Saturday I was at work, sitting at my desk trying to catch up on the mounds of paperwork I had been greeted with upon return from my vacation. I was hunched forward a little bit, leaning into my computer screen as I typed something in. And then… pain! My right ribs. I felt like there was something stabbing me, I couldn’t breathe, I gasped a little bit and clutched at my ribs as it ebbed. It left me wondering…. Shit, what was that? Was that the baby?<\/i> It didn’t happen again.<\/p>\n
Today as I sat on my left side, legs drawn up on my right, I could feel baby girl kicking my right side. I felt around a little bit and realized she was kicking just below<\/i> my ribs. The past week she’s been kicking higher and higher – she was very rarely above my belly button, and suddenly it feels like she’s expanded upwards. It now bothers me to slouch, my belly presses upwards and my boobs fall downwards and it just creates a very uncomfortable meeting in the middle.<\/p>\n
If that wasn’t her kicking my ribs on Saturday, it most certainly will be soon enough. This child makes me nervous – she kicks hard<\/i>. She is going to hurt me.<\/p>\n
Dear baby,
\nThere is still 3 months of growing left to do. I love that you are so active in there, it does my heart a lot of good. But I’d really appreciate it if you didn’t make me too<\/i> black and blue in there. Try to aim for the front and sides where there are no bones or organs to hit.
\nLove, mama.<\/p>\n
::<\/p>\n
She remains a very active baby. I start kick counts tomorrow, at 28 weeks, and it will probably be a very quick evening chore – though I do need to ask the Midwife how I count “drumming,” the boomboomboom as she kicks me nonstop.<\/p>\n
This will also be the start of me seeing the midwives every two weeks from here on out. Time is moving along. I’m really happy to see things move forward at a good pace.<\/p>\n
::<\/p>\n
In the meantime, this week I’m planning the dinner for Devin’s second birthday. We’re inviting “just immediate family” but with Den’s family that still adds up to quite a few people. So I’m planning the menu and trying to get ready for that. I don’t feel sad about it, not really. I’m sure I’ll have my moments, but for right now I’m in a good place with this baby on the way and am mostly just in shock that it’s been 2 years already. What a long two years it has been, in some ways – it feels like a lifespan all of its own – but on the other hand I’m still not really sure how I got here.<\/p>\n
But for now my only question is…. do I buy a cake pan in the shape of a dinosaur, or no? Questions, questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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