Like Manna from Heaven

Last few weeks of pregnancy - you are massive, uncomfortable, and feel udderly unattractive. To top it off, you are busting out of your go-to maternity clothes. Your favorite maternity t-shirt that fit last week is starting to show a little bottom belly if you don't constantly pull it down. That skirt that you have worn multiple times and felt semi-cute in all of a sudden is riding a little lower than you are comfortable wearing. You are starting to look like "that pregnant lady" that you swore you would never be - you know, the one who's belly is bustin out the bottom of her piled worn-way-to-many-times cotton shirt, and the elastic band of her maternity pants is a prominent feature on her lower back as she slowly waddles through Target looking absolutely miserable.

But, you don't want to go buy more clothes because

1- The size you are going to have to purchase is just disgusting
2 - You are only going to wear them a couple more weeks
3 - Most of the clothes that will fit your belly resemble a mu mu and who wants to spend their hard earned money on a mu mu

So, when my sister showed up last Thursday with a big bag of maternity clothes courtesy of her sister-in-law, I had a small glimmer of hope that there may be a shirt or two that could tide me over until delivery, but not much excitement. Because, as most of us know, a "shared" sack of maternity clothes sent to you in your last weeks is typically full of huge shirts that tie around the back and big baggy stretched out cotton pants with a bleach stains somewhere on the bottom. Not usually the height of fashion, even maternity fashion (which is a bit of an oxymoron)

But not this sack - this sack was full of flowy, comfy, soft dresses that were actually, dare I say....

FABULOUS!

And not just one cute dress, but lots of cute dresses. A week's worth (if I make sure not to drop food on my belly during lunch) of outfits that I could acutally feel attractive in. No more doing laundry every 3 days, or even 4 for that matter!

Now, I readily accept the fact that I still look massive in them. Turn to the side and the view might even scare you. But, they are comfortable, nothing is touching my belly, and they could pass for non-maternity dare I say "hip" clothes if you took a quick peek at them on the hanger.

So God Bless You JW sister-in-law of my sister and your bag of amazing Manna from Heaven Maternity Dresses! I love you!