Anyone else NOT in a hurry to have their baby? - Page 2

[amaayeh]

You all are so kind.  Thank you so much for the supportive words.  It really, really helps me.  I've done a lot of thinking and journaling and I'm working on finding that peaceful place.  The last thing I want to do is bring this baby into the world thinking about all these other negative things.  I've asked dh to move out and have contacted my midwife and doula with what is going on.  I don't really have that much support here because I just moved here not long ago.  I'm probably going to hire a postpartum doula as well and then I have my kids involved in summer camps.  Hopefully I can mentally get in a better place in the next few weeks.  Neither of my kids came early so hopefully this one won't either.  :)  I'm already feeling better since I know I don't have to argue or fight with dh. 

[springbride]

I have been waffling between "I want this baby here... like yesterday!" and "eh, what's another week or two"...

I have a lot of cleaning to do as we never really 'moved in' to our new place a couple of months ago, but don't want to do it, because we're moving to a whole new state in October.  I want this special time with DD, but I am also eager for us to just be a family of 4 and hurry up and relax all summer together.  Sounds laughable, I know!

 

 

[prettyred]

We are moving form our 1 BR apt to a slightly larger 1 BR we converted to a 2. This weekend. I keep thinking maybe it's going to happen (intense but inconsistent cramping, pinching, vag feels like a huge gaping hole when I pee, back pain, etc.) but I'd really like to get upstairs. We also decided, at 32 weeks, to have a homebirth so things are pretty crazy. If I do go into labor before we can get our bed upstairs, I'll be giving birth in a pile of boxes. Ah well. It's crazy, too, because we have family over all day on the weekends, my mom makes me nuts, I'm tired of feeding groups of people, etc., etc. But of course I can't do much so I'm grateful for the help. Still, I am imagining more of a groovy laid back Farm birth vibe. :) 

After we get the bed upstairs, however, I will be done with this pregnancy. I am already feeling a little nostalgic since we're not having any more children, but this second pregnancy has been much much harder than the first. 

[Smokering]

I realised yesterday that yep, I'm quite happy to wait another week or two for this baby. I think I was getting vicariously impatient because of the whole counting-down vibe in this DDC! :p But really, I have stuff to do; I don't really want to be in labour today, or tomorrow for that matter; I'd like to do a few more fun things with DD, DH and my girlfriends before the baby's born; and I'm just generally in no hurry. I have some miserable pregnancy symptoms, but I actually feel a LOT better than I have throughout most of this pregnancy (the remains of the flu notwithstanding!).

I'm sure once I hit my EDD (June 9) I might start freaking out a little more - I don't really want to go to 42 weeks! - but right now I'm only a few days over 38 weeks, and... I'm fine. This is a bit of relevation to me. :p But a Good Thing.