I am going crazy with the waiting game...

[tanyam926]

Okay, it seems like the more moms that have their babies, the less posting is going on over here, so let's think of some fun things to do, talk about, obsess about, whatever, while we are waiting.

My due date is tomorrow and it seems the closer I have gotten the more I want to check in w/you ladies, but a bunch of us are busy w/new babies.

So what can we come up with?

[HinesMaMa]

thanks for posting this I was just thinking the same thing today. It seems like the posts are coming few and far between now....my mind is so pregnant I can't think of much else right now. I know that wasn't helpful but I jujst wanted to chime in that I will participate...

[funfunkyfantastic]

I wasn't aware that this waiting was a "game" but I am clearly losing. lol. My due date is tomorrow as well... and it just seems like this baby is never coming out! *sigh*

[SkyMomma]

OK...I like this idea

I need something to obsess about besides DS1's first week of Kinder...

We're really ontop of most of the things we were trying to get done before the baby came...which is a little unfortunate 'cause now I'm just waiting around (EDD 9/19, so we could go anytime or be another 3 weeks) with some anxious energy & no place to really put it. So I've started making things for the baby. Made overalls out of old flannel PJs, in the process of making a baby blanket & a cover for my bobby. Anyone else doing any last minute creative projects???

I'm also finding myself really really exhausted, so I'm trying really hard to rest & take care of myself...How are you taking care of yourself these last few weeks?

How about dreams? Anyone having interesting baby dreams? (I've been having weird giant baby dreams--a total anxiety for me). My DS1, tho', had this really cool dream about me giving birth in the hallway while sitting in meditation -- yes an impossibility, but I love the calm energy it implied.

Thats it, I can't think of anything to else to add. Love to hear more about how this 'end time' is going for all of you.

[lwuertz]

Originally Posted by SkyMomma

Anyone else doing any last minute creative projects???

I've been working on little fair isle sweater, but not feeling very inspired about it. So it's not been getting much attention.

I'm also finally reading the Harry Potter series. I'm almost done with book 4.

Just seems like the last week or so I've been unmotivated to do anything.

[HinesMaMa]

Yea, I am not due until next weekend (I doubt I will go over my EDD...this is my fourth baby) but I did the nesting thing big time like the last two weeks in August, but for the past week I have been completly unmotivated to do anything. I went from having tons of energy to none at all. I wanted to go to the craft store and buy the wooden letters for my daughter's name and paint them, but I haven;t quite been able to make it there....weird

Originally Posted by lwuertz

Just seems like the last week or so I've been unmotivated to do anything.

[trayls]

Definite thanks for the post. I have 10 days to my EDD and am completely surprised how impatient I am. I actually have this other date 9/16 in my head because I HAD to make sure I delivered at or after due to the new hospital birth center opening then. Its the only thing that makes the hospital birth seem bearable. So in my sad, self-deluding little preggo brain, I have 2 days to go!

Lets see, today I was a whirlwind of activity (that being completely relative to the minimal activity level I normally maintain as of late.) I cleaned a bunch of windows, mowed the lawn, ran errands! I even did the grilling for dinner. For me, this was a big day and now I'm exhausted.

I stopped at the fabric store today to buy some jersey knit to make a sling. I was looking in the discount area and kept picking materials that were a yard or so short of what I needed. I finally got frustrated and decided to try again another day.

I bought some Hibiclens and am trying to understand the ratio for dilution. I don't know what a peri bottle looks like or if I can get one, but have read one inch of Hibiclens and topped off with water is what to shoot for. I'm taking a GBS retest on Wednesday and am trying to decide whether to see if the priobiotics I've been on have been sufficient by themselves or do a Hibiclens wash at some point beforehand. I want to know what will work to create a negative result. *sigh* This is hard to figure out.

Yep, I clearly have pent up "chat" in me.

[tanyam926]

I have been taking baths, and I am not a bath person at all. I get really bored, but they feel so good right now to my aching back.

I have stuff to do but I really don't want to leave my house at all! So that makes it difficult.

I am driving my dh nuts w/my hormones and crying at the drop of a hat (although he's being great about it).

Mine and dh's anniversary is tomorrow and I don't want to do a thing, so I am trying to come up w/ideas to make it special w/out having to get dressed and leave the house (appealing right?)

I washed all baby's things and picked the first outfit for a girl and one for a boy.

Maybe we should take pics of all the first outfits and post them, that would be cute to see.

Any other ideas?

[Montse]

Originally Posted by tanyam926

Maybe we should take pics of all the first outfits and post them, that would be cute to see.

Any other ideas?

I love the idea of having a pictorial pre-baby fashion show! There are a few outfits I can't wait to put her in but are too big for her for maybe three to six months. I can't think of anything else right now. My husband bought me a scrap booking magazine! BAHAHA! He wants me to be a scrap booker - so maybe we can swap ideas.

[alyssatuininga]

Hey I am going crazy too. I am now a week over my edd and loopy. I have never even reached my edd before (this is my 3rd babe). Tomorrow I have plans with friends to go for burritos. Today was SO miserable I had hours of regular (10 min apart) intense contractions. Now they have gone and I am going to bed pregnant AGAIN. I can't take much more of this!

[spiderdust]

I haven't quite reached my EDD yet, but I'm still going crazy with waiting! I'm scheduling a pre-labor massage on my due date, the kind that hits all of those acupressure points to help get things moving along. I'm half tempted to schedule one for tomorrow...

