Now that is a baby in full-on, headin’ out mode. Interesting appointment yesterday. We went in expecting our usual upbeat, pat on the back, “nice job kiddo, good progress you’re making there”. Instead we got more of a “wow, that’s a lot of progress, and wow, that baby has really dropped” followed by a comment…
Tag: birth (story)ies
thirty-seventh week
Two weeks ago complete strangers were commenting on my very round belly. “It’s soooo cute”, they’d gush, “you’re adorable”, “that’s the roundest little belly I’ve ever seen”. Alas, that sort of random, unsolicited admiration lasted about two weeks. It’s officially been replaced by the equally unsolicited “So, when are you due?” or “Looks like it’s…
three thoughts
I have been in love with food all day today. Not in the sort of stuff your face, can’t get enough kind of way, because my stomach has been squashed into a pancake somewhere in there. Just the kind of love that’s a sort of reverent appreciation for the fruits of early summer. Both of…