Geez!! Claudia is really pregnant...you won't believe how her belly is popping out!
By the way; It must not be easy to be pregnant, I mean for women. Just so you know, the woman body goes through a lot of changes. Hormones, Fatigue, Cravings, Some pain, vomiting are the most commom, but it's always good to remind you about the 100-times-a-day need for peeing and not having control about that, how hard it is to sleep in a comfortable position, let alone her pshycological changes: "There might be some many thoughts going around now."

Thanks God, I'm the father....It sounds much easier from this side of the bed!

A.N.D.: Thank you my beloved mother for going through this without giving up on me!

Anyway, the real changes are appearing day by day. Last Saturday we went to research some options for the baby's bedroom and she felt a huge pain on her belly, as if somebody was kicking her. The belly was as hard as a rock too.

When we arrived back at home, while flipping channels, on Discovery Channel there was this beautiful documentary about pregnancy and its phases, so we - of course - watched it. The funny thing was that they said that the baby starts playing with its first toy - umbilical cord - on his/her 16th week, which is exactly the one we're now. So, I guess there was A REAL SOMEBODY kicking her... Now the real changes are going to start: This kid's presence in our life forever!

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Meu! A Clau ta muito gravida. Voces nao acreditam no tamanho da barriga!
Alias, estar gravida nao deve ser nada facil. O corpo da mulher muda tanto em tao pouco tempo. Hormonios, Cansaco, Fome, Dorzinhas e Nauseas sao as mais comuns, mas eh sempre bom lembrar que a vontade de fazer xixi multiplica e ela "quase" nao consegue se controlar, a dificuldade que ela tem de dormir confortavelmente e, sem falar no lado psicologico da coisa. Quanta coisa nao deve passar na cabeca dela?

Gracas a Deus que eu sou o pai. Parce bem mais facil olhando daqui!

Ah.: Obrigado muito, maezinha querida, por ter passado por tudo isso comigo e nunca ter desistido!
Bem, as mudancas estao acontecendo mais a cada dia. Sabado fomos pesquisar uns moveis pro quarto do bebe e a barriga dele ficou dura e ela sentiu uma dor, como se alguem tivesse chutando a barriga dela. Quando chegamos em casa, passando os canais, vimos que na Discovery Channel estava passando um belo programa sobre gravidez. La, eles contaram que o bebe comeca a brincar com seu primeiro brinquedo - o cordao umbilical - a partir da 16a. semana. Semana em que estamos! Logo, tinha REALMENTE UM ALGUEM chutando a barriga dela. Acho que as mudancas de verdade vao comecar: Uma crianca na nossa vida, cada vez mais presente!

Beijos a todos,
Rogerio e Claudia