I've been stalking the DDC the past two weeks I think just to torture myself reading about women who've had their babies even though their due dates were after mine (mine is tomorrow). I think I'm turning the corner and getting to the point where I can begin to be positive about STILL being pregnant. I know it's important to vent, but I seriously can't handle being THIS negative for another 2 weeks.
I had this quote written down in my journal from my pregnancy with DD (where I went to 41 weeks 3 days). I thought I'd share and hopefully it'll help us all turn the corner.
So here it is:
"Imagine a tree filled with apples. Now we all know that some apples ripen early, many at the same time, some much later- we all know about how one apple will just stay on the tree for days and days- even weeks- after all the others have fallen off. I have personally waited for apples like that- and gently shaking the tree has no effect on getting them to come off. Whacking the apple with a stick would make it fall off... but the apple would not be at its most delectable. So- I wait, and my reward is a sweet, big, juicy apple."
Here's my public admission:
I've had 6 months of worrying about preterm labor (irritable uterus) only to be dealing now with the downsides of going past due. I am a big whiner. I won't have a preemie. I should be happy. And I've decided I WILL be from today on out.
I had this quote written down in my journal from my pregnancy with DD (where I went to 41 weeks 3 days). I thought I'd share and hopefully it'll help us all turn the corner.
So here it is:
"Imagine a tree filled with apples. Now we all know that some apples ripen early, many at the same time, some much later- we all know about how one apple will just stay on the tree for days and days- even weeks- after all the others have fallen off. I have personally waited for apples like that- and gently shaking the tree has no effect on getting them to come off. Whacking the apple with a stick would make it fall off... but the apple would not be at its most delectable. So- I wait, and my reward is a sweet, big, juicy apple."
Here's my public admission:
I've had 6 months of worrying about preterm labor (irritable uterus) only to be dealing now with the downsides of going past due. I am a big whiner. I won't have a preemie. I should be happy. And I've decided I WILL be from today on out.
