Still no baby. I'm trying to post a little something for you guys at least every couple of days; I don't want to leave you hanging for too long for fear that you'll assume our little one decided to arrive.
I happen to be the first pregnant gal I've known to have all of her restrictions removed. I can, according to my own comfort level, do anything I want now that we are past the 38 week point. Yippee!!!! I still don't want to walk very far at this point, but I will no longer feel guilty about going to the grocery store.
That also means that I shouldn't feel bad about getting back into my studio. Progress is slow at best, but it's progress none the less. I found out yesterday that I can't reach the back of my drafting table; it's just like the kitchen sink, the belly gets in the way! Since I'm working on projects that are 3 to 4 feet in size, it's a little harder to get things done. I can also only sew for about 30 minutes at a time, after that I have to get up and move around for a bit. So I still have a ton of work to do, but at least I'm getting somewhere.
The toddler earned his very first skinned knees today. He scored a bit of driveway burn when he took a tumble while mowing this evening. And he took it very well, after a few tears, a hug from daddy and some snuggles from mama, he got back on the horse and started mowing again.
I still don't know whose feet those are at the ends of my legs, but that's not a first. And I don't expect to recognize them until a few days after we have the baby. I just hope that I can get shoes on when we have to rush to the hospital. Our doctor did tell my husband something that was a first; she told him to run the lights and not to stop even if there are sirens behind him. The cop'll figure it out when he follows you to the hospital; he doesn't want to deliver your baby.
All of this has lead me to wonder if we're not going to be that odd couple who go from 4 hour labor to 48 hour marathon birth...
Yay! Freedom!! Well, sort of, anyway... Glad things are going along as smoothly as can be expected at this point. How well I remember not being able to reach the back of the sink! Making the bed neatly was kind of a pain, too, as I recall....
First labor: 21 hours
Second labor: 6 hours
It can happen....