On Sat, 20 Jan 2001, Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote:
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> Julia Thompson schreef:
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> > On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, Charlie Bell wrote:
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> > > Julia wrote:
> > > > BTW, the baby is moving. Sometimes I feel the actual movement, sometimes
> > > > I feel the effect of him having moved from one spot to another. The most
> > > > annoying one, so far, is when he decides to move down a bit while I'm
> > > > driving, putting a little bit more human flesh right behind the seatbelt,
> > > > which is distracting at first. (Most of the time, he stays higher than
> > > > that, for which I and my bladder are glad....) I can listen for him with
> > >
> > > OK, here's where bipedalism fails: during prenancy. You're standing
> > > up. Inside you, there's a little guy, who is also in a head up
> > > position at the moment.
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> Our junior has also started to move around noticeably. He already had
> been moving for a while, but now he has become big enough that it
> really starts to distract. And if you ask me he has still too much
> space available. Another thing that is actually rather amusing. Junior
> doesn't like to be poked or pushed. So if I gently push on one side of
> my belly he starts to move to the other side. He, he, he. But making a
> good ultrasound picture is rather difficult because junior won't hold
> still long enough. This makes for some very amusing and nice footage
> during the scan, but making pictures is very much dependent on
> patience and a lot of good luck.
If mine moves to a spot that's not comfy for me, I can poke a bit, and
he'll move a little while later.
I used to notice pregnant women rubbing at their bellies, and thought
maybe it was to calm down the baby. In my case, it's to calm myself when
the baby is making things uncomfortable. :) And it tends to help some.
(I also just like revelling in the growing roundness of it, especially
just before or after a shower.)
> > Next to his feet is a round sac. Of course
> > > s/he's gonna kick it. This is why football is such an obsession around
> > > the world, we're conditioned to it before we're even born...
> >
> > Heh. The thing is, I don't think he's always head up at this point. I'm
> > just waiting for the day when he's strong enough to knock some air out of
> > my lungs when he kicks in the "up" direction. :P (And apparently I did
> > that a lot in the womb, so why wouldn't he?)
>
> Our junior already decided that early in the morning is the best time
> for his 'training sessions'. Just hope that sleeping through the night
> in the next few months will still be possible.
>From what I hear, it won't be. Near the end, your bladder will be
compressed enough that you'll have to get up to empty it 2-4 times a
night. (At least, this is what Michele and Tanya tell me, and they both
had babies around the same time -- their kids will be about 23 months old
when mine is born.)
> Something I noticed this week. When I look down I can't see my toes
> anymore. That is scary because I've always been able to see my toes.
The amount I have to move my rear end back to be able to see my toes while
standing is increasing incrementally. If it weren't so nice to be
pregnant, I'd miss my waist. Not that it was the greatest waist or
anything, but it was in a certain place and *stayed* there, at least. Now
the sticking-out of my belly has its edge encroaching on the place where
the bottom band of my bra goes, and *that's* weird.
Oh, and for Jim, the shoelace-tying is getting just a little more
interesting each week. If I could stand slip-on shoes better than I can,
I'd want to switch to those. And of course it gets much more interesting
when a dog is trying to get me to move faster, the way Briana was after me
this morning. (Miranda at least will back off a foot if I ask her to, if
she isn't already sitting in her bed with her nose a few inches from the
toe of the shoe I'm trying to tie; I keep worrying I'm going to whap her
when I bring my foot down one of these days.... Briana is a good
illustration of "in-your-face".)
Julia
