Glowing, Glowing, Gone...

  You know that pregnant glow everyone talks about? Supposedly it's caused by extra oil production in the skin and gives normal women that dewy, radiant look. Not me. I'm a very oily person anyway. I often joke that my face is the dermatological equivalent of Saudi Arabia. But pregnancy hormones have caused my face to produce the equivalent oil of all the OPEC member countries combined! It's so gross! I look like an adolescent boy! My hair is greasy and plastered to my scalp and I've developed cystic acne on my face, backne and chestne! I've given up on wearing makeup and started using a daily clarifying shampoo. It's helping some, but not a lot. I feel pretty gross. Combine that with the heat and humidity and I'm really scary!  I'm trying to stay away from the ED lest I be mistaken for some vagrant and shuttled off to a homeless shelter...
   I did get a nice surprise today! I called Mom as soon as I got out from work and she told me that I had received a package. I wasn't expecting anything, so, I asked her to open it. This was inside:

Summer Infant Connect Internet Baby Camera Set

  Thanks, John!!! Now I will be able to peek on baby while I'm at work, John can see baby from wherever he happens to be, and ND grandparents, aunts and uncle can also look!  (My family has issues using electronic devices, so they won't use it!) Very exciting. The only issue is that I can see myself going into the baby's room at 0300 post-call, half-dressed to find out that John's dad had insomnia and decided to check in. Poor man, they would find him dead in his chair, I'm sure!
   Funny story- I was walking by some elderly ladies in the hallway today and I heard one whisper to the other, "Is that doctor pregnant or just fat?" I started to say, "both!" and keep walking, but decided that would be unprofessional. Ladies, until recently, I wasn't exactly sure myself!