new sensations

so here we are...just about 11 days to go until the due date. i think it's going to be this week, but i am not holding my breath. learned that with JG, this is definitely one thing that i have no control over at all. so i am just going with the flow, and feeling quite happy and content. at my check-up last week, the good dr. said everything is progressing like textbook, and bebi2 should be joining us out here very shortly. woo hoo!

new sensations galore, though. since i never experienced "imminent birth" with my first pregnancy, i am going through brand new physical and emotional sensations. i definitely have been feeling some of those "baby is coming" symptoms, like a dropping sensation where you feel the baby way down lower, more pressure...a new burst of energy that was not there just a week ago, and a sense of happiness and calm. maybe because it's the second time, i feel no stress, fear, impatience, or uneasiness. it's all good. don't get me wrong though - i do indeed feel huge and heavy and READY. i want with all my heart and soul for bb2 to come this week! and i think s/he will.

been feeling really nostalgic about us3 becoming us4. like it's never going to be just the three of us ever again, as it has been for the past 4 plus years. yesterday, we realised it may possibly be our last sunday with just us3, so went out on a date. we took the yamanote line to ueno park in the rain, and spent some dinosaur time at the national museum of nature and science. then after yummy thai food for dinner, we took the yamanote line circling the other way back home to meguro, making full circle. we ate onigiri and sandwiches for lunch on the ride there, and donuts for dessert on the ride back. it was a perfect day. but who knows, we may have another weekend still, just us3.

samma has been keeping tabs on the *chie-fisher baby pool*, and the bets are in:

francis: girl, july 3
allan: girl, july4
patchan: girl, july 9
samma: boy, july 9
timmy: girl, july 6
timo: boy, june 30
jason: girl, july 7

looks like uncle timo is going to lose at this time. if you want to place your bets, send samma an email, or just post a comment on this blog. bet price has been set at 500 yen (that's roughly 5 bucks, or 2 quid) by the bookie, samma.

going back to the dr. on wednesday, so when i write again, i will hopefully no longer be pregnant! cannot wait to meet this baby. keep sending us those positive vibrations and all the love. we feel it.