~ went to a baby consignment sale and picked up 5 sleeping gowns and a carseat headrest (the same exact one we bought at Target for $13, but I paid $4)
~ washed, dried and put away about 3 loads of laundry (including the baby's laundry which looks so adorable and cute and tiny)
~ re-organized the baby closet
~ put away the rest of Baby E's clothes
~ got E's changing table all set up with the beautiful quilted pillow case that my mom bought, which fit PERFECTLY over the pad
~ packed my bag
~ packed E's suitcase and diaper bag
~ boiled and washed my cotton nursing pads
~ washed the cloth diapers one more time
~ tidied up the bedroom and went to bed at 4AM
I wish my body was used to going to bed at a reasonable hour, but I have given up on figuring out a sleeping schedule at the moment. If I forced myself to get up at 9 or 10 after only 5 hours of sleep, I'm just asking for it if I go into labor that evening. It's not worth it to me, so I'm just sleeping when I can and doing things when I have the energy. I wish I could sew because I'd be making cute flannel cloth wipes in my spare time, or cute burp rags or cute somethings..
Yesterday and probably the day before I seriously felt like the baby was going to fall out of me. When we went to see Nancy on Thursday she was really surprised to feel that E had squeezed her way down even further than before. Her head is like, stuck in there and it's not going anywhere but out. It makes me happy to know that she won't turn face-up and I will avoid back labor, praise the Lord! I feel so grateful that my body was designed to birth babies efficiently. I got it from my Gramma, that's for sure. Her babies came out with little pain and hardly any pushing. Apparently when you have a posterior uterus (uterus tilts back), your nerve endings are about half as exposed during childbirth. Nancy says that many women finish labor and will say something along the lines of well that wasn't so bad, where the moms with front facing uteri say that it hurt like a you-know-what. It is truly different for every woman and that is the norm, not the rule. It sure helps me to feel less fearful of childbirth, though!
Now, my intuition could be seriously off, but I really think I will go into labor within the next couple days. When I was about halfway through my pregnancy, I thought that the baby would be born on March 13th, but with all the cramping and strong pressure, I think it'll be sooner. I would love for the baby to be born on my sister's birthday, March 9th. That means I can either go into labor tomorrow or the day after as long as she's born between 12AM and 11:59PM. I'm not holding my breath, I just think it would be neat. We can teach her how to share very early! Hehe.
So my spirits are up, I'm feeling pretty good, and Nancy tells me that she thinks it will be very soon, too. My body is going to do it's thing no matter what, so I'm going to try my best to be OK with going past my due date (March 10th). I might get fussy and anxious in the days beyond the 10th, but I have faith that the baby will be fine and I will be fine. And who cares if I have to push out an extra pound..?
A last note; Dave or I or someone will be using my iPhone to update labor progress on facebook, but *ONLY* if we have some down time and I don't need him to stay with me. When you hear that I'm in labor, please do not text or call.. Without sounding too snarky, I am attempting natural childbirth. I'm not rolling into the hospital raising my hand for an epidural. It's going to be hard, neither of us will have time to personally respond in hopes of not offending you, and we just hope that everyone understands. There will be a message that I'm in labor, and a message that the baby is born, and that's all we can hope for!
Please pray for a safe and efficient labor without complications, and a healthy mom and baby. If I have the time later I will post one last belly picture before it explodes.
~Christine
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