First pregnancy, a month early: “I have to sort all the baby clothes and get every piece of furniture set up and make sure the entire house is spotless before the baby even thinks of coming!”<\/p>\n
Third pregnancy, 2 days overdue: “Hon, if I go into labor tonight you’re going to have to buy cat food.”<\/p>\n
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Luckily I don’t have to deal with it too very much – my circle knows better than to actually call me – but emails and messages asking if there is baby news gets quite old. If there was news, I’d have posted it. I am not exactly a secretive person. I’m also a FB addict so family will find out as soon as anything happens. Though my mom still reminds me not to forget to call her.<\/p>\n
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I am now 4 days overdue, but I am starting to have some more BH contractions, so that makes me think things are gearing up. It could be tonight or in 6 days, who knows, but I definitely feel better feeling something at all! This baby seems to be quite happy in there.<\/p>\n
My temper has gone downhill too. That’s not really a good thing, but I’m just tired and cranky. Kate was for most of the day a really good kid. Until evening. That’s when she decided that the best way to get attention from mama – even though daddy was there with her, playing and interacting – was to jump on me, slap me, throw things at me, and touch things I told her not to touch. I remained calm (for the most part), but inside my head is a voice shrieking “Just don’t touch me!! Stop it!!” Grump grump. And then I feel bad because I want to spend time with her and I love her to death, but when she threw herself full-body on top of my belly while I was having a contraction, well, I just started a mental countdown until her bedtime.<\/p>\n
I feel very tired, very worn out. Doing pretty much anything exhausts me. It’s all I can do to keep the dishes washed, Kate’s dirty clothes in the hamper. Forget picking up toys and making sure the washer and dryer don’t have crap piled all over them. And anything requiring bending over makes me kind of nauseated and light-headed at the same time.<\/p>\n
I think I’m really moving into a mental space of “Want the baby on the outside now.” I want to meet her. I want to hold her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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