Okay, I'm mildly freaked out. Hmm... Nope. I'm totally freaked out. Nope. Still not right. I'm totally stressed, frustrated, irritated, apathetic, moody, exhausted, _________. My husband can fill in the blank with a large number of words I'm sure. The bottom line being that I'm totally pregnant. And totally due in 10 weeks. That's 10 weeks until my due date.
Do I believe that I will last until my due date? Not at all. Connor came 2 weeks early. Which drops my ETA down by 2 weeks. Meaning, I have 8 weeks. Tate has been causing me contractions for the past 12 weeks.
Last night was by far the most interesting set of contractions. I was having my normal Braxton-Hicks contractions which progressed into painful contractions. I've been told if I have more than 4 in an hour's time that I need to go to the hospital. Babies who come at 30 weeks are NOT a good thing. I put my feet up and Gabe waited on me bringing me lots of water which helped the contractions ease and stop. Yay!
So when you add the above information to the confession you'll find below, you may have your own word to fill in the blank with.....
I'm 30 weeks and I:
*Don't have Connor out of his room and moved into the guest room- which will become his room as it's larger and can hold all of his toys and stuff and allow for more room to play.
*Don't have the Crib setup.
*Am not completely sure we have 100% of the parts and pieces to put the crib back together. I suppose I'll find this out if/when we do ever put the crib together.
*Don't have a crib set picked out for our child. I've found 2 sets that I kind of like. Nothing I love. Nothing I'm wowed by. I found a site with great bedding, that cost an arm, leg and 2 kidneys.
Upon further research all of it was dry clean only. (As though a mother of an infant really can dry clean the kid's bedding.)
*Don't have a bassinet. My pack 'n' play is in the Tri-Cities, because I let someone borrow it. So there's two whammy's.
*Don't have any bottles. I plan to nurse again, but I'd also like to leave my house at some point too.
*Don't have anything in my house that would signal a baby is set to arrive in a maximum of 10 weeks other than several boxes my WONDERFUL sister sent me full of baby clothes we've passed to one another. I also have a swing, and bouncy seat. All of the above is crammed on top of the guest bed.
*Don't have an earthly idea where before said guest bed will move to seeing as our house offers ZERO storage, and I refuse to pay a storage company $50 a month to store a single bed. I don't want to sell it, as it's part of a set, and I love the set.
*Haven't signed Connor up for the becoming a big brother class at the hospital.
Last Friday, for shear need to feel like I'm not a total crap mom who hasn't done anything for her unborn child, I did install the infant car seat into our car. Not that I've had it inspected yet to make sure my installation abilities haven't failed me.
Yeah.... I'm on a freaking roll these days.
1 comments:
First off, calm down or you'll go into labor.
* Babies are small and require very little room. You can borrow my cradle to keep the baby in your room. Zoe is still in it but only for a few more weeks tops.
* Connor is going to learn to be a big brother whether or not you sign him up for a class. If you need a dry run, bring him over he can hang out with one of our younger siblings.
* I have discovered after nursing 4 children who all took a bottle early on for ease of going out.... you really only need 1-4 bottles. I got rid of all mine after Carsten b/c they weren't BPA free and now have 4 for Zoe.
*Tarrah can probably store your bed for you once she moves out seeing as how she has NOTHING and could use it until she has one of her own.
* Make a list of all the things you need to do or buy. Send the list of things to buy to all your friends and we can get them for you for your shower. Post the list of things to do on the fridge so it seems more manageable.
Don't stress.....enjoy this time. Let me come over some preschool day and clean off the guest bed.
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