We are almost 7 days past our official due date of March 5th and still waiting. I've had lots of contractions but not really anything else. I didn't expect the last few days to be the hardest part- Cori mentioned that this part of pregnancy is so miserable that it helps combat any remaining fears of the labor, which is so true- I just want to get it started and over! ANYTHING is better than waiting... of course, that is true for other areas of my life as well- I am simply not a patient waiter. Hah. I know she'll come when she's ready, however, I can completely understand how appealing the thought of induction is, even though I will NOT do that! I also underestimated how I would be mentally/ emotionally at this stage. I am grouchy and anxious- NOTHING exists outside of this baby/ pregnancy. Not work, not friends, not even hobbies. The house has been cleaned, and everything gotten ready for the homebirth. I stopped answering my phone days ago after receiving TONS of phone calls and messages that all asked the same thing: How are you feeling? Any baby/ labor yet? And etc. (I've been mentally compiling a list of questions to never ask my pregnant moms and friends, lol). And I know that everyone's excited, but next time Justin and I have decided to give everyone a due date a month after the "real" one to prevent this added stress. We are, however, LOVING our birth tub that we're renting. It is hard-sided (not inflatable) and 6 feet across- huge! Also, it's heated and has jets for jacuzzi power... we're in it almost every night relaxing. It is SO wonderful!! Not looking forward to giving it back! We set it up in Kyra's room because it is bigger than we anticipated so wouldn't fit in our bedroom, and we wanted privacy for the birth, so we didn't want it in the living room.
Also, we've found that with the extra time waiting, dungeons and dragons makes an excellent distraction! I'm learning to DM, and we're playing in another local game as well. Justin is in the process of writing a story, and over-all we're really enjoying it. He joined me in "nesting" the other night- I even caught him scrubbing the FRONT of the oven- it was so sweet! Our house has never been cleaner or looked better!
