The last 29 weeks have flown by. It's crazy to think that I am 7 months pregnant. It's been funny, the last couple of weeks. I have heard about some people finding out they are pregnant...and due in August. I almost laughed out loud because in my head, it's still July and I am living in the shock of having a baby in 9 months and there is NO WAY they are pregnant and due in August. It's just not physically possible! Well, note to self, it's NOT July and you are only 11 weeks from your due date and it IS possible for someone to be pregnant and due in August.
It feels like he's put on a lot of weight between 25 and 29 weeks. I have been feeling body parts poking out for a couple of weeks now. I think his head is underneath my rib cage and his feet play pitter-patter on my bladder. He must be a drummer. Or a dancer. (I'll take a drummer).
I've really loved pregnancy. I told Mike a couple of weeks ago that if we lived in the midwest or some place super cheap, I would be a baby maker. (I couldn't really live in the midwest though, so I think we will just stick with 2, living in california). I get why women have kid after kid, especially if they've had it easy. Well, I did have it easy...until 28 weeks.
BOOM! Here you are, third trimester and you have brought and onslaught of new pain. I literally woke up on my 28th week and had a new pain each day. Hello, back pain and pelvic pain that makes it impossible to walk! Welcome, waddling because it hurts to walk with one foot in front of each other! Welcome back, exhaustion that causes me to have to sit while doing my hair and holds me back from cleaning my house!
I am really wondering how I will make it another 11 weeks with this. I'm only going to get bigger (I love how I've gotten comments lately of..."wow, do you think you'll make it to March? You're already so big!"). Um, I'm not really THAT big, I'm just not 5'10" and have an extremely long torso to hide a baby until 6 months. Anyway, Life is only going to get crazier (we have Christa's wedding this weekend, Theodyssey retreat the next, and a TON of work to do before I go on maternity leave...including planning for Easter). Mike thinks Jack is going to show up early. I hope so. Not too early, but just right on time, you know? But realistically, he will either catch me off guard and be born at like 37 weeks and I will have not had the time to prepare or he will be ridiculously late and I will be making jokes from upfront on Sundays about wanting this baby out of me (going on 44 weeks, people...someone help!).
Either way, sometime between now and March 26th, I will have had a baby. I'm excited and definitely looking forward to meeting the little squirmer that's been in me for so long. I just can't believe it's almost here. Wasn't it just October?
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I love how you called him "this little squirmer." So funny! Yes, the baby will be here before you know it! Having a long torso does help in the not sticking out to eternity department; I was not in such a way blessed; my babies stuck out to Indiana, and people told me about it all the time. (a not so favorite comment: "Wow, you're HUGE!! It looks like a big pimple; I just want to pop it.") Or I would tell them when I was due, and they'd say "I don't think you're going to make it" or look shocked and ask if I was carrying multiples. Nice, people. Very nice.
You look great, and Jackson will come when he's ready.
Um...the day you look big as a pregnant gal is the day I have long legs an straight blond hair! Sheesh, if people are saying YOU are big now, I am deathly afraid of what those people said about me eight weeks ago...ha ha ha! You look fantastic...and it is okay be tired and it is okay to be "over" being pregnant (if you ever get to that point! Let me know if I can do anything to help lighten your load when you are tired!
He has been active all day. ALL day. No joke. I wonder if the kid ever sleeps!! I am actually nauseous from all the movement today. Fun :). Yep-he's a squirmer. We'll see if he does that in 11 weeks! :)
I have actually gotten a few "are you sure it's not twins?" comments lately. Oh, I am sure, no twins here. I am just short. And develop healthy babies. Well, it's nice to know I am not the only one who have gotten the "wow" comments. I'm sure it's just people who don't know what most women look like at 40 weeks, you know?
p.s. thank you, Nini! and if YOU need anything, you just let me know. You are the one with a newborn and a toddler :).
Here's hoping he turns the right direction and you have a chance at a natural birth (although I've heard some scarier stories from natural births than c-sections). Parker really enjoyed kicking my bladder, too... that punk.
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