuzz. A dark crooked line pointing directly at the malformation that once was a normal-looking belly button. And then, of course, there’s the disporpotionate size of the thing.
Sure, we can insist to each other and to ourselves that the pregnant belly is beautiful. And maybe some of them are. But right now we’re talking about mine. I maintain that if there were not a little tiny human growing inside it, you would not hesitate to point and laugh.
And you shouldn’t. Hesitate, that is. You should point and laugh and laugh and laugh. And then laugh some more. Why? Because it’s funny. Because I think God has a sense of humor. Because pregnancy is one of those miracles that warrants more than just our awe and reverence. It’s a miracle that deserves a great big belly laugh.
Katherine Wolf
Sunday, 10 January, 2010 at 8:57I agree. God performs a huge miracle every time a woman goes through pregnancy. You are just gorgeous! I love that pregnant belly of yours!
Kristen @ Motherese
Sunday, 10 January, 2010 at 7:14Brand new to your blog and really enjoying it so far. I love this post – and I’m right there with you: there is something lovely, yet almost otherworldly about a pregnant belly. Mine was particularly unusually shaped. I have a minor uterine condition which caused me to carry my sons on the right side of my belly only – I looked sort of like a lopsided bowling ball bag.
Hope you are feeling well! Your sense of humor is sure intact.
Erika
Saturday, 9 January, 2010 at 22:11I think I am most in awe of the fact that you are wearing non-maternity jeans! or if they ARE maternity jeans, they’re the type MOST women wear in the first 8 weeks of pregnancy before they have a belly. it has my attention so much i am barely noticing the BEAUTIFUL belly! so i guess you didn’t go into labor after my last comment. 😉