En Utero

Feeling this baby move comprises the best parts of my day. Add to that my vivid imagination and I come up with some very interesting scenarios.

Like last week when I was lying on my back in bed and felt this light thudding low in my pelvis and imagined that this kid was trapped way down there and tapping out an SOS. "Help! I can't breathe. Move woman, move!"

Other times when he seems to be everywhere at once, I picture him lying on his side, shoulder pressed firmly against placenta, feet walking him around in circles. Or that he's doing loop-de-loos in his watery abyss, complete with a "wooooo" as he swimmingly completes each flip. Or that he's jumping rope or hopping back and forth over the cord. "Step on a crack, break your mother's back."

As my uterus continues its upward ascent, I now feel him in the vicinity of my navel, and know he'll soon be up in my ribs and stomach.

L bought two little outfits from Babies R Us yesterday. She said she couldn't resist because they were cute, plus they were on sale. There are now 3 little outfits hanging the doorknob of what will be the nursery door. The one on top is a little sleeper with safari animals and bears on the feet. As I was in my bathroom this morning, my eye caught that sleeper and I got a little teary and weepy thinking about how in a few months I'll have a little someone who will be wearing that sleeper.

For now, he's still cooking. And kicking.

~Nichole