Belly comparison

I have been saying, throughout this pregnancy, that my belly seems to be bigger than it was when I was pregnant with Amelia. But, because that was almost two years ago, I couldn't be sure that I was right. So I decided to have Mike take a picture of me in the same maternity clothes I wore when I was pregnant two years ago.

Looking at these photographs it doesn't seem that there's much difference between mommy's first pregnancy at 27 weeks and this pregnancy at 25 weeks. Yet, I have noticed that the pants that fit me rather well two years ago now continually fall down (friends have suggested suspenders...not gonna happen).

I think I may have figured out what it is that makes my clothes fit so differently today than they did when I was pregnant with Amelia. The first clue came while I was visiting a Navy doctor so that he could sign my waiver for the coming Physical Fitness Test. (I know I would fail the weigh-in at this point, and I certainly couldn't do 60-70 sit-ups, which is my norm.) The doctor, whose wife is also pregnant, commented that second pregnancies often sit lower than first pregnancies.

Now, this makes sense. If you just look at my belly size, it seems about the same. But if you look at how much distance now appears between the bottom front edge of my shirt and my belly, you can see a significant difference.

Anyway, I'm not sure this is interesting to y'all, but I'm happy that the riddle has been solved. I do think that if I take photos to mark my progressively bigger baby belly during this pregnancy that maybe I should choose a new outfit. It's difficult to tell a 35-year old pregnant Lisa from a 37-year old pregnant Lisa if she's in the same get-up.

Lisa