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I was able to run this morning. I walked for a few minutes and then decided to run. I had some pain/discomfort but it wasn't that bad. I've been a little sore today, but nothing like Sunday.

I had a grouchy afternoon. I went to the mall because I thought I had seen a grey cardigan on sale on the maternity store's webpage. I also thought maybe I could find something cute to wear to the shower my mom's friend is throwing me on Sunday. I found the sweater, but it wasn't on sale and I'm not wanting to spend $40 on one. (It turns out the ugly yellow sweater was the one on sale). And I hated every single shirt I tried on. While they did help make me look more pregnant than fat, they also made me feel like I looked as big as a house. Not flattering, in other words. Despite my thinking so last week, I don't feel like I look pregnant - just chunky. And I don't think I need to explain why that makes me unhappy. One of my work friends and I had a funny (to me at least) conversation yesterday. I was telling him that I'd actually gone and run around the lake and I even ran up the "hill." (We've argued about whether it is or is not a hill for at least 2 years, with me saying it isn't). He asked if I had people "looking at the pregnant girl funny" and I replied that I think people that see me running just think I'm chunky. So he told me I should get a shirt that says "baby" on it and draw an arrow to my belly. Ha! Then I would get funny looks!

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I found that when I started to look pregnant while running I'd get really mixed looks. Fit looking women would smile and say hi. Old women would scowl at me. Male runners would politely avert their eyes. It was very odd.

Oh and I had a tank top that had a pregnant runner on it :) Of course, easier to look pregnant when you've got a tight tank on rather than the layers we've got to wear in winter MN!

I would not worry at all about any looks you get from people. And having met you, and knowing how tiny you are, I can't imagine you look anything but pregnant.