40weeks5days

I read somewhere that the average gestational length for first time mothers is 41 weeks and 3 days.
I find this ironic, because the widely associated length of pregnancy is 40 weeks.
But more than that, it's ironic because 41 weeks and 3 days is also 10 days past your due date,
which is the date that they will induce labour.
So yeah, most moms are gonna have their kids at that date if they're gonna be so late.
(pet peeve.)

Was really hoping to have her out of my body and in my arms by now,
but I suppose I just have to keep waiting.
I really didn't want to have her on Christmas, or too close,
because being a Christmas baby really steals the thunder from your birthday in later years.
But I don't have much of a choice in that.
I've given up on waiting for her to come naturally,
i'm definitely expecting to need inducing.
Hoping I can sway my doctor to induce me on the 21st or 22nd,
so I don't need to be in the hospital til Christmas day potentially.
But at least all of this will be over in another 5 days tops.

Baby girl is just really not comfortable in there !
not only is she stretching my stomach more every day,
but her feet are either in my ribs or in my psiatic (sp. ?) nerve all day long.
Not to mention I have such bad heartburn that I puke in my mouth all day,
despite tums or antacids.
I can never get comfortable, I can't leave the house at this time because i'm a miserable bitch,
(blame it on hormones and impatience, but i really am not a people person right now),
and my tailbone spreading for birth feels like dwarves are using jackhammers on it.

Moral of the story ?
Don't have kids until you decide that you really want them and are ready for them.
Don't be a fool, wrap your tool !
And if birth control pills make you sick,
please get the depo shot or the IUD or NuvaRing or any of those alternatives.
Use condoms ladies and gents because you don't want any STI's, obviously,
but it's always good to use contraception as a backup, accidents happen.
My mom got pregnant with me and my two sisters while using a condom with me, birth control pills with my middle sister, and the depo shot with my youngest sister.

And a note on STI's, I know you feel invincible,
but it can happen to you just from one silly second,
one minor lapse in judgement.
I've had my own scare, and I can tell you it made me deathly afraid of ever getting one for real =P


This pregnancy has not exactly been the best time of my life, I can tell you.
I am so beyond eager to be done with being pregnant and start mommy-ing =P
I had such terrible food aversion in the first trimester I actually lost 10 pounds.
And my love/boyfriend/baby daddy. I was SO hormonal, I didn't even remember what I was like.
Reading old conversations from those couple weeks I was absolutely shocked at the psycho bitch I was.
Granted, I'd just found out I was pregnant and was dealing with all that stress, so the hormones didn't help.
The second trimester, my blood pressure was so low I passed out in a WalMart,
and I couldn't even get off the couch without nearly toppling over.
I couldn't stand long enough to do dishes or shower ! (I bathed, don't worry.)
And the third trimester has been all rib/back/tailbone pain and HEARTBURN. Ewie.
By now, things are a little better. Me and my love/boyfriend/baby daddy did get back together.
But I can't wait to have my body back to normal. (Ish.) And to meet my sweet little girl. =]
I just want her out so I can start adjusting to my life as a mom.
And I want to get the labour over with so I can forget about it sooner =P