Another blow to the vanity

Last pregnancy, or maybe it was the one before, the varicose vein situation got out of hand. Blue and purple veins exploded all over my left leg, almost overnight, as if the blood got over the dam somehow and overwhelmed the veins all at one time. It made my legs look horribly bruised, at first glance. I was relaxing on the beach with some of my husband's family during that pregnancy, when my mother-in-law suddenly gasped, "Good heavens!! What happened to your legs!?"

I am twelve weeks along, and the baby is roughly the size of a plum. So small, and yet those veins are starting to bulge again. I'm watching the other leg. With any luck, I'll have a matching set after this baby is born.