His kicks were fast as lightening. Seriously though, I didn't know that babies could be so strong at 3 pounds. It's fun feeling the movements and kicks now, but I am NOT going to lie, I am a little nervous about what those kicks will feel like in a month. Cracked ribs? Maybe.
photo: 30 weeks pregnant
According to these fetal weight chart things, Schumpert is 3 pounds and 16 inches long. I was painfully reminded yesterday at my midwife appointment that I am vertically challenged. There is nowhere to grow but OUT says she. I still have 10 weeks left and this baby is supposed to gain about 5 more pounds. Really, Pregnancy? Really?
Other than the little guy pushing my lungs up into my brain, making it hard for me to breathe, let alone think, things are pretty good right now. I have begun to groan as much as our black lab, Abbie Doo, but that's what pregnant women do, right?
Some people are making me a little nervous about labor. I have been told by several people that you have to be insane to go without an epidural. You see, I am going drug-free. No epidural and totally natural. I figure that women have been doing this since the beginning of time and our bodies are built for it, so I will tough it out (there's alot more to my decision than that...but that's another blog.) I think I'll be cursing myself during labor for choosing this, but I also think I will be so glad after it's over that I went that route. I'm pretty sure that our baby will have a giant head and come 2 weeks late, but you know, I'll just have to revert back to my pregnancy mantra - "it is what it is."
2 comments:
You know I am going to guess he will weight just under 7 pounds, and have a smallish but normal head, and you will have the easiest birth ever. So easy , in fact, you decide to get knocked up again mere months later....
hehehe...I hope that's all true, except for the deciding to get knocked up a few months later part.
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