Feeling (and dressing) like a Mommy

First things first, this blog is mostly for new moms-to-be. A while back, most of my girlfriends asked for me to record my experiences as a new mom so they can come back and read tips and tricks for when their times comes (so far your mother has been the first to step into the unknown amongst her group of wingwomen). But before most of you skip over this section and think 'Oh I'll read this part in a couple of years', I do want to announce a couple of new news: I have now registered for your baby presents. (For those of you wondering, it's at http://www.babysrus.com/ and look for my name - Alice Holland)

I really honestly didn't want to set it up so soon. After all, it has only been 17 weeks. Some would say I'm in the second trimester and that I'm safe as home, but  being someone who has never taken good news for granted, I'm still enjoying you with bated breath - almost like you might just slip out of hands (belly) as sneakily as you slipped into my life. Someday you will understand this Motherhood Paranoia when you have kids of your own. When I've waited and wished for you all my life, idiotically doubting my own fertility before you came, you just matter that much more to me. Anyways, corniness aside, I was egged on by your Auntie Susmitha by good intentions, and by your Po-po for selfish reasons. "What?!" your Po-po shrieked, "You don't know what sex it is yet?! That can't be!!" I told her we won't know until the big reveal at the ultrasound in October but she insisted "no, that's wrong, go get an ultrasound NOW. I need to know so I can buy her appropriate-colored clothes." So there you have it, your grandmother wants to pump you more of unnecessary radiation so that she can go shopping. Go figure. (No, kidding, she's just excited for your arrival) 

Ok now for the new Moms-to-be: congratulations and read on:! ***Baby Holland if you're a BOY, I FORBID you to read further.*** If you're a girl, you will cringe at the following but whatevs, someday you're going to want to read this twice.
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I have always been a sucker for saving money gracefully. I'm not one to hunt through discount bins - the act of it just reminds me of dumpster diving. But I do have a keen eye and touch for quality and cost. Spend money on what's worth it, and blissfully forget the extraneous stuff.

First of all your breasts will be the size of melons in no time, and I am not kidding. Nothing feels as good as good support. Today I bought my first D (YES!!!) bras and I am ready to rock and roll in them. My sister told me to buy nursing bras, and yes I admit, at first sound you can't help but think of highly unattractive saggy boobs. But boy was I surprisingly wrong, my nursing bras are so unbelievably comfortable and sexy, (did I tell you the cups release in a click of a button in standard X-rated Fredericks of Hollywood fashion! .... for nursing of course : P) I feel like Heidi Klum ready to take on Seal. Buy them at Motherhood - forget about Pea in the Pod or any other expensive store.

Buy most of your clothes at Motherhood, in fact, because their prices are the best (and seriously, I don't care how wealthy you are, no one non-celebrity is ready for the cost of a child) and they have those nice belly pants with the awesome long spandex waist. Expensive stores tend to have pants with the elastic bunched up only a inch above the hips and only serve to constrict your bladder and make you want to pee more. Leave the maternity clothes to the pros who make them for a living. Don't overlook how Mommish Motherhood's clothes are, they have some really cute stuff.

Only one thing is worth the Pea in the Pod price - their jeans. Today I bought THE SEXIEST pair of jeans I have ever owned. Tight and cupping the booty with just the right about of fade in the ass and right amount of slimming bootcut.

I have felt the sexiest today that I have felt in months.
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