weeks 36-40+

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  Week 40+  (overdue...again)
  
  

Little notes (please keep in mind that I'm 5 days over and bored of "waiting"):

• I'm feeling good. A little too good for my liking, because this will probably mean that I still have to wait a little longer.
• I'm going to brag now... I have had no back ache, no cankels, or chipolata sausage fingers. None whatsoever. I'm comfortable and almost to the point where it feels like Ive been a big pregnant person all my life. I do however have that "I'm busting" feeling down there... like all the time. 
• I've done prenatal pilaties right up until my due date. Then our 7yr old plasma died and I have only done it one more time since. I'm loving that I have an excuse so I don't feel guilty for not doing it, just lazy.  
• I weighed in at 65.8kg on my due date at my midwife appointment. That's a total weight gain of close to 9kg. Just a little lighter than my last two pregnancies.
• Almost a month ago now, I was told by my midwife that baby was engaged and about 3/5 down...great! On my due date, he had bopped back up and no longer engaged... not great. She did try to reassure me that since it's my 3rd baby, it didn't mean much or that he wouldn't come soon... SHE LIED! Hence, I'm sitting here on the couch blogging and not at the hospital pushing. 
• I decided to get a 'stretch and strip' at my last appointment, don't know why I bothered since they NEVER work for me... when will I learn?!
• Yes, I'm still eating a whole lot of lychees.
• I'm having some funky dreams lately. Ranging from snakes and anxious dinner parties and other stuff I can't really mention on here :)
• We had horrible HOT weather for about 4 days and It was hell... literally.
• Just wondering... why can't babies come with an exact date/day and time and a little name tag attached?! It would just make it a whole lot easier.
• I think I'm over it. Why or why am I always late?! Is it pay back for my lack of punctuality and for all the times I've arrived late to things like school, appointments, church, meetings etc?! Seriously, WHY???!!! If I'm following the pattern here, and it looks like I am, than this time around I will be 9 days late. Sorry Joe, looks like you're going to work tomorrow, and the next day, and the next after that. :(

Come on baby, prove me wrong...PLEASE! Meanwhile, check out El's poses in one of my previous shoots... love her. 

• Wednesday 18th, 2012

I am officially 41 weeks today. I'm feeling really impatient and a little stressed because I woke up feeling like every other morning... absolutely fine! I'm a little stressed because I'm on a bit of a deadline- Granny and pop's departure date is approaching and El starts school on Monday... MONDAY! So in the last three days I've been on 3 power walks pushing 25kgs+ of stroller and the results have been nothing but a great burst of energy and feeling absolutely nothing. But this afternoon we have progress. I have been home from my midwife appointment for around 1.5hrs now where I got a brutal strip and stretch by a male doctor  who gave me the warning that he would do the best he could to get things happening. Yeah well, I tell you what, I've had plenty of strips and stretches done in the past before, but none like this one. I could barely walk after it and I'm starting to feel "stuff"... FINALLY. I'm feeling uncomfortable and I think I'm getting mild contractions- like that period pain feeling I got both times in the past that let me know things were starting to happen... hallelujah! Could it really be happening?! I hope so! But if not, I have been booked in for an induction Friday morning at 7am! Though, my body has never let me reach my induction dates in the past. I'm hoping it won't let it get to that point again. Here's hoping for some labour pains and a baby tonight or tomorrow! To be continued...