Yesterday Jasper, Daddy and I travelled to a city a couple of hours away just so we could get a glimpse of your beautiful self! We were so excited to be able to confirm that you are a little boy and that you're growing well with no problems in sight. We discovered that you apparently have long legs for your age, that you are on average measuring 5 days ahead of your 'dates', that you have some spikey looking hair (!!) and that you are too cheeky (or shy!) as you wouldn't let us see your face in 3D! ha ha. Actually the ultrasound machine is really rather strange in that we could see your beautiful face in 2D but, when switched over to 3D, the view was obscured by your arm and hand, your umbilical cord, and also some placenta! The sonographer had me jumping up and down in the bathroom, wriggling and jiggling you as much as we could while I was lying down, and we even tried me up on the table on all fours but still that hand wouldn't budge! ha ha. Nevermind, we were so happy to see you, even for a second! It was well worth the trip...I would do it again in a heartbeat! Speaking of heartbeats...while I was waiting for my disc of photos of you to be processed a different sonographer asked me to come back in as they had "forgotten" to do something! Of course I welcomed the chance to see you again! :) It turned out that they wanted to check the blood flow through the cord and, just in case you're interested one day, I'm happy to report that you were apparently travelling very well and were nice and relaxed!
I feel as though I have bonded with you so much already. I am amazed at how different you are already to your big brother too! I always thought I would do my best not to "compare" my children, in the negative sense of the word, but I am pleasantly surprised to find that there is no negative comparisons possible! I absolutely adore that you and he are different and I promise you that I will always celebrate your differences and do my best to help you feel as special in your own right as I can. I'm sure you won't always think I am being a fair mum but hopefully when you are grown you can look back and see that I put a great deal of energy into fairness. :)
I am really looking forward to meeting you but I also don't want this pregnancy journey to be over so quickly! We only have another 8 weeks or so together, I can't believe how fast time is flying by! I am getting more and more uncomfortable by the day but I'm loving you more and more each day too, so will endure all the pain in the world if I have to! I thought this little letter would be more profound, more revealing, and even more 'cute' than it is (as that is how I think of you in my head!) but I guess no words can ever express what I want to express -- especially not at this late hour! ha ha. I think about you all the time baby boy and will see you very soon.
Lots of love,
Mummy.
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