I understand that the whole pregnancy “thing” involves in part you getting bigger and clothes no longer fitting. What I didn’t realise was that it would happen so soon. I’m only, I think, seven weeks in and my bras are starting to hurt, my work pants and jeans are tight, and that favorite dress that I always wore to auditions is so incredibly tight I look like someone trying to squeeze themselves into their school uniform to relive the glory days and instead just coming off a tad skanky.

To top it off I don’t have that much money to be buying new clothes or underwear, so what do I do? Do I continue to squeeze myself into these clothes or start wearing the clothes I only keep in case someone needs their house painted (you know the ones, they are  ugly but they are big and baggy). One thing I’m afraid of in this whole experience is no longer being attractive, especially to Ben, I don’t want to look like a watermelon wearing an old sack.

It’s hard too because I am a relatively small person and have always worked quite hard to keep a good figure but now nothing I do is going to be able to stop the tummy from expanding. On the good side though, at least it is a good reason to be getting bigger.