To my dear child,
I am 25 weeks pregnant today, and I lie here feeling you kicking me across my tummy. I love feeling you kick as I know I am never alone! You have been kicking me for a while now. Daddy first felt you kick on Christmas Day – that was a lovely present! Since then, he feels you every night, and sometimes you play games with him – he pokes and you kick, and he pokes again and you kick again. You also seem to love kicking me just when I’m trying to fall asleep! Mummy doesn’t like this too much. I complain to Daddy, and he rubs my belly saying ‘’Sssh, it’s sleeping time now’’ which sometimes settles you down.
I am still getting ‘’morning sickness’’ some days, but not every day now, which is a big relief. But when I do have it, it feels like there is a washing machine in my tummy and I feel terrible! I often get sick if i don’t eat often enough or if I get overheated (which is hard to avoid in the middle of summer!). Sometimes daddy and I joke about you pressing ‘’the button’’ which turns my nausea on and off – as sometimes it comes on very suddenly, and disappears hours later just as suddenly. I wish you didn’t know where the button was and never turned it on! If only it were that simple though!
My belly is getting bigger and bigger – somedays I just feel fat, but somedays, especially when you’re kicking really hard and making my belly move, I feel beautiful with my big, hard belly. I can’t believe it’s going to keep getting even bigger! Daddy and I try to remember to take photos whenever we remember, and it’s great to see in the pictures how much my belly (and you!) are growing.The other night you made me smile. We were watching a dancing competition on tv, and a team of irish dancers came on, and when the irish music started and they started dancing – so did you! You kicked and rolled and kicked and rolled the entire performance until just after the music was finished! I told Daddy it looks like you want to do irish dancing – Dad just groaned and said ‘’Does that mean I have to go to all the concerts? It all looks the same to me, it’s boring!”. But I’m sure he’d change his mind if you were in the concerts – and he’d not be able to take his eyes off of you! We shall see. You also like to kick me when I’m singing, and when we go to church during worship songs too. Maybe you like to dance to the music. Or maybe you’re trying to tell your Mummy to stop singing!
I have started reading all the labour and childbirth books now to start preparing for your birth. I can’t believe it could be 15 weeks or less away! There is so much to do and time is going so quickly! I am very excited thinking about your arrival, and starting to get excited about shopping for you – I love buying new things for you! It is hard though, not being able to buy cute clothes because we don’t know if you are a boy or a girl! So I am buying some of each (ssshhh, don’t tell daddy!).
The months while we were trying to conceive you went so slowly, and each week felt so long waiting to find out if we were finally pregnant with you. And then the first 12 weeks went so slow, waiting to know that you were ok and perfect inside my tummy. But now, time is really flying very quickly, and before we know it, you will be here with us, and our lives will be truly changed forever. We can’t wait to meet you. We love you already, and our lives are already blessed because of your presence in my tummy. We have so many hopes and dreams for you, and can’t wait until you come and join our little family.
All my love,
Mummy
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