Boob issues and great shopping success…

Boobie Issues... As mentioned in “Meet our Mommy Bloggers," I thought the most exciting thing about being pregnant was finally growing boobs.

For a while at the beginning I was more excited about the boobs than the baby!

I felt like puberty had finally come for me – I’ve been waiting over 20 years for this! As you can conclude, I was quite small pre-pregnancy.

But holy pregnancy, I can’t believe the rate my boobs have grown and I’ve had to buy five new bras in as many months. Yesterday, again, my boobs kept popping out of my bra all afternoon while at work. I was proudly in a 34D that has felt tight lately but everything I wear lately leaves snug marks so didn’t think too much of it.

I even broke the elastic on my under the belly maternity jeans. I’m quickly outgrowing my first set of maternity clothes and need to hit the stores again this weekend. At 22 weeks, I’ve gained about 22-24 pounds! I’m thinking I should trade in the chocolate ice cream and Doritos for celery sticks...

So, I’m in the fitting rooms at The Bay, frustrated after pulling on and off nine different shaped and styled bras in what I thought was my size (34D). My violated boobs were red and sore from being squished and pulled, so I succumbed to losing the bra battle and finally go ask to be measured. The nice lady thoroughly measured me and said I was now a 36D!

I asked her if she was sure. She said "Yes, positive!!" I still didn't believe her, just 20 weeks ago I was a 32B/34A! She told me to wait in the change room and she came back with a few 36D's with no wires (apparently she said underwire is bad when you're this pregnant??? Something about milk ducts growing?)

So let’s talk about these 36D's she brought me... These are the bras I used to walk past on my way to the small-tit section and think 'my butt would fit in that!'... Well, my pre-pregnancy butt at least! Anyhow, nothing pretty about these huge bras with thick straps and a lot of 'boob material.'

I reluctantly put it on still not believing I'd ever fit and the lady was still there to help me... Besides the embarrassment of being totally topless in front of a stranger with her hands all over me...

The bra felt like total bliss! If my boobs could sing, they would have sung hallelujah!

I really was a 36D! I couldn't believe it! I have been so comfortable today I can’t believe I’d been suffering for weeks in a too-small push up bra.

I used to dream about having huge boobs but now that my boobs have a life of their own, I understand why girls with big boobs wished they had smaller boobs.

But sadly, I also know my nice big-pregnancy boobs will one day shrink and become small-post-pregnancy boobs… I’m thinking I should take photos of them in their glory for those future sad droopy small days…

Shopping Success in the USA... So my recent business trip to NY was a great success for unisex baby clothing. A dinner meeting got cancelled and I headed straight to the Babies R Us in Times Square like a women on a mission! I found a great line of clothing in the US called Carters that had such cute stuff for a reasonable price, plus the store was having a huge sale.

This cute ducky set was one of the many outfits I purchased!

I also discovered chocolate covered gummy bears in their candy section… I had to brush my teeth that evening to stop eating them. They are so delicious, I can’t believe I didn’t invent them myself.

Unfortunately I didn’t get time to shop for maternity clothes but if the baby clothes were any indication, the selection in the US is way better than it is in Canada!