I have been a real slacker about documenting this pregnancy. But, suddenly, I can no longer pretend I'm not pregnant. My belly has really grown in the last two weeks. I'm starting to get uncomfortable. I think she's sitting a lot higher than Liam did. I constantly feel pressure on on my ribs and stomach and lungs and whatever else is located up there between my belly and my boobs. I keep feeling like I'm already out of space, especially after I've eaten. I have no idea how this little girl and I are going to exist in the same skin for another 15 weeks.
Liam is really funny about the whole thing. He's always commenting on how my belly is getting bigger. And he has fully digested all of the information I've shared with him about the baby and how this all works. He knows that she's in there and that she is in a separate compartment than the food I eat. He knows that she gets her food from what I eat and that it comes directly to her tummy through a "straw" and not through her mouth like his own food. He knows she's swimming around in there in a pool of water and he knows she can hear him. He even knows that she is going to come out eventually and that he is going to help take care of her. But he has no idea how much this little baby is going to rock his little world. There is no way for him to know just how things will change for all of us. There's really no way for any of us to know that.
Jason is kind of funny about the baby too. I think he's a little weirded out that she's a girl. He had no sisters and no cousins. He grew up with mostly boys around. Thank goodness for Christy Ricker. Without her he would literally know nothing about girls. Also - and this isn't a girl thing because he was the same way when I was pregnant with Liam - he is still freaked out by feeling the baby move. He thinks it feels like a person stuck in a pool under a tarp, trying to get out. Geeez.
Anyway, this little baby has definitely already experienced a lot during her 25 weeks in there. Most of these experiences have not been very baby centered (dissertating, moving, etc). However, I will try and be better for the remaining months of this pregnancy. Try and focus on her a little more. And try and document what's going on a little better. At a minimum, hopefully, we can choose a name for her!
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