This fetus is super active and kicking all the time. He punches/kicks so hard you can almost see the feet, elbow, or fist outline on Leanne’s tummy! I used to think he was tap dancing, but as he’s getting bigger, he’s getting a lot more force behind his movement. Now, I think he’s practicing karate.
I have made a new haiku for him (he’s now at 29 weeks and the size of brocolli).
Practicing your kicks
Kicking mom in her tummy
Don’t break uterus!
We are officially into the third trimester! Per Leanne, the fatigue of the first trimester is coming back with the added bonus of back pain. We do know officially that the baby is a BOY!
We feel emotionally ready but also… not. For example, I feel like I’ll be great dad and will have so much fun playing with the baby. Yet, I still am not 100% sure how to change a diaper. Thank goodness Mom will be coming to help, and we are so grateful for her!
We just know this kiddo is going to be so fashionable, because we know Aliya and Zahra will make sure of it (mostly Aliya though, no offense Zahra!).
I have fallen off track on writing haikus for each week of pregnancy, but I’m determined to get back on track! This haiku is in commemoration of week 18 of pregnancy when babies get their fingerprints.
Tiny fingerprints
Exclusive to only you
Special baby boy/girl
The end is boy/girl because we still don’t know the gender! Hopefully we’ll know soon though!
At 12 weeks, the baby is now the size of a plum. To commemorate the baby now being 12 weeks, I wrote the following haiku:
Humdrum til’ you come
My sweet plum you have become
Marching to your drum
Ichigo cutie
Eleven weeks already
Let’s go, baby! Grow!
The baby has grown fingers and toes, and is now doing flips! This baby is growing too fast!
Unofficially taken by Leanne
It’s hiccuping! How cute is that!
The little fetus is now the size of a fig, a little over an inch in length! It’s organs are developing, it’s bones getting harder, and it’s eyes moving up to it’s face where it’s developing cute (and hopefully not too bushy like it’s dad’s) eyebrows.
I’ve written another haiku.
You are but an inch
Developing your body
Thoughts too? I wonder…