Hi DEC 30th!!!!! Oh… wait…wait… where are you going? Bye Dec. 30th.

Overdue and overtired… positive thoughts need to commence.

38 weeks

I should not be complaining as much as I am at only one day overdue. I knew going into my due date that my chances of going into labor yesterday were a measly 5% but I still got my hopes up. It is hard not too – for the past nine months (and even more so throughout the third trimester), all we can think about it this baby and its arrival. The past few weeks have been even crazier. It is like this hurry and wait attitude that is really starting to catch up with me. You rush around to make sure that everything is set up, purchased, cleaned and prepared – all to wait for your body to start the natural yet crazy process of labor.


Hello due date - Dec 30, 2012

Before I got to this point, I did not understand all of the hype around natural labor induction methods – sex, squats, spicy food, walking (forwards, backwards and even sideways), cleaning and again, sex. And then it was like a switch went off - I found myself committing some of these ridiculous methods all on the slim hope that they would at least trick my body into thinking that they worked (remember my positive attitude about “Mind Over Matter”). Chad had me walking sideways from the doctor’s office to my car, to be funny… but when I took the dog for a walk a few hours later, I walk sideways in the neighborhood – just me and the dog, no one around to make a joke of it – I was actually attempting this as a labor inducer. Chad and I were also told about a friend’s wife who went into labor after eating a “bloomin’ onion” from Outback based on the suggestion of her doctor because it worked for all of her pregnancies. So what did Chad and I do the second Melissa got back into town, we went to dinner and he pretty much shoved fried onions down my throat (not that there was much fight). I have spent hours cleaning and organizing – all in attempt to stay active.

What it really comes down to is patience. We have to wait. This baby and my hormones are calling the shots. The more relaxed we are the better but it is so hard not to be anxious but it is having a huge impact on me and Chad’s sleep. Every movement and cramp wakes me up – and the night sweats that drench me each night fool me into believing that my water may have broken.

So it is New Year’s Eve and I think that Chad and I are going to celebrate from the comfort of our living room with movies and each other. Nothing fancy needed and I am not really feeling doing much else. For my baby shower I was given a scrap book and I think that I am going to use it as my baby book. Tonight I want to create a page for hospital visitors J

The good news, statiscally I will have the baby this week!

As for resolutions… I think I will wait to make any until the baby is here – I believe MEM will be my inspiration for self-improvement.

How I am feeling. Crampy, Gassy, tired and puffy. Wait… I think I am having a contraction… tooooot.. nope, just gas. BLARG!