40 + 3 here. I'm going absolutely insane. I've had pre-labor for weeks, getting increasingly intense and harder to ignore. It's such a mind game. DD1 came at 38w0d (when I totally expected to go to 40-42 weeks) and DD2 at 40w1d (at 5am, went into labor on her due date). I assumed this baby would arrive between 37-40 weeks, guessing 38-39, but adding a week on either end... Not so much. My whole household (and birth team...) have been on high alert for weeks. It's exhausting. If I'd expected to go 40+ weeks we'd all be in much better shape.
I had a rough morning of really uncomfortable crampy contractions. DH is working from home yet again. I feel like a mental case.
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