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April 26, 2004
Happy due date to me… (4-26-04)
So, yesterday was my due date—or at least one of them anyway, as that was the one I figured based on my ovulation date but both my midwife and OB told me different days based on their little charts and wheels. Now my due date has come and gone and this little one is now officially late!
How am I feeling? I’ve had a few slightly more miserable and “down” days but I am generally in very high spirits and feeling pretty good. Thursday night I didn’t sleep well at all and then Friday night I paid bills and got very upset when I realized that financially there is almost no way that Derek can take any time off after the baby’s birth. There have just been so many unexpected expenses lately. :( We knew this already but I think I was hoping the situation would magically change somehow, LOL. I decided that this baby really needs to come late in the week, preferably between a Wednesday night and Saturday morning, and most ideally on a Friday night, so we have the entire weekend together before Derek has to go back to work. As if I have any say in the matter! But just in case, we tried some natural methods of induction on Friday night. :) Unfortunately I woke up Saturday morning and realized I’d had nary a contraction all night. Damn. I was in a bit of a funk that morning, was weepy all day, and did have a brief moment of doubt—what if my body doesn’t know how to go into labor? After all, it didn’t do it on its own last time…But it was just for a moment, and then I came back to reality. I know my body knows how to do this! I just have to let it work. :)
After I shook off the negative thoughts I went on to have a wonderful day on Saturday. My mom came up for the day and spent the afternoon and evening with Aden so Derek and I could have one last bit of time alone before the baby comes. It was such a treat! Having children has made me appreciate and treasure time with Derek so much. I just can’t believe how nice it can be to spend time together as adults rather than parents, talking about and doing whatever we want with no interruptions. It makes an average evening that much more special. We went to see a movie, then to dinner, and then for a long walk. It felt like heaven!
Sunday was another perfect day—we slept in, had doughnuts for breakfast, and went to a park where we played, looked at geese, walked around, ate a picnic lunch, and then watched part of a soccer game. Fran (our midwife) came to our house for an appointment after dinner and Aden was so good about playing and letting us talk to her as long as we needed too. He really only interrupted once and it was very cute. He suddenly got an “Aha!” look on his face and ran upstairs to his room, only to return with his copy of “Welcome With Love,” a wonderful storybook about a homebirth. He brought it to Fran and told her he had to show it to her because she was in it! Every time we read it we refer to the midwife as Fran, so that’s what he meant. He sat and read it with her and then went back to playing with trains. :)
Everything still looks great with the baby and I, which is always good to hear. The baby feels long and Fran estimated that she is 7.5 to 8 pounds already, so it’s likely she’ll be a little bigger than Aden. (He was 7 lbs, 9 oz and 19.5 inches long.) I looked at my belly and was rather surprised to think that there’s that much baby inside of me! I guess at 40 weeks I should have expected that, but it was one of those obvious things that still manages to catch you by surprise, LOL.
After Fran left we took some more belly shots, which I’ve posted on our webpage—I’ll put the link on my TTM board again. My belly is really busting out of that red shirt now! Derek laughed when I walked into the room, but I have to admit it is rather funny. At bedtime I was really achy in my legs, hips, lower belly, and lower back, but I still slept pretty well. And so my due date passed… We’d had a lovely day and I know I will look back and treasure these last few moments as a family of 3.
Playing “When Will the Baby Come?” is my favorite way to pass the time these days… For time of day, I feel like labor will probably start in the late evening or early morning and be over by the time the sun is coming up. As for what day it will actually be, I don’t have a very strong feeling. Average gestation for multiparas is 283 days, so that would be Wednesday. I guess in my mind I am kind of hoping the baby comes between Wednesday and Saturday, but then again the full moon is early next week so that might be a likely time too. I couldn’t really tell if Fran had any thoughts on how much longer I might go… I suppose it’s all just a guess anyway. Although, at this point, there’s a better chance every day, right? :) But feel free to post with any thoughts… maybe I will start a poll on my TTM board. There’s no money for winning but if you’re right we’ll all be quite impressed, LOL!
I’ll keep you all updated, and I appreciate all of the good thoughts and labor vibes!
Tara
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