Twenty Nine Weeks
Thirty One Weeks
Thirty Two Weeks
Thirty Three Weeks
Thirty Four Weeks
Im a little sausage short and stout,
see how my belly really sticks out
when I get all puffed up
you'll come out...
doo doo do do do do do
So it dawned on me that having your belly button get completely inverted when urber-pregnant isn't all bad. After all, you get to clean it like it hasn't been cleaned in 30+ years (or since the last time you were pregnant.) It's pretty amazing how dirty it can get in there because of all the tiny nooks and crannies. It's a total perk to pregnancy.
December 25, 2009
Thirty Weeks
I was thinking about the Christmas story. Poor Mary! The poor thing had to ride on a donkey's back down who-knows-how-long a bumpy road to go register in her husband's birthplace. What a miserable ride that must have been in her condition. I am seven months pregnant. The thought of getting up on a donkey or horse seems virtually impossible, not to mention riding it for days on end. Swishing back and forth, that hard back, the bumpy gait. Then knowing the time was getting close, but not knowing where or how it would happen while in an unknown area. But, she trusted God. Of course, she was at peace with it because she knew He'd take care of it all. She was a strong, faithful woman.
January 1, 2010
Thirty One Weeks
Is it possible, that with only 9 weeks left to go, I am going to actually miss being pregnant? There's only a slim chance that we'd have another, regardless of the gender, so this could be the last several weeks that I will ever be pregnant. Along with all its discomforts and difficulties, pregnancy really is a gift. There is no way to accurately describe the feeling of another life moving inside of you...or to describe the thrill and anxiety of labor and birth.
I feel the epitomy of feminine when I am pregnant. And I felt a longing, after Drew was born before I was pregnant again, whenever I saw a pregnant woman to be pregnant again. To be in the position of fresh motherhood, to be on the verge of a new life, a new time filled with so much hope and excitement. But also to be housing a little one, utlizing my body to the fullest of its ability. It is an amazing experience. Can't believe its almost over--for the second time.
This article was good at articulating what I mean (although not sure I'd go as far as to say that I LOVE being pregnant....)
January 5, 2010
In for a midwife checkup on Monday. (Down to every two weeks already!) She said that the baby is sunny side up still, head down but OP. THat was the first time I felt some real dread toward the labor and birth. Back labor truly was miserable. I could've had drugs I suppose, but I don't want to be numb from the waste down with wires protruding from all over. I don't want the baby or I to be manipulated by drugs during the process. So, I guess I'm saying I will still do natural labor, but it is hard approaching it this time knowing what I am in for.
January 8, 2010
Thirty Two Weeks
Midwife says the second baby usually comes within 72 hours of the due date. So, hopefully, it won't be much of a guessing game this time. It will be interesting to see if it happens naturally though (last time I was induced since the water was low due to a high tear in the sac.) Will I have back labor again? Will I be able to labor at home for a while? Will we have the mad dash to the airport during a snow storm? Sheesh Alexis, what are you trying to do? Stress yourself into early labor? Speaking of that, the midwife suggested cranberry pills at this point in time. Cranberry is good for keeping infections away, which are the number one cause of pre-term labor. Good to know!
January 15, 2010
Thirty Three Weeks
Thinking about the people and families affected by the earthquake in Haiti. I'm heart broken for the losses and devastation. I thought about other mothers who were pregnant at the time, and wondered how they fared. And just tonight, there was a happy story on the news about a mother who gave birth the day after the quake. They had smiles on their faces, in and among all the turmoil. It was a happy ending for them thankfully. For many others, it wasn't and my prayers and thoughts go out to them.
January 22, 2010
Thirty Four Weeks
A rough week is finally coming to an end. Hubby was out of town for work for 7 days, I got sick and I immobilized myself for a day by having the gaul to do some vacuuming. Pregnancy takes a very physcial toll and makes the easiest things tough and I found myself near tears a few times.
I so want to appreciate these last days of pregnancy since we may not have more children. I really want to focus on the exciting time we are in the midst of. Because there's nothing like anticipating the birth of another little person who will add so much to our lives, there's nothing like wondering if you will add a boy or girl to your family and what that change will be like, there's nothing like sharing those first few moments, days and months with the baby and also with family members who come to oooh and aaah over him. It's such a special time, and one that may not be replicated again. And soon enough, you re-enter the routine of life and while exciting things may happen I am doubtful they hold the same type of excitement.
So, I just want to enjoy this. I don't want to be sick. I don't want to be uncomfortable while sleeping in any position. And I don't want to wish the pregnancy to be over. It's a strange place to be. To be so aware of wanting to be in the moment, but so wanting to have that moment be over.
On an upnote though, my sister sent me this funny shirt she made for me. I am a Baby House!
