tummy time

As requested by several family members … photos of my humongous tummy are here.

I am officially off work now. Unfortunately for one of the projects we are going through a rather critical troubleshooting time so I need to be in touch via email a bit more than I originally planned, but it should be ok. I brought my work computer home and easily manged to get the network stuff set up with Dan’s help. We also had a nice game of Warcraft last night using the PC, since my iBook was far too slow to play the game.

It’s quite strange, but at 38 weeks I feel great. For the past month or so I have felt very good. It must be the hormones. I don’t really have much back or hip pain, my legs are not swollen, I am sleeping relatively well and I don’t feel as tired as I thought I would be. I think the yoga and the massages really helped. Attending the yoga has helped me to be more aware of my posture as well which prevents a lot of the back pain.

I just can’t get over how active and strong Kicky is. It’s like having a chiropractor living inside my abdomen. My impression was that newborns are kind of floppy and passive, but if she acts anything like the way she is acting now she will be very squirmy. I just hope she doesn’t use her superhuman strength to resist coming out when it’s time. I get the impression that she’s a bit cranky about being so cramped so hopefully she will enjoy being able to move around like she used to!

Spring is here and it feels great. It’s my favourite season and I am going to enjoy every minute I have off. By the time we’re home from the hospital and I have enough energy, the park down the street should be all thawed and clean so I intend to spend a lot of time there.