Welcome to the second trimester! One night I went to bed with a (reasonably) flat tummy and the next morning it decided it’s time to look seriously pregnant and pops! Am so proud of my new round tummy I can stare at it for ages in the shower. I feel less like an idiot too when doing my nightly chat with Klumpen as my tummy now does show signs that someone is actually living there. No one can accuse me of talking to my dinner anymore!
Marek is getting more and more clucky it worries me a little bit. He would cuddle Zoe to death (poor little Zoe…) and blabber “oy oy oy oy my little girl! oy oy oy so cute! oy oy oy” and so on and so on. If I am unlucky enough to be nearby, I would get sucked into the deadly cuddle and he goes “oy oy oy… my two little girls! oy oy oy my lovely little girls! oy oy oy” and I sometimes need to karate-chop him to break free. Everytime there’s a TV advertisement with a baby on it he would scream hysterically “I want that!” to which I reply “Coming soon”. Maybe I should buy a Barbie doll to keep him quiet until Klumpen comes out.
FACT: Head to bottom, Klumpen is now about 10 cm long and weighs about 70 gr - woohooo! She is busy inhaling and exhaling amniotic fluid, which will help develop the air sacs in her lungs. Her legs are growing longer than her arms now, and she can move all her joints and limbs. That means her hands are more functional too. Sweat glands are appearing (get the Rexona ready!) and although her eyelids are fused shut, she can sense light. If I shine a flashlight at my tummy, she is likely to move away from the beam. Hah! Let’s see how cranky she’ll be if I do that all night >:) There’s not much for the baby to taste at this point, but her taste buds are beginning to form.
How mommy’s life is changing:
- She should already gain 2.5kg by now *gulp* I think I have already gained almost 4kg! Damn the peanut butter and jam sandwiches!!
- Nose might be stuffed up. Hey, funny… my nose was stuffed up a couple of days ago but I think it’s common cold instead of the more sophisticated “rhinitis of pregnancy”. Sounds terribly serious, eh? Apparently pregnancy alters mommy’s immune system and makes her more susceptible to certain infections.
