Cue: stretch marks & nosebleeds

I have ONE new one... and of course, it is inside my belly button. Where I haven't been applying skinergy cream. How superb. I've been reading all these horror stories about women who end up with a kind of.. not... belly button afterward, and I'm really scared that my formerly completely inoffensive belly button will become a lot less so. Permanently. 

My nose has also been bleeding all night, luckily it's so dry in here it just dries up inside instead of actually coming out of my nose (TMI...?). I suspect the only thing I can do about that is carry tissues with me at all times, because I am not about to bleed all over the very few clothes that fit me now. 

I feel like a lot of other people can still squeeze into their clothes at this point, but since I started out tiny (5'2, 112-5 lbs, size 0.. if I was lucky, and the clothing company didn't decide to pretend a 0 really meant a size 4+, which they all do nowadays to make more money because people will think they can buy smaller sizes)... proportionally, my stomach is A LOT bigger. As in, if the gap between my pants button is now, say, 4 inches, that is a much larger percentage of my "waist" measurement than that of most people. So, pants don't work, except for one pair that is low-rise (which I can wear if I undo the top button and wear a thick belt), and one or two that are stretchy enough that I can wear unzipped/buttoned - but only with a dress over top. Most of my shirts DEFINITELY don't work - the seams are popping :[ I do happen to have a few really loose, large, and/or empire waist dresses, but I realized yesterday that I am in serious danger of wearing the same thing every few days.

Now, don't get me wrong, I'd much rather get bigger now than suddenly get huge in the third trimester with the maze of stretch marks to prove it. I'm just letting my stomach stretch gently... kind of. My mother always told me I wouldn't start showing until at least 5 months, because she didn't and a lot of people who are having their first child don't - LIES! I consider it showing when a stranger asks me when I'm due - and that happened over a week ago.

Oh, and I did mean to post pictures.

10 weeks 4 days

13 weeks 1 day - As you can see, my stomach got MUCH bigger in 2.5 weeks.

Also 13 weeks 1 day: This is specifically for Kathleen, who thought I was pushing my stomach out in the last picture. NOT SO! I was just leaning back. Standing up straight actually makes my stomach look much bigger >.<