The hospital suitcase is packed.
The baby's room is ready.
The baby clothes are washed, dried and folded in the armoire.
The diaper supplies are in place, both upstairs in his room and downstairs beneath the bassinet in the living room.
All feeding supplies are in place, though they still need a run through the dishwasher to sterlize them.
I'm at 37 weeks and 6 days. My left hip is so sore (and my abdominal muscles so out of commission) that I actually couldn't get myself off the couch last night; my husband had to pull me up.
It's time now, right? I've got all my major stuff done. The baby's been full-term for almost two weeks. I've been getting plenty of Braxton-Hicks.
So what's he waiting for?
I tried talking to Noah last night and explaining to him that if he really wants to stretch out his legs and turn himself around -- which he tries to do at least three times a day night, much to my pained dismay -- then he needs to come out now. I don't care how much he asks and just tries to keep doing it anyway inside me -- the answer is no. You want more space to wiggle around, buddy, you gotta come out. I'm not growing anymore.
My stern speech didn't work. It just gave him the hiccups.
I can't concentrate on anything right now. I just want to sit in the nursery and rearrange stuff and play with baby toys and rub soft baby clothes against my face and sniff the teeny travel bottles of baby lotion.
Work? Oh, wait, I'm still supposed to show up for that? Crap.
Grocery shopping? Yeah, right -- do you know how big that store is? And do you know I can make it to about aisle 4 before I've gotta sit down?
Pay bills? That would require me to stop looking at the Babycenter Web site and getting last-minute labor tips.
Mostly, I just want to hold him. I want to see him. I want to meet our little boy. I want to see Sam's face when she gets to meet him.
How did you survive the last few weeks of your pregnancies?
Don't feel bad. I'm not pregnant, and I have trouble getting my big tail off the couch sometimes. Michele
Ryan was nearly 2 weeks overdue and the last month or so was a huge struggle. Take as much time as you can to spend with Sam, Damon and yourself. Those quiet times are much harder to come by once #2 arrives. Noah will arrive when he is ready. He's busy making himself perfect. ;-)
hi do u ever feel sick now?
my mum says she always did
Katie,
Actually, yes. Especially when I have a lot of contractions in a row, I always feel nauseous. Of course, compared to the first trimester, it's nothing! =)