We are having a baby THIS year.
We always had Christmas and New Year to think about before the birth - not any longer. Dont get me wrong, this is not a bad thing but it is, well, another milestone on the journey.
All of a sudden it's not next year this and next year that, it's this year all the way. Have I said yet this is going fasssst. I cant wait and yet feel like I am still ill prepared!...
...however this month is filled with antenatal classes and for me Dads to Be. I cant remember if I mentioned these - I have 4 classes at Livingston on 4 consecutive Monday nights. They cover everything from labor, to baby massage, to changing nappies, bathing the child etc. They even let you hold a real baby - I've set that one up for you Lee, dont let me down. ;o)
I think these classes are a god send. For someone who has never been around babies I think I will learn a lot. Sure there is the usual trepidation as I am heading along on my tod to a class thats catch phrase is "Run by men for men". I am wearing Nikes in case there is anyone there named Bubba.
So I'll let you know how they go. It is going to prove to be a VERY busy month and I can see it being February before I know it - then its just one month to go. I need air....and gas!!!
Anyway, onto something I typed earlier...
Don’t Cramp my Style!
I would say Sarah has been very lucky throughout the pregnancy with regards to physical ailments. She was not sick in the 1st trimester. She did not become bloated. She did not have any really disgusting cravings. In fact, life did not change that much…until now.
Life has become very much like one big monkey chant “Ooooo oooo ahhh ahhh eeeee eeee ooooo”. Every move is now accompanied by its own little sound.
Sitting down: “ahhooo”
Getting out of bed “arrrhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh uppp”.
Getting up to make a cup of tea “Chris make a cup of tea….I’m pregnant.”
I've become used to these sounds, I can live with them, however…
They say when a lion roars in the jungle it can be heard for 2 miles and the ground underneath your feet can vibrate a mile away. It is a sound that strikes fear into all those within the close vicinity. To be frank, it scares three types of s**t out of anything or anyone who realises this sound is coming from something not to be messed with.
Our house now has one such sound - when the female of the species goes something like:
”Jeeezussssssssssscrammmmmppppppinmylegggggggggggggaghhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!”
It was normally followed by the male of species:
“Holy shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiining light is on and its 7am and I cant get my breath back, what the ffffflick of the switch happened??”
Yup, cramp is setting in each and every time Sarah stretches her legs. When does she stretch them? When I am fast asleep and she is lying not 2 inches from my ear drums! Pregnant women in constant agony, a perpetual state of pain even, simply feel it is their god given right to act as they please. Sigh.
Comments
Classes? Take care not to drop any subjects, Chris!
Posted by: Lee | January 10, 2007 9:27 PM