dear baby. post 22.

sept. 25, 2013

dear baby,

31 weeks already! how is it possible that you will be here in 9 weeks (or less--or more). that hardly seems like anything! it is going to fly by!

your dad started training for his new job at apple this week. he is already really enjoying it and looking forward to all the opportunities that it is going to bring. hopefully he will be able to go full time as quickly as possible so that we can have some coverage for you when you are born, but of course, everything will work out exactly how it should. i’m not worried about it at all.

work has been getting tougher and tougher. my ribs on my right side are constantly hurting. i don’t blame you, little one. i blame myself. i have terrible posture when i’m at work because my chair is so uncomfortable and i sort of lean to the right all day long it just smashes my ribs and by the end of the day they are very sore. i am trying to do better but it seems like as soon as they start hurting, there is no real relief. hopefully i’ll be able to find a solution.

i am pretty sure that you are still sitting breech in my belly. i have been looking for ways to get you to turn but i haven’t tried any yet. last night your grammy put some ice on my belly in hopes that you would turn, but instead you sort of just scrunched up to get away from the cold feeling. i don’t blame you, baby. i would have done the same thing. i do not like being cold.

i can feel you getting the hiccups a lot not. probably once a day. sometimes it is still hard to tell if they are hiccups but i’m getting pretty good at noticing them now. i love being able to feel you move around more and i feel like i am already getting a good sense of your personality.

so far, i know that you don’t like being cold or having cold things near you. i don’t think that is abnormal. i don’t think anyone likes that. and i also think that having the hiccups is a little frustrating for you which definitely comes from me. whenever i feel you hiccuping, you start to kick a lot like you are frustrated with the hiccups and just want them to stop. i do the same thing. i hate having the hiccups. they make me crazy!

off to the dr. again next week and hopefully i will have gained some weight and you will have grown a lot. i’m eating all i can! eat it up, little one.

your daddy and i love you so much. see you soon.

xo.

love,

mama.