I feel so calm tonight. So quiet. I am finally watching the last few episodes of House and just finding it so heavy – a good distraction, one that reminds me of what is important.<\/p>\n
I had two hours worth of 10 minute apart contractions this morning – the real kind of contractions, not the braxton hicks whenever-they-feel-like-it. But they stopped after I had to get up with Kate and get us fed and dressed. It didn’t upset me; mostly am very bouyed that something is going on now. It may be tonight, it may take days, but something is shifting. It brings with it peace.<\/p>\n
As of midnight I will be 13 days “overdue”, 41w6d. It’s been such an odd time, these two weeks I didn’t expect to have. It’s strange going to parties that I expected to be bringing two children to, instead of a toddler and a very large belly. I am getting quite a bit of amusement from it, though. I get some very funny looks when I say I’m nearly 2 weeks overdue. The most interesting – and frequent – comment is, “Oh my gosh, I can’t believe your doctors are letting you keep going!” Sometimes it’s implied that the doctors are “making” me suffer. I point out that I requested not being induced, and furthermore I’m not actually miserable. Oh I’m big, I’m tired, and my feet hurt. I’m certainly at the end of my pregnancy. But it’s far from torturous. It’s just my mental state that was spazzing out (and not many people knew about that part).<\/p>\n
Tonight Den rubbed some acupressure points on my leg, we had sex (again – yes, we’ve been trying that!), and I will turn on my HypnoBabies track. In the morning I will go in for a NST & BPP and then I’ll be calling an acupuncturist to try to get an appointment before Thursday. I did acupuncture during the IVF cycle I got pregnant with Kate – I can’t say it was the key factor, as I had gotten pregnant by IVF before, but it certainly helped relax me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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