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Jeg er langt i min graviditet nu – i uge 34 og barnet skulle efter sigende være ved at finde vejen ned til mit bækken. Peanut har haft hovedet nedad i et godt stykke tid, men om han ligger fast i bækkenet allerede, det ved jeg ikke. Det finder jeg så ud af til næste jordmodermøde… Min maves form skulle også begynde at ændre sig omkring nu, så der skulle blive mere plads til ‘mig’… Det glæder jeg mig til, for jeg har ikke mærket mere plads til mine ribben og det øvrige maveindhold endnu!!

Når Peanuts hovede vender nedad som i mit tilfælde, betyder det samtidig også, at hans ben er i toppen af min livmoder, hvor mine ribben også befinder sig. Af en eller anden årsag er han helt vild med at sparke i højre side – og dermed i mine højre ribben. Det gør helt vanvittigt ondt, og jeg tager tit mig selv i at massere området, samtidig med jeg laver andre ting. Jeg skal nok bide smerten i mig, da jeg forventer, at se nogle fantastiske fodboldmålscoringer om nogle år til at kompensere for smerten. Når vi kommer lidt længere frem i tiden, skal vi så beslutte, om det er for det engelske eller det danske landshold Peanut skal spille?

Jeg har læst, at man ikke rigtig kan gøre noget ved smerten omkring spark i ribbenene, men at den altså er helt normal og generelt ufarlig. Man kan prøve at skubbe lidt til baby, så den fjerner sine fødder i kortere tid, men jeg har ikke haft stor succes med det. Derimod har jeg mærket flere spark tilbage – det er vores fornemmeste kommunikation indtil nu…

I am far into my pregnancy now – in week 34, and I am told that the baby should be finding his way down to the pelvis soon. Peanut has actually had his head down for quite some time now, but wether he is fixed in the pelvis already, I do not know. We will soon find out at the next midwife meeting… The shape of the tummy should also begin to change around now, so there should be more space for ‘me’ … I am very pleased with this, although I have not felt any more space for my ribs or any other organs yet!

Since Peanut’s head is facing down in my case, it also means that his legs are placed in the top of my uterus where my ribs also are located. For some reason he’s crazy about kicking my right side – and therefore my right ribs. My ribs in the right side are crazy sore by now, and I often find myself massaging the area while I’m doing other things. I’ll accept the pain and in return I expect to see some fantastic football goals in a few years to compensate for it. Wether Peanut chooses to play for England or Denmark is a bit further a head.

I have read that you can not really do anything about the pain and the kicking around the ribs, and it is quite normal and generally harmless. All you can do is to try to push the baby a bit to move his feet, but I have not had great success doing this. In exchange I actually just get several kicks back – which is quite cosy and our primary communication until now…