You know that extra hour of sleep we were supposedly supposed to get last night? Yeah. That didn't happen for me. Instead I was up from 2:30 to 4:30. I was thinking Jacob and I may need to go to the hospital, but we didn't. I let him sleep while I was up. The funny thing is, when I woke up, my first thought was, "Oh my gosh. I'm not ready for this!" Um, hello! I was born to do this! I'm thinking that's more of a natural instinct or fear of the unknown, because I really am super excited!
My fear is more the labor, delivery and recovery for myself. I'm scared of the pain, and the more I think on it, the less opposed I am to the idea of an epidural. I'm thankful that Jacob will support whatever I decide to do.
Here's another question for all you moms... did you and your spouse get bored in the hospital? Jacob is going to be bored through my labor I think! But, after baby is born I doubt we'll have that many visitors. What the heck do you do for 48 hours all couped up in a little room? Obviously I will try to sleep as much as possible and we'll be taking care of our little man. I just hate feeling stir crazy and wonder if the time will pass quickly or slowly before we're released to go home?
Anyway...back to today. All of Jacob's hard work in the yard was a bust. Then we went out even though it was windy. We got half of the front raked and gave up. Just left a pile sitting there. It's a lost cause and so frustrating. Neither of our neighbor's have raked their yards and they're FILLED with leaves that blow into our yard. We have 1 small tree and yet have filled around 12, 30 gallon bags with leaves. Talk about frustration. Although, I did have some contractions while we were out there. Not sure if they were real or Braxton Hicks, but the ones I feel today are a bit stronger and slightly painful at times. Nothing I can time though.
I took a nice hot shower and discovered my very first stretch mark. It's pretty tiny, but it's there. Oh well. I made it a long time without any!
Watched some TV and made another trip to Wal-Mart with Jacob because I forgot bread yesterday. We also picked up a few snack items for the hospital. I'm slowly starting to get a bag ready!!
Time to go make some chili and cornbread and then relax for the rest of the night.
Don't wait too long to get your bag ready. Sounds like Mr. Daniel isn't going to listen to his Great Auntie and come on the 19th. But I'll be happy just the same. :) Isn't it ironic how we can't wait and then suddenly when the time comes we're not sure we're ready. I vote epidural ... I hate pain!
ReplyDeleteI remember having a scare twice before A actually came and both times I thought "I am not ready!" but the third time, when it was real, I remember thinking, "I'm ready. Let's do this." So don't worry. You'll be ready once it's time.
ReplyDeleteAs for being bored, Bryan was so not during the labor and we were there for 10 hours before she was born. However, after there were some boring moments. You could bring movies or a book or a hobby like crocheting. Something. It's not terribly boring because you're either sleeping or loving on your new babe so don't worry ;)
YES what September said
ReplyDeleteas for the leaves hissboo!
getting your bag ready, a good idea
and YES you were born to do this :)
love you, Momma