The 3 B’s

When I was in high school – maybe even middle school – my Mom started to always make me do a “3 B check” before leaving the house.  I had to show her that the 3 B’s were covered… boobs, belly, butt – and lest you all think I was some total skank, 99% of the time they were covered… and stayed covered the entire time (although as every high school girl does, I may or may not have changed my outfit after leaving the house for a dance or two).

Anyway, the 3 B’s just keep coming back to haunt me.  Right now… all 3 are growing.  My belly is growing much faster than it did with M… which I totally expected.  I’ll post pictures when A gets home, but I personally think I look about the same now (at 16 weeks) as I did around 18 or 20 weeks with M.  I have no problem with it. Everyone says you get bigger faster with the second, and it doesn’t surprise me at all.  After all, M already did all the dirty work of destroying my abs and stretching my skin… all this baby has to do is fill in the empty space!

What I didn’t expect this time around were for my boobs and butt to grow.  They both increased in square footage (to put it delicately) when I was pregnant with M.  But now???? My boobs are growing at an absolutely astounding rate.  To the point where my own father (!!!!!) said to me the other day “my you’re looking chesty.”  I would have been mortified, but he’s right.  At first I was worried.  If the twins continue to grow at the rate they’ve been going recently, I won’t be able to stand by the end of my second trimester, I’ll just be far too top-heavy.  But then I realized…. my butt seems to be on the same growth chart.  As in – I had to go out and buy new underwear because everything I own was too small.  As in – my pants don’t fit… not because of my belly, but because of my GIANT ass I’m trying to cram in there.  So I suppose that will keep me grounded and level despite the growth up front.

So tell me Mom’s of two…. is this normal?  The butt growth?  The boob expansion??  Will my 3 B’s ever return to any resemblance of what they were between my kids… or better yet, BEFORE my kids???  Don’t get me wrong, it’s worth it – but it would be nice to come out on the other end of 2 under 2 with some part of my body still resembling me…. right?