Today I am 39 weeks pregnant with Noah. And here I pose the question as to WHY...seriously, why do women spend their whole lives thinking pregnancy is 9 months? It's not a truthful statement. In fact it feels quite cruel at the very end when you're SO ready to see your little person outside of your belly and have all the aches and pains disappear - and then you skate by month nine, headed into the 10th...full term is considered 10 months. We must change the 9-month dub pregnancy has retained because it's unnecessarily misleading!
Nonetheless, I'm ecstatic to meet this little guy and I'm pretty sure he's ready to meet me, because his movements are so sharp, forceful, and abundant, that sometimes i feel like a little foot might actually just break skin. Lincoln was active, but NOTHING like this guy has been. At my appointments, my doctor has recently just started shaking his head with a smile on his face telling me I'm gonna have my hands full.
One of the things Jason and I have decided to do when Noah is born is send Lincoln back with Jason's parents for a week while we adjust to baby Noah. We've had this planned for some time, but it has recently hit me how hard it is going to be to be away from Lincoln for that long! It will by far be the longest time we've been away from him. But I think it's a good thing since it's still in the middle of basketball season, to give me some extra time to recover and help little Noah get into some sort of a routine (and me try and re-attach my head). I'm curious to see how we hold up without the little rockstar here.
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I never know what to say when people ask "How many months are you?" Because the weeks calendar of pregnancy totally doesn't translate to months!
I thought about that last night on the way home--how hard it will be not to see Lincoln for a week!! But, just think of how much fun he'll have with Jason's parents and how much they'll enjoy him! But if you want to cry to me, don't worry, I'll listen and probably cry right along with you. :) Can't wait to meet Noah!!! Hope he doesn't break his way out before Saturday! (so that I don't miss my husbands debut. I know, it's incredibly selfish!)
i agree we need to change the perception of pregnancy to 10 months :).
that is really wise of you to spend one week with just the baby--i'm sure lincoln will have a blast with the relatives!
I'm glad I checked in! The big day is almost here eh? You can do it! I'll pray for you guys this week. Yay for Noah!
Praying for an easy delivery for you! If I could say one thing about having two kids is don't let yourself feel guilty for not having as much time with your first one. Before you know it Lincoln will not remember life with out his brother!
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