[violets8]

I like this thread...I am due 9/26 and have been on bed rest since 9/6. I only get out to go to the docs office. I have been obsessing over what to take to the hospital. Tonight I got motivated and started getting somethings together. I am secretly hoping that the full moon tomorrow might help bring baby Orion. I must have 100 things on the to pack list. So far my plan is to take 1 back pack for labor and delivery, and a bag that will stay in the car until I get moved to postpartum. I don't want to scare the nurses when they see me coming with 100 kidding 4-5 bags not including my purse. 1 bag I am taking is a stuff sack that will have a blanket for me, baby blankets, my pillow, boppy, and 2 towels stuffed in it. Another bag will have my computer and camera in it. I am taking my breast pump for nipple stimulation just in case and it is in a bag. I am not taking it all in at once so hopefully I won't look like I am moving in for 2 weeks. I have rambled but thanks for listening to my current obsession.

[spanica]

Yesterday I *finally* did my taxes. Yeah, not too much fun — actually a bit depressing — but it definitely forced me to think about something unrelated to pregnancy for a good chunk of the day. And now they're done, I won't have to worry about them again for a little while, and I feel a little less irresponsible about the whole thing. Sweet relief.

Today it is rainy, so I'll probably be indoors all day. (Not that I'd have the energy to go do much outdoors anyway.) I think I'll try to focus my energy on doing nice things for ME! I've done a whole lot of crafty baby stuff lately. Time for some crafty me stuff!

The baby's been squirming around a lot lately, and it feels like it keeps turning posterior and then going back. I don't know. I don't like it, and I'm trying really hard not to obsess over baby positioning every moment of the day.

[trayls]

Originally Posted by spanica

Yesterday I *finally* did my taxes.

Thanks for the reminder. Taxes are my task for today as they are do tomorrow. Nothing like waiting until the last minute. Maybe if I procrastinate one more day, I'll go into labor. Ha, my luck!

The doula is coming over today. I think we were going to take some maternity pictures but of course its raining and dark and icky. I have so few pictures, it makes me so sad.

[MommytoHHH]

So glad to see there are some still-pregnant-very-impatient mamas left here

Everytime I come in here it seems like everyone has had their baby. I'm due Saturday but I feel like I am weeks overdue. My DD was born at 37 weeks and I really didn't emotionally prepare for the fact that this one could come so much later.

I am just keeping up with the housework as best I can. And I try not to complain so much that I drive my DH and Dad nuts.

Tomorrow, DH is supposed to be taking me to the most expensive restaurant in town. We've lived here for over 2 years and he's been several times with work, but I've never gotten to go. I'm looking forward to that at least...

[LegalScrapper]

Waiting game here too. Work tomorrow almost sounds fun - just to do something.

I am a scrapbooker but all my stuff is downstairs and too heavy for me to carry up here. And I absolutely can't stand clutter right now so not sure it would be good for me to get everything out.

We just bought this house in Dec and aren't through with all the stuff we wanted to get done. I have grand amibitions of taping off the hallway so maybe DH will get the hint and paint! I also need to get on the ball and hire someone to come put a light in the basement stairway and reinforce the railing downstairs (fixing up the finished portion of the basement is next on our list).

[lcaitlin]

I really feel like the only one in this DDC who is super thankful baby isn't here yet!

I've turned into a nesting machine. But I've been procrastinating for a very long time, so I had a lot of stuff to do.

Let's see... since last Sunday we:

received birth kit and birth pool (yesterday)
figured out all attachments
washed birth sheets/towels
cleaned out all closets and dressers
purged 12 large garbage bags of clothing
bought new speakers and did a major wiring job through the walls and basement
sold our couch and got a loaner while we wait for the new one
spayed my dog
submitted lots of various reimbursement paperwork (work and insurance expenses)
did taxes for 2006 and 2007 (we really are procrastinators!)
wrote and submitted paperwork for my doula certification (on the very last day of the extended deadline)
turned 32
celebrated wedding anniversary
baked a fig tart with fruit from our tree
dehydrated hundreds more figs from the tree
cleaned freezer and fridge
picked wedding pictures for album from photographer three years after the event (see what I mean about procrastination?)
washed and folded all DH's laundry (7 large loads!)
sorted/archived 10 years of photographs
hand-shredded (with scissors) large box of sensitive papers and old credit cards

I could actually go on and on, but I'm starting to get embarrassed so I'll stop there. It's definitely been a productive week

If I can get a few more days with this energy, our house and life will be in tip top shape. And then I need to start sleeping a little bit to rest up for birth and baby!

[amitymama]

Definitely playing the waiting game here. Though, oddly enough, I don't want the baby to come before Thursday because I'm going out to dinner with DH on Tuesday and my aunt whom I haven't seen in a year and a half is coming for dinner on Wednesday. So anytime after that would be just fine with me! I'm not actually due until the 20th so I know I could still have a week or two left. I don't think I'll go more than a few days over...at least I hope not!

I'm not a big craft person (though I wish I was!) so nothing going on that front. I've been reading a lot though, taking lots of baths. And also eating chocolate like it's going out of style. : I tell myself it's okay because I walk so much and have been doing so much cleaning that I am staying pretty active.

I spent most of today cleaning and getting the dining room ready to have the birth pool in it. I also finally strung my birth beads into a necklace a few days ago so that's all ready to go. I love it! Will have to take a picture and post it...

[ssolberg99]

I'm becoming more impatient too...and almost anxious to have this baby before my friend who is due this Saturday. I have no idea why...maybe because she is due 9 days after me. My last day of "work" (watching 3 other dc besides my own two) was Friday. Now, I'm going to have to find something to keep my mind occupied! I just don't have any good ideas.

[HinesMaMa]

wow we all have alot going on right now, but we clearly we all have pregnancy of the mind. I am only 39 weeks today, but I never expected to go this far with #4 especially since they had been telling me that I would PTL since 28 weeks. So I really feel like its been a loooonnggg time coming. Today is soooo hot in Jersey and its really not helping anything. I thought heartburn was supposed to go away once baby engaged, but its almost like it got ten times worse.