All these baby announcement posts

[pinotgrig]

That have a pic included always amaze me. I know intellectually there's a little human in there, but seeing them on the outside vs. as a bump never ceases to blow my mind. I always think "wow! There was a baby in there!"

Or this could just be me as I start 3rd tri. I may have been in denial for 6 months. lol

[catsarecute]

I've been thinking about this a lot the last couple of weeks. Especially when I think back to holding my cousin's baby who was 6 lbs 6 oz at birth and how my baby is nearly 6 lbs. How do I have one of those growing inside of me!!!?? It is a trip!

[VillainV]

I know, right? Crazy :-)

[chicago]

I still don't "get it". It's the weirdest alien, feels like science fiction situation I've ever experienced. It was surreal when they handed her to me and my stomach was just this empty doughy vessel. Bizarre. I can't believe sometimes that H and I made her.

[IndiaInk]

I think about this all the time, and I really can't fathom it. I mean, I feel the baby moving and I can tell it's getting bigger. But when I look at pics online of preemie born at 33 weeks, it just doesn't seem like a baby that fully-developed could be inside me right now! It seems very surreal.

[papie]

It is crazy. The last few weeks I can tell exactly how he is positionned, where the bum and back and legs are, and it still seems surreal. I remember with both births, when you see the baby, it is so strange. IT'S AN ACTUAL PERSON! lol

All these posts are making me want to give birth right now today, lol. Patience papie, patience.