Meanwhile, in the real world...

[oloriel]

"Oh, your contractions are already pretty regular," quoth my gyn, "you're probably feeling them, too?"

Um, no. Not really. I had plenty of time (30 minutes :P) to observe the CTG printout, and there are indeed contractions very well visible every 5-6 minutes, but when lying down, I don't feel the least bit. When I am standing or sitting upright, I feel the hardened muscle, but only then, and nothing more.

"Well," says she, "once they turn into labour you'll notice - you definitely won't sleep through it."

You're the doc, doc.

So! Mathematically, exactly one week to go.
Aside from assuring me that I'll know when it's happening, the gyn also declared while she couldn't say when the birth would start, that once it had started, it wouldn't last ages - everything is apparently "ripe" and as prepared as can be without actually being in progress. So that's good. Doppler sonography showed that Offspring's sustenance is guaranteed for at least two more weeks (because apparently changes/trouble with the umbilical cord/placenta cast their "shadow" about 14 days in advance), so if he decides to marinade a bit longer, that's fine as well. He is now (again, mathematically) 49 cm "tall" and weighs 3240 grams, so there should be no size trouble (for the time being!) either.

I, meanwhile, am now weighing 80.1 kg. Whoa. XD

And because how often do you get to gain 20 kg in 9 months and brag about it?, here's another bump picture. Who knows how long I'll be able to take them now ;)




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Comments

[barbardin.livejournal.com]

No wonder you find cooking so exhausting - when you're marinading your offspring 24/7. That's a fulltime job! :D

Und ich finde auch, dass du super aussiehst! Der Bauch ist doch fake! Der ist einfach zu perfekt rund. ;)

(...Jetzt muss ich an meine Oma denken, die damals in ihrer Nachbarschaft für Adoptionsgerüchte gesorgt hat, als mein Vater auf die Welt kam. Die Frau hatte einfach keinen Bauch. Bei ihr sah es wirklich aus wie nicht verdaute Weihnachtsgans.. und dann kam mein Papa am 30.12. und alle waren irritiert, woher das Baby kommt. Ich schätze mal, das wird dir nicht passieren. ;)

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

*laughs* Ah, but the trick with a good marinade is that you've only got to prepare it ONCE and then the enzymes and spices will do all the work for you...
... ok, the analogy is getting a bit creepy here. XD

Psssst, ich hab ne Wassermelone geklaut ;) Aber der Bauch ist gar nicht immer so rund, manchmal hat der auch ganz seltsame Beulen, wenn der Kleine sich gerade irgendwie quergelegt hat.

(Nein, bei uns fragen nur mittlerweile alle, die vorbeikommen, ob es denn NOCH nicht geboren ist. Was irgendwie ne blöde Frage ist. DOCH, IST ER, ABER ICH HAB IHN GLEICH WIEDER RUNTERGESCHLUCKT!)

[barbardin.livejournal.com]

*wegbrech*

..."MIT MARINADE!!"