2. Look at the color. Your belly is ripe when there is little contrast between the stripes.
3. Press on it. If your belly feels like it gives a little (but just a little), it's ripe.
4. Check the number of days from anthesis. Right? Right.
5. Check the size. It's not necessarily true that a big belly means it's ready; but under good conditions, it should be a normal size. If it's not a normal size, you're probably too anxious.
6. Check its weight. An ideal belly should be heavy for its size.
7. Still confused? Yeah. Well. Me too. :)
thunk, thunkIf you're curious about gauging the ripeness of an actual melon, read this. I stole most of their verbiage for this post, but they deserved it.
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I actually find the opposite of the striping effect you describe to be true. :P
Me too. My stretch marks get blood red by the end. And I carry past 41 weeks, so being 37 wouldn't get my excited. Just wanted to give you some positive perspective, Gauntlets. :) You know you've been blogging too much when you dream about people you've never met.
But if you thump it, does it thump back?
Gauntlets - soon enough, friend, soon enough. Right?
And, Other Girls - I didn't see any of my stretch marks until after I delivered. I thought I was doing pretty well, but...
Well, just so you don't "crack it open" or "check to see if the vine (read: umbilical cord) is withered," like the watermelon website suggests, to find out if YOU are ripe enough=)
I think the check the tendril thing has navel applications.
I went with the "How do you know the baby (turkey) is done?" approach... when the baby thermometer (belly button) popped out.
MM: Yes. It does.
As for those stripes . . . yeah, well. I'm just so glad my skin doesn't go the route of a dream deferred, you know?
And good point on the navel applications, ladies. I was trying to pretend mine wasn't there. ;D
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