Time has flown during my pregnancy. Preparing for and taking the California bar and moving abroad certainly contributed to the rush of it all. But here we are, a month / month-and-a-half pre-baby and we're getting excited. I am all registered at a birth house in Munich. It is a lovely place. I'd hoped to do a home birth, but with having just moved here, it doesn't *quite* feel like home yet and it would've taken a lot more leg work to find an English-speaking midwife who did homebirths in my area. And I'll admit that the "by the way, no worries if you hear a lot of yelling come next month; I'm just birthing is all" conversation with my landlords - who live below us - is not one I was looking forward to. So the birth house is a great middle ground. I (we) got checked out last week, and all is well. The baby's head is down, which my bladder could have told you.
And for those interested in anatomy, I give you this picture of me in a family way. Or my "baby bump," as those of you who like to make me shudder call it. I didn't show until late in the pregnancy, and when I did Will went around pointing it out to people as if we were debunking some widespread theory of my fake pregnancy. I've been a reluctant model for pregnancy pictures - it is a miraculous process and one that I've been fortunate to be very healthy throughout. But it has not made me feel particularly photogenic. But now as I fill up a dresser with onesies that I will be using in the very near future, I am a little more inclined to memorialize this time.
Pregnancy becomes you but it's not my way of saying to do this ten more times. The last few weeks get us to a point where we start thinking about evicting the alien. Enough is enough. Then we look back we wonder if it really happened until your toddler gets dangerously close to a hot plate and your "oh how time flies" ends abruptly.
ReplyDeleteYou are so cute! And now you can wear the maternity shirt we got you without looking nuts.
ReplyDeleteLooking great!! Can't wait to hear more about the birth house and your experiences
ReplyDeleteIndeed - I fit quite well into maternity gear now. Kristin, I am on pins and needles for you! I check the family site everday to see if she's arrived. It will be fun to swap stories after our d-days :)
ReplyDeleteAh so exciting!!! Happy new year... here's to us coming to visit in the new year!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Kate! We can't wait to see you guys! Put up more pics of your pup when you get a chance! Also - I hear you bought some seasons of Six Feet Under. I am jealous that you get to watch it for the first time. If you ever need to vent about Nate, feel free to lay it on me, sister.
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