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When I first got out of nursing school I vowed to ditch the student uniform that I loathed ASAP. So I got the green polyester zip up scrub tops I owned (how they charged $50 apiece for these things I will never know) and went BACK to school to bequeath them to a newer student. I was free of them!

I went out and bought some new scrubs that I thought were cute and stylish (as stylish as scrubs can be). I hadn’t even gotten a job yet but I wanted to be ready.

Well, now I have a job and those cute stylish scrub pants are almost TOO TIGHT. The belly is quickly expanding but my weight hasn’t really changed. It is weird. I weighed 124 pre-pregnancy and then at my 8 week visit I was 128. I couldn’t believe I had gained 4 pounds so quickly. Then at 10.5 weeks I went in for another visit and I weighed the same. Where is some of the chub coming from? My breasts and belly are getting larger so the weight must be migrating from somewhere. I had to go out and buy new scrub pants today. A little sad considering I was only able to wear the other pants once, but the mark they left around my belly was a little embarrassing. This is kind of a weird time because I don’t really look pregnant yet, I could easily pass as someone with a beer gut and some muffin top because they didn’t want to buy bigger clothes. It makes you want to explain to people why you feel like you have to unbutton the top of your jeans so you don’t cut off the blood supply to your extremities. I’m trying to make the most of my current wardrobe because lord knows when I’ll fit into these clothes again, but my choices are becoming slimmer. Soon I’m going to be sportin the pants with the elastic waistband.