{"id":18252,"date":"2017-11-13T21:22:30","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T03:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/?p=18252"},"modified":"2017-11-13T21:22:30","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T03:22:30","slug":"36-week-selfie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/2017\/20171113-18252.htm","title":{"rendered":"36 week selfie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src='http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/photoindex\/2017-11\/20171113_070604.jpg' alt='36 week selfie' class='ngg-singlepic ngg-none' \/><br \/>\n<em>Me this morning, at 36 weeks. (Also, a really dirty mirror. This picture actually convinced me to clean the mirror today.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>New to me as I experience 36 weeks for the first time:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I look pregnant. Undeniably pregnant. Not &#8220;could-just-be-android-obesity.&#8221; Pregnant. <\/li>\n<li>My pelvis feels like it has a hinge in the middle front (because it does!) My body is preparing to <strong>birth<\/strong> a baby. <\/li>\n<li>Movements at 36 weeks and however big this baby is are <strong>way<\/strong> different than movements at 32 or 34 weeks and ~3.5 lbs. <\/li>\n<li>I can&#8217;t for a moment forget that I&#8217;m pregnant. Whether it&#8217;s kicks or Braxton Hicks or not being able to reach my feet, I am constantly aware that I am pregnant. <\/li>\n<li>Did you catch that, folks? I&#8217;m pregnant! I&#8217;m STILL PREGNANT! Despite the increasing discomfort, the euphoria at that constant reminder has not faded. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That said, please continue to pray for me. Pray that I would fix my eyes upon Christ and praise him whatever may come. As I approach term, still healthy, I find myself becoming more and more excited at the prospect of having a normal birth. But with the excitement comes fear. What if I get my hopes up for a term pregnancy, for spontaneous labor, for a successful VBA2C&#8230; only to have them dashed? A friend encouraged me to set my hope in Christ rather than in a specific birth &#8211; and while I know that is the absolute best advice anyone could give, it&#8217;s easier to assent to it mentally than to put it into practice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Me this morning, at 36 weeks. (Also, a really dirty mirror. This picture actually convinced me to clean the mirror today.) New to me as I experience 36 weeks for the first time: I look pregnant. Undeniably pregnant. Not &#8220;could-just-be-android-obesity.&#8221; Pregnant. My pelvis feels like it has a hinge in the middle front (because it &#8230; <a title=\"36 week selfie\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/2017\/20171113-18252.htm\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">36 week selfie<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[1290],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18252"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18252"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18258,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18252\/revisions\/18258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bekahcubed.menterz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}