ive been sitting here watching my stomach jump and bounce and jerk around for the past hour or so, as my husband watches top gear on the TV. i dont know why (maybe it likes stir fry?) but the baby has been excessively bouncy this evening. and it is all on the right side of my stomach.
seriously.
i feels like theres a bowling ball in my stomach, but only on the right. the left side is all squishy and empty. there is no baby there. its actually rather uncomfortable, and i wish it would move. i mean.. it IS moving, rather excessively, actually, but i wish it would move out of the way.
at this stage with my critterbug, i was incredibly uncomfortable, and very swollen. but i dont think i was in as much pain as i am this time round. i dont remember my back being this bad (after we put planks under the mattress - 40yr old cast iron bed with springs as support is NOT good support), and i dont remember my hips being so sore. ive put on a lot less weight this time round - 10kg so far, about 25 with critter, although i lost 11 in the week after he was born, since a lot of it was me being swollen - and ive been a lot less sick, with morning sickness subsiding after about 3-4 months, instead of continuing, albeit rather mildly, the whole way through.
being so close to babytime, im beginning to wonder what else is going to be different, or similar. will labour feel like hours of excessive period pain again, with no discernible worsening and lessening? (seriously.. i want to know what contractions are supposed to feel like, because i was just in pain the whole time till the baby popped out. i have no idea how to time something that doesnt give you any indication its happening.)
will i tear again? will i hemorrhage again? will anything go wrong, and will i experience a c-section?
will spaceghost be bigger, or smaller than critter? will it stare at me the way critter did? will it be as squeaky?
will i have the same troubles breastfeeding? will i be afraid to bathe it for the first few months again? will i sink so low i dont care when it cries? will i need medication again? will i notice?
will i remember enough to know when 'dry skin' is actually 'eczema'? will i notice allergy signs? will i finally figure out the 'different cries'?
WILL I REMEMBER HOW TO FOLD A NAPPY?????????
Monday, 5 January 2009
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Oh you big dag, LOL.
It will work out beautifully.
Even the bits that don't, LOL.
Cheers,
Lizzie
im serious. nappies are tricky stuff.. obviously the 'fold into a triangle' is not that difficult, but there was this wierd fold we did that left a bigger pad in the middle.. AND I CANT REMEMBER HOW TO DO IT.
and if i never figure out which fitted ones i like, im stuck with plain old terry squares, so i need to remember.
on a side note, my husband doesnt understand 'dag'... or didnt until fairly recently. i keep forgetting that 'american' and 'australian' are very different languages.
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