I'm freaking out.
I think my water broke and I'm NOT ready! I've been crying for 3 hours. I thought I had another month! I'm not ready!
I haven't met with the pediatrician. I'm just now doing the first load of baby clothes. I haven't even painted the nursery yet. We're only kinda sure about the name we want to give him. My mom wont be able to come for at least another week to 10 days. My house is a disaster! I don't have a breast pump yet. I don't have the cloth diapers I wanted for him. (Which means I have NO diapers because we weren't going to do disposables!)
I'm freaking just a bit.
I just got off the phone with the doc. He wants me to get ready and come in to be checked. Thankfully we've decided not to do internals and I'm GBS negative. Because of those 2 factors, he's not worried about risk of infection. Since I'm not contracting yet, he says that he'll still probably send me home even if my water has broken. We'll start talking about encouraging labor tomorrow morning if I haven't started contracting. I love my laid back doctor!
Tell me it'll be ok. Babies don't know how much mommy is ready. I'm going to get in the shower. I'll keep you girls posted!
Re: I'm freaking out.
You'll be fine. The fact that the baby's room isn't painted and your house is a mess won't make any difference to the baby. You can take care of these things later. Someone can get diapers while you're in the hospital. You won't need to decide on a name until you leave the hospital, so you still have some time. In my breastfeeding class, they said to try not to give the baby a bottle for the first few weeks if possible so that breastfeeding will be well established first. So, you probably won't need the breastpump for a little while. GL!
Thanks ladies. I know that most of these concerns are a bit irrational. Unfortunately, I don't have many friends in this area since I moved here not too long ago. I can use the hospital diapers while I'm there and have hubby pick some up one of the times he leaves to take care of our dogs.
The breast pump thing was a concern about stimulating a supply not really bottle feeding. Since my insurance company is the one paying for it, I'm not quite sure how long it'll take for me to get it. I would have loved to start the process already but my 'voucher' isn't valid until 12/20. I'll probably have hubby make that phone call tomorrow too if this is, in fact, "it".
I do feel better now that I've showered and can take my time preparing. Your encouraging words mean a lot! I'll be sure to post an update once I know what lies ahead of me.
Thanks again!