I think I’m in trouble. It’s still 3 full days until my actual due date and I’m already feeling like this is going on for way too long! Is this normal? I think it really started on Friday when the wonderful folks at my office threw a shower for me and Ellie (she’s just a week and some behind me in due date) It was wonderful, and they were SO generous! And then that night everyone hugged me and told me good bye and good luck…as if for sure I would not return on Monday. I even felt like for sure I wouldn’t return on Monday….it’s in my brain, as if I’m going to get on an airplane or something tomorrow morning. But the reality is that not only could I return to work tomorrow, but I could return the following Monday……AND I could even return the Monday after that. Very anti-climatic don’t you think?
As long as everyone involved is healthy they won’t induce until 14 days after the due date….it’s all such an imperfect science…and the due date is really a guess…especially when you aren’t actually “planning” on a baby and you really can’t recall the exact date of the last few times you might have gotten pregnant =) TMI?
I’m trying hard to cherish these moments of waiting…knowing that once she does come it will all seem like it went by so fast and I’ll wish that it would slow down.
Maybe those girls that just show up at the hosiptial “now knowing” that they are pregnant have a something. A little ignorance can be blissful =)
Oh yes the waiting… and waiting… and waiting. I guess there is at least one benefit to the scheduled Csection (not that I’m recommending it)… I HOPE HOPE HOPE you don’t have to wait the 14 days past the due date.. (the guess date.) ugh!