I just came across the most accurate description of the postpartum belly I've ever read, and it wasn't in a medical text. Perhaps you should read this only if you've had a child; it's a bit much for the uninitiated.
People kept trying to prepare me for how soft and mushy my stomach would be after I gave birth, but I secretly thought, Not this old buckerina. I think most people undergoing chemo secretly believe they won't lose their hair.
Oh, but my stomach, she is like a waterbed covered with flannel now. When I lie on my side in bed, my stomach lies politely beside me, like a puppy.
- from Anne Lamott's Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year
Oh, but my stomach, she is like a waterbed covered with flannel now. When I lie on my side in bed, my stomach lies politely beside me, like a puppy.
- from Anne Lamott's Operating Instructions: A Journal of My Son's First Year
have you ever read her description of her thighs in "traveling mercies'? it gives a whole new meaning to the word 'aunties'!
Posted by: slydi | Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 06:36 AM
Only Ann LaMott...she does write so descriptively.
Posted by: Beverly | Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 08:24 AM
amazing! thank-you for thay, it gave this sick mama a good laugh on a grey day!
Posted by: sharilyn | Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 01:04 PM
Oh my. I actually laughed out loud at "like a puppy." I also feel a twinge of sadness at how much I can relate... :)
Posted by: Amy H. | Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 07:25 PM
That is hilarious! And depressingly true...
Posted by: Chris | Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 04:19 PM
So funny!
Posted by: JeanMac | Wednesday, February 11, 2009 at 09:44 PM
I'll include this quote in my post-partum checks...hopefully this "belly laugh" will brighten others day as it has mine. Thx for sharing!
Posted by: Heidi | Friday, February 20, 2009 at 06:03 PM
ROFL.
Posted by: dragonfly | Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at 10:50 PM
Post partum belly...if you've ever made homemade bread, the point where you punch it down and knead it and it's all scooshie and floppy...exactly like my belly the first few weeks after babies.
Posted by: Jill | Thursday, March 12, 2009 at 12:41 PM