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Mountain Top
May. 8, 2008
Life (as a hippo)
| Well, here I am with nine and a half weeks to go before our 'little' bundle of joy arrives. I don't think the others were truly little though at 8 pds 7 oz, 8 pds 8 oz and 8 pds 8 oz. They were all a nice healthy size and I aim to not go past 9 pds thanks very much. I find it truly amazing how much attention a pregnant lady can get. People just STARE. I'm actually not really huge I don't think. Just a normal healthy size. I often wonder what people are thinking as they gawk at me. I figure it is something like 'that poor woman, she already has three children" , " I remember when I was a pregnant lady, it seems so long ago" , "I wish I was pregnant and could have another one" , "I'm so glad to be done with all that " etc etc. Well, I shall leave them to their thoughts. I AM starting to feel rather awkward when moving around the house or flipping over at night. Fast movement of any kind always causes pain in varying degrees. I don't think I'm a hippo, I just wanted a catchy title. I DID look up hippos in the animal encyclopedia and learned a fascinating fact about their young. Just 5 minutes after birth the baby is able to walk, run or swim! How's that for a ready made baby? I imagine if parents didn't have to go through the sleepless nights and diaper changes they would change their tune. Unfortunately instead of a mewling infant it would be "little Johnny has run down the street and I don't know where he is." At least for the first number of months they can't escape you. Perhaps at the end of my pregnancy I WILL look like a hippo.No one will tell me though because who wants to see a pregnant lady cry?????? |
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May. 9, 2008 - Untitled Comment
Sigh. Yes who knows what people think when they look at us. And sometimes, who cares?
All I know is that I would very much love to be able to look at you one of these days very soon. I miss you and hope you are feeling relatively chipper (I mean, besides the knocking things off of tables with your belly....or did that only happen to me?) xoxoxox