40 Weeks
Today is the official due date for my pregnancy. I thought that I'd be holding my baby by now, but as one of my last posts indicated, I guess I'm not too good at predictions.
I predicted that I'd only gain 20-25 pounds. Nope.
I predicted I'd deliver this past weekend. Nope.
I predicted that I would not reach my due date at all. Nope.
I predicted that I'd have a girl. We're still waiting on that one. :)
There is a foot or some other body part resting comfortably (for baby, at least) right under my rib cage, so bending has become a thing of the past. This makes it hard to do menial tasks like pick up a dropped whatever, sit down/stand up quickly, wash certain areas, you get the picture. I am really looking forward to having my body back! I'm glad it's served this little one well. :)
Last night was the first night in a week that I didn't get some good rest. I woke feeling nauseous and mildly crampy. I wondered if this was how it was going to start. These feelings kept on throughout the night, and poor Jeff got to be the beneficiary of my tossing and turning. Each time I'd turn (which takes about 5 minutes, remember) he'd ask if I was OK. This morning as he went to work, I told him I may be calling him. "Why?" Apparently he did sleep OK after all.
So today I will try and get some ironing done, and continue reading my book. I feel like I need to read it all, or most of it, before the babe comes so that I can have the "tools" to establish a good sleep pattern. Why must I always feel this way? I have tools already, but I put so much emphasis on getting it all down-pat beforehand. I need to work on this.
In other thoughts, I've been thinking a bit on how right now, this baby is in the Lord's presence...right there! How neat. No wonder it is taking it's time to enter the world. I think I'd want to wait a bit, too! I thought about this the entire pregnancy, that the only person to really know this baby was God, and how intricately He knows him/her. He is the only One who has seen and soon we'll be welcomed into the picture, but all of this time, this created soul has been hanging out with the Almighty. That's really pretty cool and I can't quite get my head wrapped around it.
I predicted that I'd only gain 20-25 pounds. Nope.
I predicted I'd deliver this past weekend. Nope.
I predicted that I would not reach my due date at all. Nope.
I predicted that I'd have a girl. We're still waiting on that one. :)
There is a foot or some other body part resting comfortably (for baby, at least) right under my rib cage, so bending has become a thing of the past. This makes it hard to do menial tasks like pick up a dropped whatever, sit down/stand up quickly, wash certain areas, you get the picture. I am really looking forward to having my body back! I'm glad it's served this little one well. :)
Last night was the first night in a week that I didn't get some good rest. I woke feeling nauseous and mildly crampy. I wondered if this was how it was going to start. These feelings kept on throughout the night, and poor Jeff got to be the beneficiary of my tossing and turning. Each time I'd turn (which takes about 5 minutes, remember) he'd ask if I was OK. This morning as he went to work, I told him I may be calling him. "Why?" Apparently he did sleep OK after all.
So today I will try and get some ironing done, and continue reading my book. I feel like I need to read it all, or most of it, before the babe comes so that I can have the "tools" to establish a good sleep pattern. Why must I always feel this way? I have tools already, but I put so much emphasis on getting it all down-pat beforehand. I need to work on this.
In other thoughts, I've been thinking a bit on how right now, this baby is in the Lord's presence...right there! How neat. No wonder it is taking it's time to enter the world. I think I'd want to wait a bit, too! I thought about this the entire pregnancy, that the only person to really know this baby was God, and how intricately He knows him/her. He is the only One who has seen and soon we'll be welcomed into the picture, but all of this time, this created soul has been hanging out with the Almighty. That's really pretty cool and I can't quite get my head wrapped around it.
posted by Kelly | 11:22 AM
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