Bump

[radegund]

My inhabitant grows ever stronger. It can twitch my book through the duvet when I'm reading in bed, and it is developing the skill of poking me in several places at once. Its sphere of influence has increased, too - it now crowds my bladder to the south and my stomach to the north (and presumably all the rest in between, but that's not quite so noticeable).

I went to the doctor on Tuesday morning, and he assured me that all was well. The baby's heartbeat was as loud and frantic as ever, and my blood pressure remains on the low end of normal. When the doctor palpated my uterus he was able to tell me where the head and rump were.

He also uttered the dread words no pregnant woman wants to hear: "That's a big baby you've got!"

Anticipation of ouch. I do hope it's long rather than broad... :-)

Comments

[glitzfrau.livejournal.com]

Your fault entirely for picking niallm as breeding stock, you know! Next time, pick someone rather more diminutive. I submit ;-)

(good to hear the nice doctor was so encouraging - the news rather got lost in the thick of Tuesday evening...)

[radegund.livejournal.com]

Indeed, indeed. What a fool, me. Particularly when we consider that niallm is only his stunted 6'2", dainty size 12 feet etc. because his mother smoked her way through pregnancy...

On the other hand, I have large uncles, so I might not have escaped even with a partner of more manageable size.

[stephencass.livejournal.com]

It can twitch my book through the duvet

Good Lord, a literary critic in utero!

[radegund.livejournal.com]

It seemed to have a fundamental objection to the section on breast-pumps in What to Expect the First Year. Presumably it knows something I don't...

[ex-siren-so.livejournal.com]

Both my babies were pretty big (8lb 13oz and 8lb 14oz respectively) but the births were fine, honest :-)

[radegund.livejournal.com]

You don't know how -

Actually, no, you more than likely do know how glad I am to hear that :-)