What a Yummy Mommy-in-progress does now!

As a yummy mommy-in-progress, you had better get ready for the ride of your life. During the next 10 months, your life and body is going to endure some of the most magnificent changes.

During the development of that little bump of a belly to when the big soccer ball of a belly shakes as you laugh, you should take lots of pics because you will appreciate seeing the changes your body endured. For example, the belly button is surprisingly reactive to all of the little kicks and all of the major growth. For many women, it stretches and stretches until one day it pops! You will marvel at how it manages to find its way back to where it lived, pre-baby. The body is a wonderful thing.

It would be cruel not to mention your breasts. Please be advised they will grow, and GROW, and GROW! Your partner will be very pleased, but your back won’t be, so get a good support bra. And, be prepared for hell hath no fury like a hungry breast-feeding baby. Get nipple cream, take hot showers, and accept tender massages from your partner, if you catch my drift.

A few final words, for all you yummy mommy’s-in-progress--gaining 12 pounds over the holidays is possible and people do get scared when they see a tired, pregnant woman crying at the mall so keep shopping trips short and always remember say YES, YES, YES to an epidural.

Congratulations again!

Lisa Adams, Mom to a sweet, 21 month old little boy.