Friday 22 May 2009

Tieing shoelaces and hoovering

The seventh month or 32nd week of pregnancy is here and I am now feeling every minute of those weeks both mentally and physically. At the minute I cannot;
a. Tie my shoelaces.
b. Paint my toenails.
c. Admire the new waxed regions I now own!?
d. Bath the bubble, unless I'm in it with her.(And then there's no room for her...)
e. Wear trousers who's ingredients list don't contain 99.9% lycra.

However, I can;
a. Flop on the sofa at 7pm and feel like I've run a marathon even if I haven't.
b. Read endless stories to the bubble whilst she rubs my belly and not feel guilty about the dishes.
c. Guilt trip himself into hoovering the house from top to bottom.
d. Cry whenever I want and not have to give a particularily sensible reason to himself- 'it's just my hormones...'
e. Watch my little bubble with so much more admiration and love than ever before. I think it's the hormones again....

However, I can do these things, but really I shouldn't;
a. Think about when number three will come along...... twos' plenty for now. Yea right, who am I kidding I really want to supply the NI football team with 50% of their players.
b. Dream about bringing this one- also a girl, I just know it- home to live with us.
c. But when I do point b. I think of the 24 or 48 or maybe even 72 hours before hand and scare the s**t out of myself.
d. Smell the bottle of witch hazel chilling in preparation for being needed in my fridge. I wretch every time, time travel back two and a half years, remember the bruising and pain, feel sick and shudder, but only for a second before the butterflies appear and I feel very excited and grateful again.

As I sit here and type, the bubble is sitting in the window watching Mr Tumble who is learning her sign language. She's such a star. Smart and loving. I can't wait until her little sis (or brother if my instincts are wrong) it sitting beside her and I'm still on this seat typing about the two little stars I've got.

4 comments:

Claire said...

Ah what a lovely post Em. Pregnancy takes it out of you in lots of ways but you are so right, it's worth it just to sit and watch the little miracle you've created. Not long now, i am getting so excited to meet Bubble 2!

Paula O'Hara said...

oh emms - you brought lots of memories flooding back for me. feelings of motherhood - The up and down rollercoaster - so perfectly captured.x

Hot Cross Mum said...

Hope the pregnancy is still going well. You probably can't even flop on the sofa at this stage - or fit at a table to type even! As for the hoovering, that can be done in 18 years when the children have left home! Good luck.

Boop-Boop said...

Very cute blogs! :))))

Me x