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A $5 pool has been started betting on the arrival date of Charlotte.
I picked April 1 because I think she is trying to be a good girl by arriving on her due date.
Awesome color coded spreadsheeting skillz courtesy of Aunty Berry.
(It ends on April 12 because that would be induction date if she still hasn’t arrived).
“When is the baby coming?”
— First words out of John’s mouth this morning. It’s impossible for us to think about anything else right now.
39 weeks 2 days pregnant.
5 days until due date.
I remember thinking I was ENORMOUSLY pregnant in the photo on the right. I was so excited to be showing. I think I was about 4 months pregnant.
Compared to the photo above, I was a skinny mini.
I have never had much patience. But this waiting-for-labor-to-start business is killing me.
I can’t wait to meet her.
I can’t wait to hold her.
I can’t wait to kiss her.
I can’t wait to feed her.
I can’t wait until everything has calmed down and I can lay her down on the bed and simply look at every inch of her little body.
THE NUMBERS GAME
The Ergo Baby Carrier is on sale today on babysteals.com for 45 - 48% off. That is a MAJOR bargain. John did the research on this one and concluded that this carrier is way better than the Baby Bjorn ( I couldn’t tell you why because as I said this was John’s project).
On the weekend I went into Giggle and was thisclose to buying a sling - it had been on my list as a ‘must’ for so long. However, slings have been such a hot topic lately due to a number of infant deaths caused by suffocation. In fact there has been a major recall of two particular brands in the last week. After a very helpful discussion with the manager at Giggle she suggested I simply get the ERGObaby Infant Insert for the Ergo Baby Carrier that I already had. I decided to go ahead and do that.
John can be seen ‘modelling’ the Ergo below.
Today I did something that made me feel like a bit of a wanker. A neurotic NY mommy-to-be wanker.
I interviewed a prospective pediatrician.
Anyway, I’m glad I did because dude was 100 shades of awkward.
Instead I’m going with another pediatrician that came highly recommended by a reader. Unsurprisingly, Hell’s Kitchen is not exactly the hub of all things children- related so we will be walking 25 blocks to visit her.
My friends have been urging me to pack my hospital bags for the last few weeks and I keep telling them that going into labor is not like in the movies. I can pack my hospital bag once my contractions start because I’m going to have HOURS to kill at home before it’s actually time to head to the hospital.
Although, my doctor told me a crazy story today.
His patient called him yesterday once she reached 5-1-1 i.e. contractions are 5 minutes apart, 1 minute in length, for at least an hour. He told her to get in a taxi and head to the hospital.
Twenty minutes later he was paged. He called the husband immediately whose first words were ‘I can see the head’. The doctor asked where they were and could they make it to the hospital. The husband said they were in a taxi and yes they could make it, then a moment of silence, and then……..the sound of a baby crying.
Can you imagine?!! In the back of a taxi!!
There are many signs that labor is on its way. They can start as early as a month before going into labor.
One of those signs is having flu-like symptoms.
Guess who has them?
Imagine me raising my hand with a look of self-pity on my face.
Luckily, they are somewhat mild and shouldn’t stop me from continuing to progress through my long before-I-have-a-baby-to-do list.
