6 weeks to go - Ho-leee Cow!
Can't believe how quickly the time is going now. J and I were talking about it last night and he was saying he'll be a little sad when it's all over. I think he'd like to have another baby just to see me pregnant again. He loves it and we're right in the thick of it now. I seem to have grown again over the weekend and Cupcake is developing her own little personality. She'll 'play' with us now by pushing back when we rub my belly and talk to her.
Had the portrait session on Saturday and it was fantastic. I totally recommend it to any pregnant gals reading this. We did a few pics totally dressed, for the parents, then stripped off. I was completely comfortable and felt so beautiful and special. I just hope the actual images compare to how great I felt posing for them. The photographer's wife is seven months pregnant with their first baby so he wasn't shocked by my big belly and I think we got some great pics. We go back for the viewing in a couple of weeks.
Lately, I've felt a real shift in the pregnancy. A slowing down and drawing in. I remember this feeling with Toby. Everything starts to shrink down to our little bubble and all of the unimportant stuff gets set aside. It's a nice, cozy feeling and I hope I can really give myself up to it like I did with Tobes. I think of it as my own version of the traditional confinement in the last month of pregnancy. My focus is totally on family, home and preparation for the baby's arrival. I'm not quite there yet but I feel things shifting in that direction.
I've been thinking about Cupcake a lot too - as a person, a little girl, a young woman - and I think I'm ready to make my predictions for her. I did this with Tobes based on his life in the womb and mother's intuition. I guessed that, among other things, Tobes would be energetic, tactile, dexterous, very sociable, affectionate and independent. So far, all of those things have been true.
So my predictions for Cupcake are:
Based on her life in the womb - I think she'll be a very active child with a bit of a temper but with composure and direction. Neither Tobes nor Cupcake liked to have ultrasounds but they differ in that Tobes would simply thrash around or kick out wildly while Cupcake will squirm a little and then deliver one or two well-targeted kicks. I think that people who are close to Cupcake will be very special to her but she'll be wary of new people. She loves to interact with me, J and Toby but tends to go quiet when other people are around. I'll feel her moving so I know she's awake but she seems to prefer to listen rather than try to participate. I think she'll enjoy music but it won't be very important to her. She'll be a very determined person who won't give up easily. If she wants to put her foot somewhere and I'm lying in a position that makes it impossible, she doesn't just give up and try to put her foot somewhere else. She pushes in the same spot harder and harder until I eventually move so that she can put her foot wherever she wants it to go.
Based on mother's intuition - I think Cupcake will be a somewhat serious, self-contained child. I have a feeling that she'll be the kind of child who's always watching and doesn't miss a thing. I hope she has her rambunctious, playful, silly times too but I do see her as a thinker. A very calm exterior but with a great deal of passion just under the surface.
What she'll look like - I have no idea! Aside from the actual images I've seen of her face I really don't have a clear image of her in my mind. With Tobes I just knew what he was going to look like. I even clipped an image from a magazine and kept it because I thought the baby looked so much like Tobes - this was a couple of months before he was born. I do think Cupcake will have blue eyes but I can see her as either very dark-haired or very blonde. I guess it'll be a surprise.
Had the portrait session on Saturday and it was fantastic. I totally recommend it to any pregnant gals reading this. We did a few pics totally dressed, for the parents, then stripped off. I was completely comfortable and felt so beautiful and special. I just hope the actual images compare to how great I felt posing for them. The photographer's wife is seven months pregnant with their first baby so he wasn't shocked by my big belly and I think we got some great pics. We go back for the viewing in a couple of weeks.
Lately, I've felt a real shift in the pregnancy. A slowing down and drawing in. I remember this feeling with Toby. Everything starts to shrink down to our little bubble and all of the unimportant stuff gets set aside. It's a nice, cozy feeling and I hope I can really give myself up to it like I did with Tobes. I think of it as my own version of the traditional confinement in the last month of pregnancy. My focus is totally on family, home and preparation for the baby's arrival. I'm not quite there yet but I feel things shifting in that direction.
I've been thinking about Cupcake a lot too - as a person, a little girl, a young woman - and I think I'm ready to make my predictions for her. I did this with Tobes based on his life in the womb and mother's intuition. I guessed that, among other things, Tobes would be energetic, tactile, dexterous, very sociable, affectionate and independent. So far, all of those things have been true.
So my predictions for Cupcake are:
Based on her life in the womb - I think she'll be a very active child with a bit of a temper but with composure and direction. Neither Tobes nor Cupcake liked to have ultrasounds but they differ in that Tobes would simply thrash around or kick out wildly while Cupcake will squirm a little and then deliver one or two well-targeted kicks. I think that people who are close to Cupcake will be very special to her but she'll be wary of new people. She loves to interact with me, J and Toby but tends to go quiet when other people are around. I'll feel her moving so I know she's awake but she seems to prefer to listen rather than try to participate. I think she'll enjoy music but it won't be very important to her. She'll be a very determined person who won't give up easily. If she wants to put her foot somewhere and I'm lying in a position that makes it impossible, she doesn't just give up and try to put her foot somewhere else. She pushes in the same spot harder and harder until I eventually move so that she can put her foot wherever she wants it to go.
Based on mother's intuition - I think Cupcake will be a somewhat serious, self-contained child. I have a feeling that she'll be the kind of child who's always watching and doesn't miss a thing. I hope she has her rambunctious, playful, silly times too but I do see her as a thinker. A very calm exterior but with a great deal of passion just under the surface.
What she'll look like - I have no idea! Aside from the actual images I've seen of her face I really don't have a clear image of her in my mind. With Tobes I just knew what he was going to look like. I even clipped an image from a magazine and kept it because I thought the baby looked so much like Tobes - this was a couple of months before he was born. I do think Cupcake will have blue eyes but I can see her as either very dark-haired or very blonde. I guess it'll be a surprise.
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