Choosing to be patient

[JennaW]

I am choosing to be patient.

I don't want to focus these last few hours/days/weeks of pregnancy on being anxious and impatient.

It seems that everyone around me "just can't wait" for the baby to arrive.

I know my baby will come, I will not be pregnant forever. I will patiently and joyfully await her arrival.

Anybody else want to join me? :

[Gypsy.Momma]

I am going to join you because the counting down and focusing on the fact that he isn't here yet is driving me bonkers I am taking the phone off the hook and just going to enjoy my belly and feeling his kicks

[calynde]

Jenna, such a short short time left with just you and your dh. Try to focus on that! The whirlwind will begin soon enough! hehe

[FiberLover]

I'll join you!

Of course, my EDD isn't til the end of the month, so really, I have to, but I've been trying to be of this mindset the whole pregnancy.

I'm blessed to have a baby in my belly, happy, whole, and wiggly.

I'll wait patiently!

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[newfiemomma]

I'm with you! I keep telling myself that the longer I stay pregnant the longer I get to be a SAHM, so I can't be wishing DD out yet! I am on sick leave until the baby comes, then I get one year from then, so if I can hold out another 3 weeks, I get 3 more weeks off next summer. I go from "come out, baby!!!" to "stay put, little girl!!" Poor kid is already confused!

[Emily12581]

I am being patient too. I was really impatient until I got to see her on ultrasound on monday and now I am blissfully calm about waiting She'll be here soon and I might as well enjoy my last few weeks with my DD and DH doing fun summer things. I don't even have the urge to try self-inducing techniques this time. She'll come when she is ready

[pazerific]

i'm right there with you. certainly, holding my babe sounds like the best thing on earth, but i'm ok with doing that whenever the babe is ready.

[goldingoddess]

Oh boy do I wish I could be patient!!! Ode to you ladies who are. I am so ready to feel the first signs of labor, I don't even care that I haven't washed the dipes yet, I am just ready ready ready to hold this babe in my arms!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[yamilee21]

You know I am right there with you, being 41 weeks today, ! I am concentrating so hard on being patient, I probably won't even realize it when I do go into labour.

[njbeachgirl]

I will join the patient club! I am "due" Friday but hey, it is 4th of July weekend, if there is no baby yet there will be tons of other stuff to do as a family!

[Ahimsa]

I got impatient right at 37 weeks when I reached the point where I could birth at the Birth Center, but now I have likewise decided to be patient.

[delicious]

ok. i was just coming to start this thread.

i have not been patient. i am only 38 weeks but i have been feeling done for a while. and i woke up this morning and realized that's totally ridiculous. i'm so lucky to be pregnant right now, to have this, this is my last pregnancy, i need to enjoy it. i am very likely to go very far "post dates," and i want to handle these last few (4? 5?) weeks with grace. i want to enjoy being with my little family of four while it's still a family of four, and look forward to becoming a family of five but not in a miserable, impatient way.

does anyone have any suggestions for making this easier? i've decided i might start going to my chiropractor 2x a week instead of one. i made plans with a friend on monday and i had a really good time with her. i'm thinking doing stuff like that will help make it easier to just enjoy this time, you know.

[AKA_PI]

I definitely need to join this thread.

[finnegansmom]

I am being MORE than patient. This may very well be our last baby, I'm in NO RUSH to "never be pregnant ever again". So I'm loving these last 2-4 weeks. I just pray the weather isn't too brutal and my ankles and feet don't explode from the edema.

[aprilsfools]

Originally Posted by JennaW

Anybody else want to join me? :

Me!! :::::

[not_telling]

I'll join! Not due till the end of the month and need all the time I can get to prepare mentally and physically.

I think I will probably get impatient, though, if I get to 41 weeks because once I hit 42 weeks I'm not allowed to deliver at my birth center and have to go to the affiliated hospital (with my midwife).

[BreezyMom]

I'm trying so hard to be patient too. I'm trying to focus on enjoying my mostly uninterrupted sleep until the baby arrives. After DD was born I told all of my pregnant friends: "enjoy your last nights of sleep before kids!" Now I'm trying to follow my own advice

[lemonsforjamie]

I will...try.

[prothyraia]

I am patient.

And very very restless.

I'm not sure how those two things go together, but they do!

[firespiritmelody]

I'm trying! But its sooooo hard! She was *due* yesterday and all night it felt like she was trying to break out so to speak, but no labor yet. So, I'm trying to stay calm and know that she'll be here when she's ready and not a moment sooner! (Deep breath) Thanks for the reminder!