Two nights ago I started having contractions. It was around 1:30 in the morning and I whispered to Tim, "Are you awake?" No answer. I whispered a little louder, "Are you awake?" and that time I got a response. I told him that I was having contractions but they weren't regular or too painful but maybe this was it! As I tried to fall asleep my mind began to do the whole racing thing. What if this is it?! The floor isn't mopped. I still need to buy some more body wash. We have no dryer sheets. Tim and Eli have coughs--what if they get the baby sick? I have papers to grade on Monday, how will I do that if I'm in the hospital with a baby . . . and on and on. Then I went to sleep and the contractions stopped and when I woke up the next morning I was still very much pregnant and with a whole Saturday in front of me to check off some of those middle of the night worries. It was a busy Saturday folks, and if I caught you slacking off you got an earful from me about how "this baby could come at any time, we need to get this vague and until now put off chore done NOW."
I go to the doc to get "checked" on Tuesday and I'm very curious to know if anything is starting to happen. I've been experiencing more and more braxton hicks/contractions/who knows? and I'll be 38 weeks on Thursday which is about the time I delivered Marcus. This time is what I call the "waiting game" of pregnancy. It's difficult because it feels like groundhog day every day because I think to myself, "Okay, I may have this baby tonight/today so things need to be ready. Clean clean, laundry laundry, etc. EVERY DAY.
Maybe I should intentionally go to bed one night with my bathrooms and kitchen a mess and laundry spilling out of the baskets because then THEN I would have this baby. For people, that is exactly how babies and the universe work.
5 comments:
The end is lame. I have contractions for like two weeks befor labor, which is just sick and wrong. Make some really amazing plans like a massage or dinner or something and I bet you'll have that baby in no time!
lol. we;ve all been there. just keep swimming. what do we do, we swim!
I can't wait for this new little one to come! I have the quilt done & am half-way done with his "name" picture. Love you & your little family!
The last few weeks are the worst. But you'll make it, and even if the house isn't perfect the baby will still arrive safe and sound.
I vote for baby #4 to arrive as soon as possible! :) We are very excited for our new nephew. BTW, Tim spilled the beans on the name. Only because he got sick of me whining to him that everybody else knew except me. :)
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