Okay ladies.  Until like a month ago I only gained 4 lbs in this pregnancy. I was pretty proud of myself not gonna lie. Then its like boom.  Up 15 POUNDS now. I am at  21 weeks so yeah I get it, weight will happen. I mean I am growing a human for Pete’s sake. But man, I wish it would have happened more gradually!!!! This is because of the lovely result of rapid weight gain….. STRETCHMARKS. UGH!

I know some women are all like, ” Oh I’m proud of my stretchmarks, they are my badges of honor for carrying this miracle in my stomach” yadda yadda yadda. You are full of SHIT! I’m just gonna say it. Stretchmarks suck. There is nothing good about them.  I don’t care how much you pay me or how many miracles I pop out of my vag, I don’t want them! They are ugly and red and make me feel disgusting. If that makes me a bad person… whatever. I am just being honest, people!

Maybe I am a little vain…. fine I will take that. But I have always worked very hard to stay attractive for my husband and it is important to me.  I think the secret to raising happy normal kids IS a healthy happy marriage, and when Mom is feelin’ herself and gets her kicks with her hubs often etc. everyone is a happy camper! Happy wife, happy life – no truer words were ever uttered.  🙂

Now I know there are other things that depress us pregos about our changing bodies like the weight itself, getting swollen, getting hair in weird places… you name it. But at least those ailments are TEMPORARY. These little red devils will fade sure… yeah… but then they leave these ugly silver lines from hell.

I have purchased Burt’s Bees Mama Bee Belly Butter. So far they seem to remain the same but I will post some updates periodically so you can decide for yourself!

Below is from this week at 21 weeks.

I know it’ll be all worth it in the end when she is here… but man I am NOT a fan of the prego side effects and figured all of you ladies can commiserate with me!   This is why we need an occasional Momosa to get us through all this right?? 🙂