This being your mother's
first pregnancy, she's not really sure just how contractions are
supposed to feel. At the beginning of this week, perhaps as a way
of announcing that the ninth and last month of pregnancy was starting,
she felt a new and different sort of pulling in her. You just didn't
let up and we thought that just maybe you were announcing a slightly
early arrival.
We know that this is
giving you more credit than even a child of ours really deserves,
but we even had the feeling that perhaps behind our backs you've
been reading the same books that we've been reading. They tell us
that we should be prepared for possible contractions - and all of
a sudden you seem to be making good on those predictions.
Actually, we were pretty
sure that you weren't about to make an appearance, but we went to
the hospital anyway and your mother was hooked up to a monitor where
she had a chance to see you and to have your activities tracked.
It seems that you were particularly active (your mother didn't need
a monitor to learn that) and the doctor suggested that your mother
try and rest for a few days and in that way perhaps get you to relax
as well.
And that's what she did,
though whether you calmed down, or whether she simply got a bit
more used to your constant activity is not exactly clear. Either
way, your mother stayed home for most of this week and tried to
relax as much as you let her, and by the end of the week we were
willing to accept the idea that the excitement of the beginning
of the week was only a false alarm. We're still waiting - patiently
- for your arrival.
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