PREGNANCY STRETCH MARKS

Side view of my 34-week belly.  See those stretch marks in the bottom right corner?

I'm 34-almost-35 weeks now.  My belly has grown very significantly in the past 6 weeks.  It grew 6cm in "diameter."  I've been enjoying my pregnancy so far. I actually LOVE being pregnant.  It grows the woman in me through every step of the way.  Pregnancy is definitely one of my favorite life experiences.

One of the things I've been looking forward to experiencing with the pregnancy is STRETCH MARKS.
I know!!!  Odd huh?  Since I couldn't really see my lower abdomen very clearly, I've asked Marcel to "watch" my belly for any signs of stretch marks.


FINALLY!!!  Earlier this week, Marcel noticed some red lines!!!  The stretch marks finally appeared ... yayy.  I've been applying coconut butter lotion on my belly since week 14 to help the skin stretches.  I don't know if the stretch marks will ever go or fade away after I've given birth.  But now that I have them, I NEED to document them as a reminder of the joyful, lovely, and humbling journey of pregnancy.  In case they do go away in the future, at least I have these pictures to show Manny of how much he's brightened up our lives and how thankful we have been for this little bundle of "mini us" hehe.

Closer look of the stretch marks ... the marks of a joyful experience ... the marks that remind us to be thankful to our Lord :-)