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09-10-2008 - MY "OVERDUE" PREGNANCY DIARY!

My mood while writing this blog: Calm!

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09th October 2008

I am almost at the end of my 3rd and final pregnancy. It has been quite a journey, during which time has passed at decidedly different speeds - the first few months: tough to get through, the middle few months where I felt so well and enjoyed the miracle of my body changing on an almost daily basis, and now finally the last couple of weeks where even the regular day-to-day activities in life pose a challenge.

I have spent so long counting down the weeks and days until my due date, stressing that the baby might come early - with so many things on the calendar to get through, like my youngest starting school. Now that the date has come and gone I feel completely calm and chilled out...time seems much less important, and once again I am able to focus on having a healthy baby and a good delivery. I am ready, but calm and happy to wait.

I saw my midwife earlier today and she offered me a sweep, which I decided to decline. I am on the mend from a bad cold, but not really feeling back to normal and as my due date was only yesterday I don't feel there is any great rush to get things going. I am hoping that if the baby can stay put for a few more days I will be a lot better when she is born! The M/W has booked me in for one week's time to have a sweep if nothing has happened before.

Everything was very good though - my blood pressure is nice and low, nothing unusual with my sample and the baby is still in a good position (spine to my left). She said she could only really feel the back of her neck - and said that the baby is now 4/5 engaged, which is a good starting point for labour. However, I am now measuring 43cms which isn't quite as good as it means I am on track for another big baby. It is reassuring to have been checked and to know that all seems OK. I just know that the baby will come when she is ready. At the very worst I have to wait until about 18th October to be induced, which is hardly any time in the grand scheme of things!!

Oh, and one other thing that came to me today - I recall trying to 'fix' my due date at the very start of my pregnancy! According to the first day of my LMP, which was 04/01/08 my due date should be tomorrow (10th October). However, I remember telling the M/W at my booking in appt. that it was 02/01/08 which made a due date of 08th October. So really a due date is just a guess of when the baby will come and I have made my mind up not to get too transfixed on a particular date and to keep smiling!! LOL

10th October 2008

I am not doing so well today. I am hoping it is a bit of a blip, but I have felt quite miserable! I didn't sleep too well last night as I woke up at about 4am with some mild contraction like pains. They didn't come to anything, but disturbed me enough to stop me sleeping well. The cold still hasn't gone and now it has gone on to my chest and I have been coughing on and off all day.

The hardest thing to deal with at the moment is all the well meant comments that I have been getting from everyone. I can't go out of the house without bumping into someone that knows us and feels the need to comment on the fact that I am still with baby. Considering I have only just got to my due date, I am not even that far overdue - goodness knows how it will be a week from now if I still haven't had the baby.

My belly is just so huge now - there is really no room left for it to get any bigger. My poor skin is stretched so thin it is almost translucent. I am not sure that I will ever recover from this pregnancy....it was hard enough the last two times.

The funny thing is that I am not even 'that' desperate to have the baby, just to escape the comments and to move on in life. I haven't got much to do at home apart from the regular housework, which as Bethan pointed out is a bit dull! I don't have the energy to start any major projects. I am almost missing work - at least time passes by more quickly when I am at work!

Thank goodness tomorrow is Saturday and I won't see so many people that I know!! A small respite for a couple of days. I am absolutely going to go ahead with an induction at the soonest possible opportunity after my appointment with the midwife on Thursday. Although it wouldn't be the ideal thing to do, I just can't imagine going through another week and some!!

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1 Comments on MY "OVERDUE" PREGNANCY DIARY!


emb17 - Friday, 10 Oct
All sounds good :-)
How big was your last baby? 43 does sound big? I'm measuring37 which I was told is avarage weight, what ever that is supposed to be. My mum said we were all 6ish + Lb babies. I seam to have had mostly 7lb + ish babies one of my friends had all 10lb+ babies except her last which was only 7lb she said she didn't know how to hold him to start with he was so small to her :-) lol so I do hate it when they only answer you with Big avarage or small.....

Sound's like you are very chilled and just ready for baby now. I kind of get the feeling it wont be long for you at all. I think I'm just going to have to be the same. My other half is about now which was the most important thing, the only sad thing is that this is the weekend we don't have the children, so if babe makes an apperance it will be a while before some of the children see their new sibbling. I guess we can't plan it all and I have up to about 2 weeks before they start talking about inducing. My m/w also mentioned something about a sweep next week, but I will try to avoid :-D lol

Take care Em x