extreme exhaustion...and just waiting....

[phillychiquita]

Is anyone else feeling this? I am not "due" til the 17th/18th, but I am starting to wonder if the baby might come early.

I had a spurt of activity and nesting stuff about a week ago, and I got tons done. Now this week, I am just extremely exhausted... sleeping so much at night and again during the day, and feeling totally un-motivated to do much of anything, including my work, the message boards, emails, etc... Another thing that's happening is my bowels seem to be emptying themselves out. Every time I go to the bathroom for the last two days, I seem to have a BM (sorry TMI!). Have had very few noticeable BHs, no bloody show or anything, but I cant help feeling like I might be getting down to the bitter end....

It probably doesnt help that everyone seems to also be "checking in" on me...everyone and their brother has been calling and emailing.

Any suggestions for what to do to stay comfortable and sane during this waiting period?

[pinksprklybarefoot]

I feel the same way... end of last week I was very productive in getting the house in order, etc, but this week the motivation is not there. I have similar physical stuff going on, too. But I now get the feeling that this baby is going to stay put for a while... all the more reason to procrastinate on finishing cleaning the the house

[timneh_mom]

All through January, I thought I would have this baby early. Today is my "due" date (although it could be more like the 12th too) and no such luck! I'm kinda tired but I know it won't be long, and I can continue this for a while yet. My doc is kinda induction happy right now and I'd rather stay pregnant than do that. So I'm just waiting too. It's really hard when you're so tired and sore, I was MISERABLE when I was at this point with DS and couldn't wait to get it over with! I feel so much better this time around. I hope you can get some relief!