The belly at 32 weeks

32 week belly.jpg

…and a seriously distorted tattoo. Here you can see what the tattoo used to look like, before Thumper’s renovations. Not just the wings, but the entire dragonfly has stretched out. (I guess I should have expected that.) It’ll be interesting to see how it recovers.

68 Comments on “The belly at 32 weeks

  1. Yowsa! In the home stretch now. No pun intended. But now that I think about it, I kinda like the pun. 🙂
    Posted by: Norma

  2. Shoot! Why didn’t you get all greased up or painted up like Demi Moore? I bet you won’t even think about the dragonfly once Thumper arrives. You will be too smitten.
    Posted by: Gina

  3. You look fab. Really. If the tattoo doesn’t go back to normal (which I have no idea about, but I’ll live in hope for your sake), then Thumper will have some ‘splaining to do.

    Posted by: Steph VW

  4. Yowsa! In the home stretch now. No pun intended. But now that I think about it, I kinda like the pun. 🙂
    Posted by: Norma

  5. Shoot! Why didn’t you get all greased up or painted up like Demi Moore? I bet you won’t even think about the dragonfly once Thumper arrives. You will be too smitten.
    Posted by: Gina

  6. You look fab. Really. If the tattoo doesn’t go back to normal (which I have no idea about, but I’ll live in hope for your sake), then Thumper will have some ‘splaining to do.

    Posted by: Steph VW

  7. Aww, it’s still cute and looks properly shaped to me. It’ll go back to normal and this stretched dragonfly will soon be but a faint memory. 🙂
    Posted by: Laura

  8. Cari, you look good – and the tatoo, however it returns, will be just perfect, too. 🙂
    Posted by: Liz

  9. It still looks like a dragonfly, just a bigger wing-spanned one.

    There were many other things you could have put there that wouldn’t have fared well in this process at. all.

    So happy for a belly pic!
    Posted by: claudia

  10. Oh, beautiful you! I think you should GET a tattoo on your big belly. 🙂
    Posted by: alison

  11. I agree with Claudia, a dragonfly is a great tattoo to have if yer going to stretch it out a bit. The belly looks great!!
    Posted by: melanie

  12. OMG, that tatt is awesome. My friend had a Yosemite Sam tattoo that crawled up her belly through pregnancy. He looked like a Bobble Head. Distorted that dragonfly is but it is still looking good.
    Posted by: Kristen

  13. Aww, it’s still cute and looks properly shaped to me. It’ll go back to normal and this stretched dragonfly will soon be but a faint memory. 🙂
    Posted by: Laura

  14. Cari, you look good – and the tatoo, however it returns, will be just perfect, too. 🙂
    Posted by: Liz

  15. It still looks like a dragonfly, just a bigger wing-spanned one.

    There were many other things you could have put there that wouldn’t have fared well in this process at. all.

    So happy for a belly pic!
    Posted by: claudia

  16. Oh, beautiful you! I think you should GET a tattoo on your big belly. 🙂
    Posted by: alison

  17. I agree with Claudia, a dragonfly is a great tattoo to have if yer going to stretch it out a bit. The belly looks great!!
    Posted by: melanie

  18. OMG, that tatt is awesome. My friend had a Yosemite Sam tattoo that crawled up her belly through pregnancy. He looked like a Bobble Head. Distorted that dragonfly is but it is still looking good.
    Posted by: Kristen

  19. Looks great! You’re smart to take pictures–I only have 3 for two pregnancies and I wished I had more.
    Posted by: Steph

  20. you look wonderful!

    I can’t believe you’re 32w along now; it seems like it wasn’t that long ago that you shared the u/s image.
    Posted by: Kristen

  21. Looks great! You’re smart to take pictures–I only have 3 for two pregnancies and I wished I had more.
    Posted by: Steph

  22. you look wonderful!

    I can’t believe you’re 32w along now; it seems like it wasn’t that long ago that you shared the u/s image.
    Posted by: Kristen

  23. ah! someday you WILL get to lay on your tummy again! the cast we did of my belly was bigger than our giant thanksgiving turkey…. he was born 3 1/2 weeks later too so i just was huge! you look like you are doing great! knit while baby is still confined! i am waiting for my knitting time to come back…she is 6 mons now….
    Posted by: heatherly

  24. Have been thinking about this picture of you for a few days! It’s not the home stretch for you, but the DRAGONFLY stretch. Wishing you and easy time in the coming weeks!
    Posted by: elisabeth

  25. I was just looking at the CNN site (4/27)with an article entitled “It’s Hip o Be Pregnant.” So isn’t it nice to know you are hip?
    Posted by: sherry

  26. I had a THIRTEEN POUND baby and to me, you look quite petite, LOL. (And I only gained 17 pounds with him). 47 hour labor, natural…I watched Ghandi, read two books, talked on the phone and had about five uncomfortable minutes. When he was two, he dropped a can of beans on my bare foot at the market and that hurt way more than having him. Yeah, I know. Shut up.
    Babies..there’s nothin’ like ’em.
    Posted by: Chloe

  27. ah! someday you WILL get to lay on your tummy again! the cast we did of my belly was bigger than our giant thanksgiving turkey…. he was born 3 1/2 weeks later too so i just was huge! you look like you are doing great! knit while baby is still confined! i am waiting for my knitting time to come back…she is 6 mons now….
    Posted by: heatherly

  28. Have been thinking about this picture of you for a few days! It’s not the home stretch for you, but the DRAGONFLY stretch. Wishing you and easy time in the coming weeks!
    Posted by: elisabeth

  29. I was just looking at the CNN site (4/27)with an article entitled “It’s Hip o Be Pregnant.” So isn’t it nice to know you are hip?
    Posted by: sherry

  30. I had a THIRTEEN POUND baby and to me, you look quite petite, LOL. (And I only gained 17 pounds with him). 47 hour labor, natural…I watched Ghandi, read two books, talked on the phone and had about five uncomfortable minutes. When he was two, he dropped a can of beans on my bare foot at the market and that hurt way more than having him. Yeah, I know. Shut up.
    Babies..there’s nothin’ like ’em.
    Posted by: Chloe

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