Ok, this is too bloody cute for it's own good!!!
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Friday, April 27, 2007
Hiya cutie!
These clips of our munchkin-in-utero were taken about a couple of weeks ago, at the 20 week ultrasound (we're 23 weeks pregnant in 2 days from now woo woo!).
Josh is convinced the munchkin is a girl (we did not find out the gender, we're leaving it as a surprise to unfold at the birth). He's very comfortable in saying "she..." now when he refers to bubs.
I was running the above clip on a loop one night a couple of weeks ago and realized that bubby actually turns his/her head suddenly to the right and puts his/her right hand up at the same time. As if to say "Talk to the hand". I do this, jokingly, to Josh quite a bit so ....nice to see bubby has picked up one of mummys habits already lol.
Josh is convinced the munchkin is a girl (we did not find out the gender, we're leaving it as a surprise to unfold at the birth). He's very comfortable in saying "she..." now when he refers to bubs.
I was running the above clip on a loop one night a couple of weeks ago and realized that bubby actually turns his/her head suddenly to the right and puts his/her right hand up at the same time. As if to say "Talk to the hand". I do this, jokingly, to Josh quite a bit so ....nice to see bubby has picked up one of mummys habits already lol.
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Oh You Baddd Mother!!!
An observation on pregnancy...there is an extraordinairy amount of scaremongering out there, directed at pregnant women/parents.
I have lost count of the amount of times I have become worried because I have had a question and turned to the internet/other resources to find answers.
From eating the 'wrong' foods (listeria) to suffering from the flu, I have almost drowned in the hysteria of medical know-it-all's who would seem to have us all believe that pregnancy is a new concept to tread carefully in and that all things will potentially cause our baby harm.
Never mind the fact that women have been having babies since the dawn of time. We would have died out as a race a long time ago if half the shit that's forced down pregnant women's throats was true.
On Monday I came down with a 'flu type virus' (at least that was the diagnosis the doctor gave me) so if I believe what I read, my child will have me to blame when he/she is diagnosed with schizophrenia down the track or has a 'below average intelligence'.
I could make him/her a t-shirt that says "I'm mentally challenged because my mother went and got contracted the flu when I was a fetus", just to save them the explanation.
As if new (and old) parents don't have enough to worry about!
Extending on the above observations, another thing I noticed is that all that information and advice whizzing out there for all us new parents to grab (or be slapped in the face by) is very contradictory! Holy crap! Expect to be given a "yes" and a "no" answer and all shades of grey in between for any question ya got, kiddos!
I have lost count of the amount of times I have become worried because I have had a question and turned to the internet/other resources to find answers.
From eating the 'wrong' foods (listeria) to suffering from the flu, I have almost drowned in the hysteria of medical know-it-all's who would seem to have us all believe that pregnancy is a new concept to tread carefully in and that all things will potentially cause our baby harm.
Never mind the fact that women have been having babies since the dawn of time. We would have died out as a race a long time ago if half the shit that's forced down pregnant women's throats was true.
On Monday I came down with a 'flu type virus' (at least that was the diagnosis the doctor gave me) so if I believe what I read, my child will have me to blame when he/she is diagnosed with schizophrenia down the track or has a 'below average intelligence'.
I could make him/her a t-shirt that says "I'm mentally challenged because my mother went and got contracted the flu when I was a fetus", just to save them the explanation.
As if new (and old) parents don't have enough to worry about!
Extending on the above observations, another thing I noticed is that all that information and advice whizzing out there for all us new parents to grab (or be slapped in the face by) is very contradictory! Holy crap! Expect to be given a "yes" and a "no" answer and all shades of grey in between for any question ya got, kiddos!
A Baby...? Or A Baby Elephant?
You may just need a forklift to lift this Corn Pop onto your lap if she/he keeps growing at the rate they're growing!
I feel like someone inserted a ripe watermelon into my stomach while I wasn't looking. Seriously, I can't even manage to look at a glass of water without wanting to groan because I feel full to the gills.
I'm only 23 weeks pregnant this Monday! Whoa me...stretch belly, s...t...r...e...t...c...h! This baby is gonna keep growing, belly of mine, so I kinda need you to, you know, go along with it (humour me).
For such a huge event in my life (probably the biggest) I have written sweet F.A about this coming baby. It really has been one of those times where I have been rendered quiet and have pulled new information into me, rather then expelled it out of me.
A life growing inside of a woman, for the first time, is a period of a big readjustment to life itself, of change, of contemplation, of learning, of facing bad habits and fears.
It's taking the deck of cards of your identity and reshuffling them totally, to deal yourself a new hand.
I feel like someone inserted a ripe watermelon into my stomach while I wasn't looking. Seriously, I can't even manage to look at a glass of water without wanting to groan because I feel full to the gills.
