Waiting… waiting… waiting….
The due date has come and gone. Daddy has left for the seas. Chanel is tired of being my bodyguard. Mummy feels fragile like humpty dumpty.
Come on baby. Let’s get the show on the road.
Yours truly,
mama bear
40 weeks + 1 day.
Look what I found!!
A baby hiking gear! For rental too!! Visit them at www.babybarnitems.com
Hi, I’m 38 weeks pregnant and counting. I’m not laboring yet. If you’re carrying a 2-3kg rice sack everywhere you go, plus another 10kg of weights you’ll know what it means to wait for labor. It’s like waiting to discharge the rice sack. Or something like that. Tomorrow I have a meeting at 10AM at a construction site. Next week on Monday I have another scheduled meeting. Yup, still working. Still driving.
Thing is, people always remind me to listen to my body in this last few months. I do, trust me. Week 36 was HARD. I felt hungry and fatigued all day long. I thought for sure that I was going into labor soon. Nope wrong.
Week 37 went to emergency because I had food poisoning and fever. The fever went down in 12 hours. All I did was to drink lots. The doctor told me that I could actually take a panadol or two which I didn’t the night before because let’s face it, you wouldn’t risk any drugs when you’re pregnant and THIS close to laboring. Also I didn’t feel baby move as much, so that’s the real reason why I submitted myself to emergency wing. Turns out baby was just chillin’. Mommy was tired so baby was tired and decided to sleep longer or something.
Doctor wanted to admit me but I politely turned her down. Yeah admit me, then what? Forced birth with drugs? No way hosay. I want baby out but NATURALLY is the keyword. Plus hospitals creep me out. Next time I’m joining the home birth movement with hypno and water birth. Oh hubs please let me.
As week 38 loomed, I thought if I moped around, I’ll NEVER get labor started. So I made it a point to walk walk walk walk. So now instead of feeling like going into labor, I feel energized. Able to take on the world. I even sleep good. Less tossing and turning. More sno-ring. I’m like, WHAT? Why you so strong again body?? I thought the food poisoning got you good. I thought you, body, will be pressured into contractions. Ummmm let’s see. No. No false contractions, nothing. Nada.
Le sigh.
Ya Allah, whatever plans you have for me, I know in my heart that it’s the best. Husband is going away soon and if he can’t make it to his first child’s birth I’m ganna try to make peace with that. If husband is going to miss the first month of his child’s life also I’m ganna have to make peace with that also.
Oh yeah. So today I’m on house arrest imposed by my mom. Because she saw my uber elephant feet. Or balloon feet. Water retention fat feet. Whatever you call it. Fine. Can’t wear my sandals no longer anyway. Where are those cartoonish crocs when you need ‘em.
My toenails are getting longer and I can’t reach!! Where’s hubs when you really need him!?
Hubs been putting this song on a loop and I can’t get it out of my head now!!
If I go on with you (by my side), can it be the way it was when we met?
Did you forget all about those golden nights?
Everything’s ganna change! Been feeling a little nostalgic about my past. Our past. I don’t know. There was nothing conventional about the way me & hubs met, or how our story went. But fate is fate and it was already written.
Okay so last week I had food poisoning and I was sick for a whopping 2 days. And became an emotional wreck. Guess the hormones are catching up big time. Any day now… any day baby you can come out. Come out before papa goes away for work!!
STATS!!
How many weeks preggers? Forever! (38 weeks and counting)
New symptoms? Major bloated feet and rings off!
Cravings? Unhealthy levels of chocolate
Mental state? Mental
Energy level? This week mostly up. Walked and continue doing work. So determined to get labor started.
Weight gain? I think it’s one kg this week.
Sleep? Don’t mention it.
Okay so I have every pregnant symptom in the book right now. I don’t even know whether I’m toilet trained anymore seriously.
Can’t wait to get the show on the road.. or in my case, baby out!!
