Tattoo

So, as most of you are aware, I have a tattoo on my tummy. It’s a fish with bubbles, to look like it is swimming around inside me. Cute huh? Well, we’ll see how it looks after all this is over. I have some serious concerns about it getting stretched beyond recognition. I might end up with some sort of loch ness monster. When I got the tat, I was only about 20, and having children was the last thing on my mind. I remember that right before we started (or maybe even right AFTER we started?), I did ask the tattoo artist if it would be OK if I got pregnant. He totally brushed off my concerns and quickly reassured me that it would be fine. Well, a 20-something guy covered in tattoos is probably not the world’s expert on pregnancy. At any rate, here are some photos that show the progression of the tattoo thus far.


This was taken last summer. Look how flat my tummy was! Sniff. Anyway, this what it originally looked like.

This was taken when I was about 7 months along. Looks pretty good, but are those some stretch marks forming? Hmm...

Oh nooo! I have stretch marks across my fish! Ack. The whole time I've been worried about the shape of it and I never thought about stretch marks messing it up. #%&$**@#!!!!