I Create Another Day

Today’s the due date and no baby yet, but I did ask Jesse to stay home from work.  My next appointment is tomorrow, but I think that we’re going to pack up the car and head to my doctor’s office after dropping The Girlie off at school, just to see where things are.

After that two mile walk on Sunday, my contractions were more regular, though not too terribly strong.  Enough to catch my attention and get my hopes up, but nothing to send me into a panic of rushing around getting everything ready to go.

Even though I was determined to go for another walk on Monday, the most I did was to go shopping.  I went to buy our swing and was going to check out some photo screens and so both stores I needed to go to are in the same shopping center.  I parked smack dab in the middle of the shopping center, thus forcing me to walk all the way over to the baby store, then all the way back to the car to drop off the swing, then all the way over to the frame store, then back to the car again.  I then went across the way to the other shopping center to visit the scrapbooking store, and parked across the parking lot from that, as well. 

When I got home, I cleaned and did laundry and made sure things were all straight, and basically didn’t really sit down until the evening.  Again, things felt like they were progressing, but nothing dramatic.  I did, however, get a call from MB.  She’s back in town (as are all of my back-ups, whoo!!) and she was checking up on me and wanted to get together for lunch and a walk.

So, yesterday, she came over, took me out to lunch and we went on about a mile and a half walk.  I also go to use her six-week-old as a sample baby with one of the slings we bought (the Mei Tai), which didn’t work out so well, given that I am really pregnant, and so it doesn’t stay in place.  Once The Jelly is actually out of my Belly, I think that wrap will work much better.  I should have tested the Moby with her, though.  I really am looking forward to how that one works.

So, anyway.  Went on the walk yesterday and contractions started just a few minutes in.  Much stronger than Sunday’s and definitely stronger than anything from Monday.  We got home and I rested up, tested the baby in the sling and then went to get The Girlie from school.  More sitting around while she did homework and got ready for Company class.

Before we went to class, I had to go to the bathroom.  As I was sitting there doing my business, I realized that it was the second time I had to do more than pee within a two hour time frame.  Now, this may not seem like that big of a deal, or could maybe be attributed to lunch, but I hadn’t eaten anything more unusual than the things I’ve been having in the past few weeks, and while I was pretty regular before I got pregnant (once a day, I’d say), while being pregnant, that regularity has dropped to twice a week, at the most.  By the end of the day yesterday, it was four or five times and again this morning.

While heading to dance class, I had a few more contractions and was telling the other moms about it when I got there, but was feeling, by the end of class, like I should have kept my mouth shut because through the entire class, nothing happened.

Then as class was ending, things were kicking up again, and by the time I got home, I was really sort of feeling like I’d already have a baby right now.  So, we had dinner and I was bustling around the house, and the contractions were coming closer than they ever had, so we really started to bustle, and were getting things ready for The Girlie, in case I had to call The Ex, and were prepping the house for us to be gone and everything.

Then our insurance guy showed up to complete some paperwork and I sat for an hour and a half and the contractions definitely eased off.

Boooo, insurance guy!

So, we just watched an episode of High Stakes Poker, during which A) Had the most annoying hand ever (Gads, I hate Jamie Gold!) and B) I fell asleep during the last hand.  So, I crawled into bed and had a fairly comfortable night of sleep, compared to what I’ve been having lately. 

This morning, I woke up early (as usual!) and Jesse and I did what we could to hopefully progress labor and while I was in the shower, I definitely felt a harder contraction than those I was feeling last night.  Not to mention the fact that she just feels ready to fall out when I’m standing up.

So, I asked Jesse to stay home from work today.  We’re both going to drop The Girlie off at school and then head over to my doctor’s office, just to get a once over.  We’ll pack the car in anticipation, but if nothing comes of it and we just end up heading back home, I’m fine with that too.  I just will feel better seeing someone today. (I think I am still having some fears over The Jelly’s possible size and if we need to talk C-section before I progress much further, then I want that to happen sooner, rather than later.)

The house is pretty clean.  I’d like to get my scrapbooking stuff put away, since I’m not going to be able to touch it until January, at least, at this point.  I’ll empty the dishwasher and get some things together for The Girlie, just in case we do have to go to the hospital.  I don’t think I will actually take them with us, as if The Ex gets her, he will be in Folsom anyway and can just pick things up from the house.

My friend KG called last night to check on me and I hadn’t talked to her since the baby shower.  I told her that I’d call her this week, either way.  Either I’d call her to chat on Friday, or I’d call her before that to let her know the babe is here.

I really feel that’s how it’s going to go.  Man, I hope so.  We’ll see.