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post #1 of 12
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It keeps occurring to me when doing every little thing that it very well might be the "last" time I'll do it before having the baby. And nothing important, stupid stuff like the last time I fill up the car with gas, the last time I scrub the bathtub, the last big grocery store trip, or the last time I use a flat iron on my hair (I only do that every 3-4 days). So dumb!

Also, I can't stop making lists of little tasks I hope/"need" to get accomplished as I'm waiting for labor, even organizing them into high energy jobs for when I'm really feeling motivated and sit-down jobs for when I'm not. Again, nothing important (says my rational mind!), just stuff like repair some wallpaper seams in the master bathroom that have been peeling forever. It's not as if the world stops spinning when this baby comes or birth will render me permanently disabled or something, for crying out loud, and my husband will be home from work for three weeks after that, anyway (in other words, HE can do these things!). But there's still this sense of urgency to get all these little things done NOW, and get them done RIGHT!

Blah.
post #2 of 12
ddc crashing, though perhaps not as i'm due around the end of feb, early march.

YES.

i've been going through this for a little while, as i had a ptl scare at around 33.5 weeks. mine aren't so much daily life things. my h and i are separated right now but really close, and have been trying to spend a night together/hang out because we looove each others company and after eden's born, it won't ever be just the two of us anymore.

i've been trying to schedule time like that with all of my friends, go to the movies, sit by the river alone, have a quiet lunch and read...stuff like that.
post #3 of 12
yes...i've been doing the same sort of things. even more so b/c this is my last pregnancy.
post #4 of 12
Last time the whole family can fit in the van. I'm not sure what we are going to do about it but 2 adults and 6 kids aren't going to fit in my van.
post #5 of 12
Jesi: What a great "problem" to have! I hope to have a big family too, and I keep wondering what would happen if the US made the switch to these tiny little cars they keep promoting... I would need like 4!
post #6 of 12
Thanks We used to have a giant conversion van , I miss it. It needed more work than we could afford, but it sucked gas terribly I almost wish we still had it.
I'm praying we can get something with more seats at a gov. auction.
post #7 of 12
yes, and it's driving me nuts. I'm trying really hard to stop doing that, because I keep ending up doing things again! "Ok, really THIS will be the last time." Like, the other night would have been such a lovely night to be my LAST night preggo-snugged with the big kids, they went to bed without a fight, spent time with DH, it was nice and peaceful. *shrug* Eventually, there will be a last night pregnant, right?
post #8 of 12
I do when I hold my little toddler boy! I am suddenly feeling very bittersweet about him not being my "baby" anymore!

He is 2 years and 3 months old. He still says "want 'ou Mama, want 'ou" ("want you") and holds his hands up for me to hold him and cuddle him. He still wants me to cuddle him to sleep every night. And I do-- it is our last moments when he gets to be my littlest baby! I will miss this!!!!
post #9 of 12
I think I'm just the opposite. DH is going through this more than I am right now. I am more excited to have all the firsts we're about to experience I don't really think about all the lasts we're experiencing right now. At the same time, I think the thought that this baby is actually going to come out of me and join me in the world hasn't really sunk in. I am less than 3 weeks from the edd and I feel like I have all the time in the world. I've been putting off all these last minute purchases, like PP needs and small baby accessories because I keep thinking I have more time. I'm starting to feel the crunch tho. This week could very well be the last paycheck I get before the baby is here, so I feel like I need to get everything done as soon as it comes!
post #10 of 12
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Originally Posted by LionTigerBear View Post
I do when I hold my little toddler boy! I am suddenly feeling very bittersweet about him not being my "baby" anymore!

He is 2 years and 3 months old. He still says "want 'ou Mama, want 'ou" ("want you") and holds his hands up for me to hold him and cuddle him. He still wants me to cuddle him to sleep every night. And I do-- it is our last moments when he gets to be my littlest baby! I will miss this!!!!
My youngest son is only 2 years and not quite 2 months. He's still pretty lil too and lately has just gotten very clingy. I think he really understands that baby is going to need alot of my attention.

He'll ALWAYS be your littlest. No matter how big they get, my 4 year old is HUGE and still snuggles like a baby.
post #11 of 12
I know just what you mean about the lasts! And I also think it's really funny that I think everything needs to be perfect (like that could ever happen!) before the baby comes. I remember having a list of things to do before my first was born, and of course I didn't get all that done either.

Stuff like having my house completely organized and my whole life figured out...like I won't be able to do a thing after the baby comes!

I am just trying not to take myself too seriously!
post #12 of 12
Mostly just pregnancy related lasts, since this is probably my last baby. So many things I want to do just because I never have & might never have another chance.
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