Tuesday is going to be a big day for us. That is the day we learn the sex of our baby. So in honor of that day I want to post this poem because we both need some prayers for that day.
The Lord’s Poem
Love and sorrow,
you will partake,
faith in the Lord,
you must not forsake.
For life is short,
each day is dear,
but within his heart,
you’re always near.
I wrote that some time ago and I thought it might be best to post it now. It’s nice to read that when you have something big coming up in your life.
How are mom to be and baby?
They are both doing well. Mom to be is starting to get back to a normal schedule when it comes to food and sleep. Gone are the 1st trimester symptoms. The headaches have also started to pass as well.
I have been thinking about this since she got pregnant – nobody seems to talk much about the pregnancy itself. What it will be like? Maybe I’m out of the loop since I don’t read as much as mom to be. I read the dad stuff, sure, but not the stuff that women read.
Did anyone know you can’t have honey or cold cuts when you are pregnant? I had no idea until mom to be told me about it. It’s those kinds of little things you have to be on your game about during this time.
There are all kinds of little things like that you got to be aware of before the baby even gets here. Then that is another set of things you got to think about. It can be overwhelming if you let it get to you.
Anyway, all is well over here. We are all hanging in there.
This week your baby starts bulking up and packing on the grossly named “brown fat” he’ll need to keep warm when he gets evicted from his comfortable uterine home. Other highlights this week:
Vernix, a milky white coating that protects your baby’s skin, appears all over your baby’s body to keep his skin from getting pickled in the amniotic fluid. Think of it as if your baby has been dipped in yogurt, like those delicious but fake-healthy yogurt-covered raisins and pretzels. Ooh, we feel another craving comin’ on. … Under the vernix, a fuzzy layer of hair called lanugo now covers baby’s body. Don’t worry, your Mini won’t look like Cousin It when he’s born. Most of the fuzz will fall off before baby makes his grand entrance.
Good news: Your baby’s kidneys are fully functioning and producing urine this week. Bad news: That means there will be lots of diapers in your future. But so far you’re safe—at the moment the pee just passes into the amniotic fluid.
He or she now weighs about 8½ ounces and measures 6 inches, as long as a turkey sub from Subway on warm, delicious Italian Herbs and Cheese bread (or Honey Oat bread, or Oregano bread or …)
A Poetry Journey 