I’m only a couple weeks away from the main event. And let me tell you, I’m ready to get it done. My belly is so big it feels like it’s going to burst any moment. And I think LW is itchin’ to get out too, because my belly has become uber itchy! I think he’s trying to tell me something.

I was warned this might happen. A girlfriend of mine was so itchy throughout the majority of her pregnancy, and her skin so sensitive, that she could only wear clothes made from one hundred percent cotton. And super loose. No designer maternity jeans or cute belly hugging tops for her. No. She suffered the 9 months in leggings and her husband’s oversized plaid shirts (I think for a while there she thought she was carrying Kurt Cobain’s immaculately conceived love child). I’m not quite that bad, but all this skin stretching is pushing me to some major scratching (as if i need any self-induced scarring!) It also doesn’t help that I have eczema (on my hands mostly). So I’m itchy not just on my belly but on my hands too.

This has called for some major moisturizing action. I went out and got the creamiest, yummiest smelling lotion I could find. Palmer’s tummy butter. I’ve seen the ads in all my preggo magazines and anything with the word ‘butter’ in it has to be good right? So I’ve been slathering my itchy belly, and therefore my itchy hands too – it’s a win-win. It’s just so, so creamy and smells delicious (surprised that I haven’t actually tried to eat it considering I eat anything and everything in my sight these days.) Ahh the sweet smell of relief….

The itch has definitely calmed down, and the cream is supposed to help with stretchmarks too – a total bonus. Still don’t have any! But now I’m worried that since my belly’s not as itchy anymore, has LW’s itch to get out has been quelled? Uh oh.