Now, in the last month of pregnancy, I realise that I had forgotten about this bit. You wake-up one day and suddenly nothing matters, apart from sitting down (lying if possible) and consuming enough calories. A couple of weeks ago I had a big list, plans and a sense of urgency - now I just have this huge bump and strange sense of overwhelming calm. It’s like the eye of the storm!
I now find Big Sis and Little Bro’s television programmes interesting, and can really enjoy a game of snakes and ladders with Big Sis without feeling I’ve got to jump up in a moment and do something “productive”. The toys are all over the floor, all our clothes are dirty and I just don’t care!
I remember when this stage hit me the first time with Big Sis I was still working - I’d sit there staring at files with glazed eyes, willing myself to concentrate! The kids are loving it - they have to fetch and carry for me but they now have the undivided attention of this whale like mother, who is incredibly interested in how to make the tissue box really look like a car!
My world has shrunk down to a 5 metre radius. My only external interest is cooking and freezing food. I’m serious, every day I cook kilos of things like pasta sauces and pumpkin soup, zip them into single serve zip-lock bags and stack them neatly in the freezer.
Today I caught myself standing at the freezer door smiling fondly at the contents, rubbing my bump. Big Sis interrupted the reverie with “What are you doing mummy” - a very good question indeed!
Cooking, playing, pregnancy, week 36
August 22nd, 2007 at 9:29 pm
Mind the bump!…
Leisa talks about the strange calm that descends in the last stage of pregnancy and how you just have to go with it!…
August 23rd, 2007 at 2:41 am
Ha! That glazed-over sensation hit me at one and a hlaf weeks past conception! And it still hasn’t compeltely faded
August 23rd, 2007 at 2:46 am
Sweet! Enjoy this short reverie because it will pass soon enough!
August 23rd, 2007 at 7:29 am
It will pass - so the important thing is to enjoy it while its here! Sometimes I really envy Dog - without a frontal lobe he has that “living in the moment” thing really down well!
August 23rd, 2007 at 4:17 pm
Enjoy the last days of pregnancy. In another month or so, you would be busy as a bee. Praying for a safe and normal delivery.
BTW, I am including this in the Carnival of Family Life next week (I am hosting).
August 26th, 2007 at 10:17 pm
Thanks Grace!
August 28th, 2007 at 4:13 pm
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August 29th, 2007 at 9:19 am
Just lovely!
enjoy that time. 
Thanks for reminding me. 
August 30th, 2007 at 3:53 pm
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