010 – 38w4d – Almost there…

Miranda Hernandez

Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 7:28 PM

I finished your nursery today. I have your crib and dresser, and a changing pad on top of your dresser. I also put away the last of your shower gifts. Everything is waiting for you to come home.

Physically, I feel tired. My belly is HUGE, and I finally have the pregnancy waddle. The midwife said you are head down and your head is pretty low, which means you are getting ready to come out into the world, probably in the next two weeks. I am ready to meet you whenever you are ready 🙂

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I finished your nursery today. I have your crib and dresser, and a changing pad on top of your dresser. I also put away the last of your shower gifts. Everything is waiting for you to come home. Physically, I feel tired. My belly is HUGE, and I finally have the pregnancy waddle. The midwife said you are head down and your head is pretty low, which means you are getting ready to come out into the world, probably in the next two weeks. I am ready to meet you whenever you are ready 🙂

I finished your nursery today. I have your crib and dresser, and a changing pad on top of your dresser. I also put away the last of your shower gifts. Everything is waiting for you to come home.

I finished your nursery today. I have your crib and dresser, and a changing pad on top of your dresser. I also put away the last of your shower gifts. Everything is waiting for you to come home. Physically, I feel tired. My belly is HUGE, and I finally have the pregnancy waddle. The midwife said you are head down and your head is pretty low, which means you are getting ready to come out into the world, probably in the next two weeks. I am ready to meet you whenever you are ready 🙂

I finished your nursery today. I have your crib and dresser, and a changing pad on top of your dresser. I also put away the last of your shower gifts. Everything is waiting for you to come home.

Categories: Before Letters, My Pregnancy with Adrian
Tags: Love letters to my child, pregnancy 39 weeks, Memories of my pregnancy with Adrian

Letters to Adrian are real letters from a mother to her stillborn child. Letters are shared here in periodic batches.

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082 – Wed, Jan 24, 2018, 3:46 PM

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071 – Mon, Dec 25, 2017, 6:45 PM

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109 – Sun, May 27, 2018, 8:35 PM

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122 – Tue, Jul 24, 2018, 9:28 PM

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083 – Mon, Jan 29, 2018, 5:09 AM

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114 – Sun, Jun 24, 2018, 1:15 PM

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125 – Fri, Oct 19, 2018, 1:08 PM

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079 – Wed, Jan 17, 2018, 4:24 PM

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075 – Tue, Jan 9, 2018, 10:04 PM

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099 – Wed, May 2, 2018, 7:46 PM

025 – Sun, Aug 6, 2017 at 12:26 AM

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054 – Mon, Nov 7, 2017, 8:10 PM

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034 – Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 8:28 PM

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108 – Sat, May 26, 2018, 11:02 AM

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126 – Fri, Mar 29, 2019, 9:39 AM

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133 – Wed, Jul 3, 2019, 11:32 AM

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118 – Fri, Jul 6, 2018, 7:43 PM

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090 – Sat, Feb 24, 2018, 5:12 AM

View from a butterfly cut-out, Assiniboine Park, Winnipeg, Manitoba (Miranda Hernandez)

130 – Thu, Jun 27, 2019, 9:31 PM

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110 – Sun, Jun 3, 2018, 9:11 AM

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113 – Sun, Jun 24, 2018, 1:02 AM

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085 – Fri, Feb 2, 2018, 10:09 PM

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016 – Wed, Jul 5, 2017 at 6:58 AM

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Snow in Chicago, Illinois (Miranda Hernandez)

101 – Sun, May 6, 2018, 12:13 AM

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029 – Tue, Aug 22, 2017 at 9:50 PM

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137 – Tue, Dec 31, 2019, 10:01 PM

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028 – Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 6:07 PM

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129 – Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 9:11 PM

Vines, Kaua'i, Hawai'i (Miranda Hernandez)

047 – Thu, Oct 19, 2017, 4:54 PM

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