I’m halfway through my 37th week of pregnancy.
I’m over being uncomfortable. Tired of being in pain and I long for the little things like sleeping on my belly.
I’m far from a wonderful pregnant person. I don’t glow. I whinge and complain. I get a huge belly, pee a lot and suffer insomnia when it’s time to sleep and can’t keep my eyes open when it’s not appropriate to sleep.
The last three weeks of pregnancy are the worst. And did I mention that I whinge a lot?
This pregnancy I’ve had the hopes and dreams but I’ve been there twice now and I’ve reached the point where I want to hold my little boy in my arms NOW.
I know what childbirth is like and it sucks, It’s entirely painful and I’m dreading it. So to really flip myself out I’m going for a different approach to the massive amount of drugs I used last time to trying a drug free waterbirth
Yep ick.....
On the weekend, after reading that bromelain, an enzyme in pineapple, can help soften your cervix and therefore maybe bring on labour. I ate an entire 820 gram can of it!
This succeeded only in giving me some burning wees and a mild niggly stomach ache.
No labour.
I also read that the process of canning destroys the bromelain.
After I had eaten it!
Great
Awesome
Just what I wanted
This week my beautiful best friend, down from the Northern Territory to support me through the last weeks of my pregnancy, found raspberry leaf tea for me!
3 cups a day? Huhh? Who actually follows instructions?
Yesterday I went for a brisk walk early in the morning, followed by more of an amble in the afternoon.
Still no labour
Wicked back pain
Sore legs
No labour!
What’s a girl to do? I swear I will not go overdue with this baby.
Its Tuesday, I slept on the couch last night as I just couldn’t get comfortable and Nic was making his weird noises again.
2 long walks are planned again today. This morning we are going to the shopping centre for Bec to try on dresses then coming back for Eli bugs nap then walking on back down for her to get her nails done .
I’m excited!
Eli was such a good boy this morning so after Nic had awoken at 430 to get ready for work and tucked me back in my own bed I was able to sleep until 7!
I have no clue why I whined and complained quite so much when I was pregnant with Eli, Having a toddler puts pregnancy in a whole other playing field. I can’t just sleep when I’m tired. The few times I did have morning sickness this pregnancy they were the times I was accompanied by my small shadow curious as to why mummies head was in the toilet.
So it seems riding the porcelain bus is not even sacred to a 1+ year old!
Even when watching television I am actively preparing for this labour which I’ll be damned but will be better than Eli’s that I sit on an excersize ball! This baby will NOT be overdue especially now with Bec leaving a week early Baby can’t be late!
ABC for kids is not cutting it for Eli this morning so a little Einsteins DVD it is to entertain whilst I get ready for the day! I always swore my child wouldn’t watch television much less would be watching American television but reality bared its ugly face and oh for the bliss of TV!
We went to the shops,
Bec tried on two dresses which with her hot little body both looked absolutely stunning so I just had to help convince her to buy both! We travelled back home (walking again this baby had better come soon) and Eli and I settled for a nap.
That afternoon Eli bug was ratty and nasty and just really unsettled not knowing at all what he wanted. So we walked back down to the shops for Bec to get her nails done and I bought Eli some flash cards from the salvos store that looked brand new.
Sitting in the nail salon blissfully smelling the fumes that reminded me of my selfish Jamee Saunders glammed up days I was astonished at the recognition skills of the grubby little monster in the pram!
He’d say dog he’d copy noises and was generally a little smarty bum which quite obviously made me one proud little mumma bear.
Taxi home as it was dark and freezing and its “Winners and Losers” night on TV with my best friend here and my husband home to deal with rat child Eli bug
How good can life get?
Oh wait
I’m still pregnant
Still waiting for Fyn the worm to make his appearance!
Yours still pregnant
Jamee
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