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[valancystirling]

So now I can say that I have carried a baby to term, all by myself.

Today was my estimated due date. It is also Jake's mom's birthday. It's beautiful and warm outside. A good day to have a baby perhaps?

This is actually really annoying. For this whole time I've assumed I would have the baby at least a week late, probably two. I got that firmly stuck in my head to postpone this kind of IS TODAY THE DAY syndrome. Instead, we've been on the edge of our seats for the past three weeks since they consider 37 weeks full-term apparently. What happened to make me forget?

There is definitely a part of me that is not in any hurry to become unpregnant. I've loved being pregnant. Especially now when it's so obvious I'm not just really fat. I have the most comfortable clothes I've ever had, I get actual POSITIVE attention from people everywhere I go, and I feel GOOD. What's not to love? I get a huge kick out of feeling the baby squirming around, and poking at her to get a response, and seeing my huge tummy. It's all just so cool to me.

So really, I'm not in any big hurry here, it's just hard not to feel that Day Before Christmas feeling every day now.

Anyway, I have this stack of tiny diapers that she's going to outgrow if she stays in much longer. In my mind that would be a huge tragedy.

I think it's time for Dunkin Donuts coffee.

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[nalidoll.livejournal.com]

I think it's time for Dunkin Donuts coffee.

Do you think there is an email attatchment that will handle a Large Regulah? Or even just a Straight Large, and I'll handle the light and sweet here. (They closed my local D'nD. There is like One left in all DFW, I think.)

I liked being pregnant, though I was unthrilled about the part where "Huge" and "Record Summer Temps" coincided. 107 degrees and a third floor apartment (with skylight) were not my friends.

I had no problems with the idea of going until she was ready to come out, until I hit the week of my due date and a growth spurt. Scar Tissue doesn't stretch, and my upper abdominal area is almost completely made of it.
For this reason, It has been a joy to me to follow along with your later pregnancy, because you are still able to be active and enjoy it past the point where I had to say "get it out. now."

maybe I'll put in a picture of just how big I got, for you. I have some from when I still had a month to go, and everyone asks "OMG, were you about to pop right there?" You can laugh at me, because I got the waddle somewhere around 7 months and it stuck.

[valancystirling.livejournal.com]

Haha, right, then I can send you coffee and you can send me WHATABURGER.

That's one thing I am really glad about, that I'm not hugely pregnant in the middle of a TX heatwave. I don't know that I could have dealt with that.

I would love to see a picture! It's only been in the last week or so that people have looked at me and asked how much longer I have to go. I don't think I've gotten that big comparatively.

[brightsoul.livejournal.com]

i like being pregnant, too.
i just don't like getting up to pee 3 times a night every night from the first sign of pregnancy!

i wish i had comfy clothes, though. i'm finding the pants situation to get more and more annoying. gap maternity pants suck, unless they have the full roll-top...and then they fall off my ass anyway.
my first was 2.5 weeks early so i KNOW i'm going to be impatient if this one doesn't come before its due date ;)

[valancystirling.livejournal.com]

I've been wearing pants from Motherhood and Old Navy (not maternity, just big). VERY comfortable.

It'll be interesting to see if you just tend to have babies early or if the first one was a fluke.

[brightsoul.livejournal.com]

yeah...i'd really like to think that my babes will all come early but there's no guarantees. my first was 6lbs 7oz, so he'd have been huge if he came closer to his due date. i'm not going to get very caught up on the date, but i may be disappointed if i make it to january.

[valancystirling.livejournal.com]

It makes me nervous that my LAST midwife, a month or so ago, estimated the baby was already 6.5 pounds.

I am pleased to report that my lower back has been killing me the last couple of hours, and the crampy feeling is getting worse and higher up. Methinks it's time for a walk :)

[brightsoul.livejournal.com]

yay!

a walk is a good idea.
maybe you can talk to the baby and tell her she should come before grandma gets there ;)

[fi.livejournal.com]

Ah, but you'll get to enjoy compliments as a result of having a tiny cute mini-human with you!