Dear Baby

Dear Baby,
Please tell me how you are doing in there.
Tell me if you have a plan yet, for coming out.
Let me know if there's anything I can do,
Any encouragement I can give.

Dear Baby.
Please stop kicking me in my side,
Please get out of ribs.
Please don't head-butt my privates anymore.
Please, please, please, come out soon!

Dear Baby,
Please stop making me sick.
Please stop pushing against my bladder.
Please give me a sign that you're almost done baking.
And please, please don't get too big!

Dear Baby,
We love you so much!
We are so excited to finally meet you.
To call you Abigail or Ephraim,
and to hug and kiss you lots.

Dear Baby,
We want you very, very healthy.
We don't want you in NICU,
or to stay at the hospital when we go home.
But we don't want you in my tummy forever either!

Dear Baby,
I'll give you a few more weeks,
I'll let you cook a little bit longer.
But you need to understand my anxiety,
Try to grasp how uncomfortable I am.