I'm only 23 weeks pregnant this Monday! Whoa me...stretch belly, s...t...r...e...t...c...h! This baby is gonna keep growing, belly of mine, so I kinda need you to, you know, go along with it (humour me).
For such a huge event in my life (probably the biggest) I have written sweet F.A about this coming baby. It really has been one of those times where I have been rendered quiet and have pulled new information into me, rather then expelled it out of me.
A life growing inside of a woman, for the first time, is a period of a big readjustment to life itself, of change, of contemplation, of learning, of facing bad habits and fears.
It's taking the deck of cards of your identity and reshuffling them totally, to deal yourself a new hand.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Ahhh Baby Brain...
And I thought I was rich in ditzy moments BEFORE I fell pregnant...
Baby-Brain Moment # 1: Standing in my kitchen in the morning, eating my cereal and staring vacantly at the contents of my pantry, vaguely wondering what was wrong with the picture I was looking at. Eventually realized I was staring at the carton of milk I had put on the pantry shelf, instead of in the fridge.
Baby-Brain Moment # 2: Yesterday morning, breakfast time again. Josh had already poured me a bowl of cereal and had it waiting for me. I pour milk onto cereal, put milk back in fridge. Ahh challenge completed successfully. Speak to Josh as I pull out OJ. Grab a bowl and absent mindedly begin to pour OJ into bowl. Half a 'glass' later, look down at bowl, look at Josh...cue laughing. Josh now has more material to pull out for down the track, when he wants to amuse others with ancedotes of his baby-brain-addled wife-to-be.
Baby-Brain Moment # 3: Today at work. Putting stationery away in their appropriate spots. The portable phone I carry around work is on the bench in front of me, in amongst other stationery tools. Finish packing away stationery, grab phone and head to kitchen. Get to kitchen and realize it wasn't the phone I grabbed, I am holding the stapler.
Nice.
It'll get worse, mark my words.
Baby-Brain Moment # 1: Standing in my kitchen in the morning, eating my cereal and staring vacantly at the contents of my pantry, vaguely wondering what was wrong with the picture I was looking at. Eventually realized I was staring at the carton of milk I had put on the pantry shelf, instead of in the fridge.
Baby-Brain Moment # 2: Yesterday morning, breakfast time again. Josh had already poured me a bowl of cereal and had it waiting for me. I pour milk onto cereal, put milk back in fridge. Ahh challenge completed successfully. Speak to Josh as I pull out OJ. Grab a bowl and absent mindedly begin to pour OJ into bowl. Half a 'glass' later, look down at bowl, look at Josh...cue laughing. Josh now has more material to pull out for down the track, when he wants to amuse others with ancedotes of his baby-brain-addled wife-to-be.
Baby-Brain Moment # 3: Today at work. Putting stationery away in their appropriate spots. The portable phone I carry around work is on the bench in front of me, in amongst other stationery tools. Finish packing away stationery, grab phone and head to kitchen. Get to kitchen and realize it wasn't the phone I grabbed, I am holding the stapler.
Nice.
It'll get worse, mark my words.
Monday, April 09, 2007
Baby's Got Bump
A view from the outside...
I'm 20 weeks pregnant today! Happy Halfway Point!!!
The Corn Pop is moving around and I feel soft little tapping kicks every now and then. A couple of weeks ago I started feeling this really strange movement that was decidedly different to the kick/taps I feel these days. Sounds awful to compare our baby to a reptile but the sensation was akin to feeling the weight of a boa constrictor on the floor of my uterus, sliding around. Very Alien-like...
God, I feel like I've started writing about this very late in the game...I mean I'm halfway through my pregnancy and this is only my second post about it. I guess I didn't have words for this amazing time, I was digesting all these changes.
Sleeping on my side (yep, I'm a devoted, life-long belly sleeper) is still taking some getting used to, even with the maternity body pillow I forked out good money for. It's too fat and my leg either falls off it through the night or I wake up in the morning and discover the pillow slacking off on the floor.
I'm 20 weeks pregnant today! Happy Halfway Point!!!
The Corn Pop is moving around and I feel soft little tapping kicks every now and then. A couple of weeks ago I started feeling this really strange movement that was decidedly different to the kick/taps I feel these days. Sounds awful to compare our baby to a reptile but the sensation was akin to feeling the weight of a boa constrictor on the floor of my uterus, sliding around. Very Alien-like...
God, I feel like I've started writing about this very late in the game...I mean I'm halfway through my pregnancy and this is only my second post about it. I guess I didn't have words for this amazing time, I was digesting all these changes.
Sleeping on my side (yep, I'm a devoted, life-long belly sleeper) is still taking some getting used to, even with the maternity body pillow I forked out good money for. It's too fat and my leg either falls off it through the night or I wake up in the morning and discover the pillow slacking off on the floor.
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